Trump inserts foot again…Medal of Freedom

[Ekklesian]

The planes are angle-parked with their engines facing outboard. How is McCain supposed to have flashed the plane astern of his?

No. 416 is McCain's, and the A-4 astern of him, no. 405, was Fred White's: the pilot who was most likely struck first by the rocket. That plane is not visible in the photo because it's engulfed in flames. McCain didn't cause White's plane to go up unless his ordnance was mounted sideways, and if he was the one responsible for the rocket firing, it would have been the F-4s on the starboard side of the fight deck that were struck, not White's and his own craft.

F-4 no. 110 (out of frame in the photo) is clearly properly aligned for a rocket to strike White's and McCain's A-4s. Dismissing an official report isn't rational when it lines up with the evidence.

This is the first I've heard of the incident, so whether he's guilty or innocent in this case is a moot point. His dying act was to sell us out to socialism...so that's the kind of guy he was at heart... a petty and vindictive sellout...not a hero. I'm inclined to believe his detractors.

 

[abcaines]

“People who get the Congressional Medal of Honor — which I’ve given to many — are often horribly wounded or dead. They’re often dead. They get it posthumously. When you get a Congressional Medal of Honor, that to me is the ultimate, but it’s a painful thing to get. When you get the Presidential Medal of Freedom, it’s usually for other things you achieve… Great success in sports or someplace else,”

Well, there ya go.

 

[aleshanee]

Ok, back on topic. When Trump was asked for clarification on what he meant a couple days after the initial statement he basically said the same thing…

“People who get the Congressional Medal of Honor — which I’ve given to many — are often horribly wounded or dead. They’re often dead. They get it posthumously. When you get a Congressional Medal of Honor, that to me is the ultimate, but it’s a painful thing to get. When you get the Presidential Medal of Freedom, it’s usually for other things you achieve… Great success in sports or someplace else,”


I think it’s a non-issue, but I also think he’s full of cringeworthy distractions, and has been since day one. I’ll still vote for him, because of the policies he stands and stood for, nose held.

i wouldn;t worry about it.... . i seriously doubt trump will win in november..... and it has nothing to do with anything he said or will say.... nothing to do with mean tweets.... and nothing to do with who the democrats put up against him... ..

thanks to the short memory span of americans and even shorter attention spans... plus the fact republicans and conservatives have still not learned to stop complaining and stand together against what has become a solid onslaught of communism moving against us - what the democrats did in 2020 to cheat and pull off a win in the election - they will do again... ...only better this time.. they already have the machinery working on it at a break-neck pace..... replacing biden with harris just made it easier for them to cover what they are going to do...... it could have been any democrat at this point...

but in 2025 kamala harris will be become the president.... ..... and then none of you will have to worry about holding your nose to vote - ever again..... in fact you will be needing both hands to hold onto something else... ...

for what it;s worth i really hope i am wrong about this... ..

 

[sword]

i think what he meant is you get the medal of freedom for a lifetime of accomplishment in something positive.

The Medal of Honor is given for act of great valor in war, usually involving the death on many. Often the person awarded the Medal of Honor is either dead or badly injured. It comes only as a result of great risk of death or injury and often many of your fellow service men and women are dead.

It those terms I agree the Medal of Freedom is much better but clearly in almost every circumstances the Medal of Honor comes from great bravery and great risk of life the Medal of freedom man be the result of good song or poetry writing. In many cases its given to performers of varous types.

As usual Trump was not clear what he meant and did not articulate well. Oh how I wish he was a statesman and orator like Reagan or Kennedy. I wish they would flush his phone and require everything to go through his communication dept.

There is no explaining away his statements about McCain and him being captured. One of the worst things Trump said as president as far as i'm concerned.