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Narjas Zatat
May 29, 2018
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Donald Trump’s message to veterans on Memorial Day has been condemned as nothing more than 'self promotion' by a leading veteran organisation.
The US president took to Twitter to wish people a "happy memorial day", and proceeded to boast about how much his presidency had improved the country.
An organisation called VoteVets, which represents over 500,000 veterans and their families, called it “self-promotion”.
Really @GOP? You think this is what’s #MemorialDay is all about. Maybe you can #TakeAKnee and remember the fallen. https://t.co/Fakq5TOEWF— VoteVets (@VoteVets) 1527546558
The president appears to have blocked VoteVets on Twitter in 2017.
The Commander in Chief can block @VoteVets, the voice of 500k military veterans and families, but we will NOT be si… https://t.co/YM8sEAo6Mg— VoteVets (@VoteVets) 1497355805
People criticised the self-promotion.
@realDonaldTrump Wow. You’re more narcissistic than any Instagram model or adult film actress I’ve ever met EVER. Bigly!— Christie Stevens, Inc. (@Christie Stevens, Inc.) 1527525674
Some families of war veterans were also unimpressed by the tweet.
@realDonaldTrump This is not a "happy" holiday, and are you seriously unable to take 1 day's break from bragging ab… https://t.co/MHyOq4bGkC— Michi (@Michi) 1527566326
I served with Jim Clapper. Bob Mueller is a combat decorated Marine. Each has had 1 wife (over 100 years of marri… https://t.co/H4sY5S4odu— Moe Davis — Triple Vaxxed Vet! (@Moe Davis — Triple Vaxxed Vet!) 1527428348
@votevets @POTUS My god, I read that and now I'm tears. My son didn't die for his rhetoric, for his propaganda, his… https://t.co/FOSF1q7ijk— Bonita (@Bonita) 1527518900
Others pointed out that he avoided the draft.
@realDonaldTrump @JoaniSparkles Someone informed @realDonaldTrump that a 5 time draft dodger yammering on about him… https://t.co/jtzGMCbWBA— Bobby Parker (@Bobby Parker) 1527530295
Illinois Democract Sen Tammy Duckworth went so far as to call him Cadet Bone Spurs – the US president reportedly deferred a Vietnam War draft because of bone spurs.
We don't live in a dictatorship or a monarchy. I swore an oath—in the military and in the Senate—to preserve, prote… https://t.co/DZoAN6ltMm— Tammy Duckworth (@Tammy Duckworth) 1517875454
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