Donald Trump, a heroic man who dodged serving in the Vietnam War on five deferments attributed to “bone spurs,” questioned Sen. John McCain’s status as a war hero.
The two men then had a battle of egos, publicly calling each other names. It is sad. Usually white male Republicans argue this much only at a meeting of a gated community’s HOA over fines for bringing glass containers to the pool.
Ron HartDonald Trump has extensive experience in ‘Nam. He was there in 1989 to set up a sweatshop to make his flowered ties for Macy’s. A lot of good men were lost – due to terrible working conditions – but Trump soldiered on. Macy’s recently discontinued carrying Trump’s fashion line, and now men emulating his fashion sense will have to hunt or trap their own hairpieces.
Before the McCain mess, Trump’s life was threatened by drug kingpin “El Chapo,” who’s on the lam after escaping from a Mexican prison. He got out of prison through a $5 million tunnel or, as Democrats call it: A Pathway to Citizenship.
Like Bernie Sanders, Trump remains a disruptive sideshow in the presidential campaign run-up. What both candidates have tapped into is the resentment of American voters, who seem to be willing to give both men some leeway to disrupt the political elite. Trump also has addressed the tough issues that politicians like to dodge.