Donald Trump Is Rush-Shipping Condolences to Military Families
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[url]https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/10/donald-trump-is-rush-shipping-condolences-to-military-families/543606/[/url]
[quote]The Trump administration is scrambling to defend the president’s characterization of his communications with grieving military families, including rush-delivering letters from the president to the families of servicemembers killed months ago. Donald Trump falsely claimed this week that he had called “virtually” all fallen servicemembers’ families since his time in office.
Timothy Eckels Sr. hadn’t heard anything from President Trump since his son Timothy Eckels Jr. was killed after a collision involving the USS John S. McCain on August 21. But then, on October 20, two days into the controversy over the president’s handling of a condolence call with an American soldier’s widow, Eckels Sr. received a United Parcel Service package dated October 18 with a letter from the White House.
“Honestly, I feel the letter is reactionary to the media storm brewing over how these things have been handled,” Eckels told The Atlantic. “I’ve received letters from McCain, Mattis, and countless other officials before his. I wasn’t sure if the fact that the accident that caused Timothy’s death has still yet to officially have the cause determined played into the timing of our president’s response.”
He added that the letter “seemed genuine and even mentioned Timothy’s siblings.” It was “a respectful letter,” Eckels wrote. The family of Corey Ingram, another Navy systems technician who died in the collision on the USS John McCain, also confirmed to The Atlantic they received a rush-delivered letter from the White House on October 20. A third family, of another sailor who perished in the accident, John M. Hoagland III, said they, too, received a rush-delivery letter this week. It was not immediately clear whether White House condolence letters are typically sent via this expedited shipping. But one former official who served in both Republican and Democratic administrations said that it would be unusual for condolence letters to be sent weeks after the fact, because they were seen as "priority correspondence, to get to the family in a week or two if possible."[/quote]
Trump lies, lie is immediately refuted, Trump doubles down on lie, White House staff scramble to do damage control.
here's a thought, instead of golfing next weekend invite them all over for a memorial service. ya'know kinda like big O did for kelly's son and many others
its much more sincere instead of frantically calling everybody with a form letter
Wow, what a despicable piece of shit. Why not just be honest about it instead of all this dishonest bullshit?
Dear_________,
I, President Donald Trump, am real sorry what happened to your son/daughter. Bigly sorry. You're not going to believe how sorry I am. Nobody's ever been as sorry as me. No other president has ever been this sorry. Sad!
President of the United States
President Donald Trump
I honestly think Trump would be better off if he'd just come out and said "I'm so busy making America great again that I don't have time to write all these letters! I will leave it to the generals! #MAGA" rather than trying to pretend he cares
If the letters sound sincere and respectful, I can only imagine his writers are working overtime while he watches tv
[QUOTE=IKTM;52808487]:words:[/QUOTE]
Yours Truly,
Donald Trump
President of the United States
[QUOTE=Aide;52809062]Yours Truly,
Donald Trump
President of the United States[/QUOTE]
PS: Attached is a district map. It's pretty good, right? The red ones are obviously us.
[QUOTE=Hans-Gunther 3.;52809117]PS: Attached is a district map. It's pretty good, right? The red ones are obviously us.[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Sableye;52808434]here's a thought, instead of golfing next weekend invite them all over for a memorial service. ya'know kinda like big O did for kelly's son and many others
its much more sincere instead of frantically calling everybody with a form letter[/QUOTE]
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[QUOTE=Sableye;52808434]here's a thought, instead of golfing next weekend invite them all over for a memorial service. ya'know kinda like big O did for kelly's son and many others
its much more sincere instead of frantically calling everybody with a form letter[/QUOTE]
I can just see the headlines running pictures of Trump looking bored and tweeting right now.
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