'He's a fat, f***ing liar': Families of fallen soldiers slam Trump for saying past presidents never called them - as one reveals Bush 'listened while I screamed at him and then held me as I sobbed'
The sister of a slain US solider has lashed out at Donald Trump calling him a 'fat f***ing liar' after he said that past presidents had never called families of fallen troops. Delilia O'Malley revealed that former President George W. Bush had listened to her scream before hugging her after she was told her brother had been killed while serving in the Iraq War. Her anger at Donald Trump was echoed by thousands of other Gold Star families who say they were insulted by his false comments. A number of ex-staffers who worked with past presidents have also since publicly slammed Trump for blatantly lying. Trump's comments came during an unexpected press event in the Rose Garden on Monday when he was asked why he hadn't yet commented on the deaths of four elite US special forces soldiers in Niger who were in an ambush by an ISIS -affiliated group. He said he had written to the families and planned to call them at some point before saying that Obama and other past presidents had failed to phone the loved ones of slain soldiers. The record is plain that presidents, including Obama, Clinton and Bush, reached out to families of the dead and to the wounded, often with their presence as well as by letter and phone.
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| Sergeant Dustin M Wright, 29, of Lyons, Georgia and Sgt. La David T. Johnson of Miami Gardens, Florida Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4986980/Sister-slain-soldier-lashes-Trump-troops.html#ixzz4vkeSVN00 Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
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| Sergeant Bryan C. Black, 35, of Puyallup, Washington and Sergeant Jeremiah W Johnson, 39, of Springboro, Ohio Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4986980/Sister-slain-soldier-lashes-Trump-troops.html#ixzz4vkeg8Mjn Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook |
Staff Sgt. Bryan Black, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Johnson, Staff Sgt. Dustin Wright and Sgt. La David T. Johnson died when militants thought to be affiliated with the Islamic State group ambushed them while they were patrolling in unarmored trucks with Niger troops.
CNN reported that Trump was playing golf on Saturday when the body of 25-year-old Johnson was returned to Dover Air Force Base.
The criticism aimed at Trump came after he addressed for the first time the deaths of four soldiers killed in Niger on October 4. The attack was the deadliest on US troops since Trump became president.
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