Donald Trump has been getting ripped to shreds over his disrespectful behavior in France, especially since the president ducked out of a historic WWI event because of “bad weather.” There have been many critiques of the president for this, but we may have just seen the most powerful one last night.
On Tuesday evening on MSNBC, war hero and three-time recipient of the Purple Heart General Barry McCaffrey gave an interview to Brian Williams and tore into Trump on national television for the president’s decision to skip out on honoring American soldiers. Having served on former President Bill Clinton’s cabinet as the Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, no one was more qualified than McCaffrey to point out what a terrible move this was for a president to make — and he didn’t hold back. McCaffrey first pointed out how Trump was disgracing America in front of the world:
Europeans are aghast at almost everything we’re doing.”
Then, McCaffrey stated just how important WWI was, noting that it “is the most consequential war in our history. It changed everything, and we took 300,000 casualties, essentially in a six-month campaign. We put 2 million soldiers and Marines into Europe. More than the French army. We had 2 million more coming. Their sacrifice saved civilization in Europe.”
And then, he destroyed Trump for blowing it off — and it was probably the best condemnation of Trump we’ve heard to date. McCaffrey said:
I think he just wanted to stay out of the rain, eat cheeseburgers, watch TV and tweet angry denunciations of his many enemies. I think that’s what was happening. It was insulting. I don’t think it has any impact on the morale of the armed forces. They basically understand the legal obligations of the commander in chief. They fight for each other. Their units, their service pride. I don’t think there’s any downside to the armed forces but it’s astonishing behavior.”
We couldn’t agree more. You can watch the segment below:
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