Trump insults veterans by saying civilian award is 'much better' than Medal of Honor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : Trump also claimed the Medal of Freedom is the "civilian version" of the military decoration -- though it is not -- and said the civilian award is "better" because "everyone [who] gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they're soldiers.
43% : Trump was speaking to a group of Jewish Republicans at his New Jersey golf club after being introduced by Miriam Adelson, a wealthy GOP donor who is the billionaire widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.
26% : But Trump has a checkered history of insulting and denigrating veterans, decades after he avoided service in the Vietnam War by claiming to have bone spurs in his feet.
19% : In 2020, The Atlantic reported that Trump referred to deceased service members as "suckers" and "losers" when he refused to visit a military cemetery in France because the rain falling there at the time would have made his hair look bad.

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