'Headaches': Trump Under Fire for 'Trivializing' US Soldiers' Traumatic Brain Injuries

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    50% Medium Conservative

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    80% ReliableGood

  • Policy Leaning

    50% Medium Conservative

  • Politician Portrayal

    -42% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : For many, the recognition did not come until after Trump left office.
39% : ""None of those very accurate missiles hit our fort," Trump added, as Military.com reported.
38% : This is how little Trump cares about our military.
36% : Under Trump, the U.S. Military, contrary, some say, to procedure, refused to grant all of those eligible Purple Hearts.
33% : "Um, they told me about it numerous days later - you'd have to ask the Dept. of Defense," Trump replied.
30% : "I heard that they had headaches, and a couple of other things but I would say, and I can report, it is not very serious," Trump said in that January 2020 exchange, repeating, "not very serious.""You don't think that a potential traumatic brain injury is very serious?"
29% : Injured means because they had a headache because the bombs never hit the fort," Trump told a reporter (video below) who asked him if he regretted not being tougher and nottaking action against Iran after that attack.
27% : "So just so you understand, there was nobody ever tougher on Iraq," Trump said, misspeaking when he was talking about Iran.
25% : Just two weeks later when asked about it by a reporter, Trump held his ground, refusing to acknowledge the injuries.
22% : "Veteran Jared Ryan Sears, who writes The Pragmatic Humanist, noted: "Trump is still repeating the headache line when our servicemembers suffered severe head trauma.
12% : "Walz was referring to the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), commonly referred to as President Barack Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal, a nuclear arms pact which Trump did pull out of, claiming he would construct a better deal, but never did.
9% : "READ MORE: Trump Walks Away Muttering 'Take a Look' When Asked to Prove Aid Denial for Helene VictimsOn January 7, 2020, immediately after Iran bombed the airbases housing U.S. troops, Trump declared "All is well!" and insisted no one had been injured.

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