The backlash gained traction on X (formerly Twitter) when a user pointed out Elon Musk’s past, responding to a post by X’s AI chatbot Grok.
“Elon Musk is a draft dodger, according to Grok!” they wrote. “My brother spent a year in a South African prison as a conscientious objector—eating worm-infested porridge—against apartheid when he was conscripted. Who is Elon Musk to criticize any veteran?”
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump acknowledged to advisors that he made up a fake injury to avoid military service, because “I wasn’t going to Vietnam,” his former lawyer told lawmakers during testimony on Wednesday.
Michael Cohen, who also worked as a fixer for Trump before his election, said he was tasked with tamping down criticism of the military deferment as the presidential candidate simultaneously mocked Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, for being regarded as a military hero. “I like people who weren’t captured,” Trump said during a July 2015 interview.
What has our country become when we make gods and heroes of cowards?
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Edgar
Trump calling John McCain a coward is disgraceful. John McCain was captured by the enemy while fighting and serving for his country. Trump dodged the draft and lived the life of Riley safe and snug in the USA. What tag should Trump be given using Trump’s own reasoning and assessment? I don’t believe in abortion, but I would have made an exception when Trump was in the womb. Better still, Trump’s father should have been wearing a condom to prevent Mrs Trump conceiving such a child who grew up to be such a despicable excuse for a human being.
Trump calling John McCain a coward is disgraceful. John McCain was captured by the enemy while fighting and serving for his country. Trump dodged the draft and lived the life of Riley safe and snug in the USA. What tag should Trump be given using Trump’s own reasoning and assessment?
I don’t believe in abortion, but I would have made an exception when Trump was in the womb.
Better still, Trump’s father should have been wearing a condom to prevent Mrs Trump conceiving such a child who grew up to be such a despicable excuse for a human being.