Yes, Snot....they did. Many in my family also served this country in good and bad times. Speaking of that.......
When your orange leader goes on camera talking MAGA, how he’s doing this doing that, etc., he sounds brave and determined. Now, that’s fake news.
The reality is: When his country needed him most, he did what most privileged cowards did - dodge the draft. Tough talking fat Donnie is actually a scared odd colored pussy, who hid behind Mommy’s skirt and Daddy’s money when his country needed him.
If he had served, his flapping orange gums would at least have credibility. His cowardly ass has none. The fucker can’t even keep his one election promise - to build a wall. Adam Corolla should have been voted in. The wall would have been up within a year.
President Bone Spur has no vets in his family tree
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By Lou Cerrone
Posted Feb 12, 2020 at 3:00 AM
Updated Feb 12, 2020 at 8:48 AM
Central to our way of life, and an essential part of the American social contract, is the citizen soldier, who leaves his or her citizen life behind to fight to protect our rights and freedoms. We honor them for their bravery and selflessness.
But for all of our current commander in chief’s boasting about his support of our veterans and current members of our military, and their support for him, he has never served one day in the U.S. military, thanks to a series of deferments. First he received four educational deferments. After he graduated, he was classified 1A (fit and able to serve), then 1Y (temporary physical deferment), and finally 4F (permanent physical deferment), all due to (alleged) bone spurs in his feet. Fortunately, this condition does not affect his ability to play golf today.
However, it is rumored that the daughter of Trump’s deceased podiatrist said it was “family lore” that her father helped President Trump avoid the draft. It is also rumored that Trump acknowledged to advisers that he concocted this fake injury to avoid military service, because he “wasn’t going to Vietnam.” Some might call this draft dodging.
It seems that this lack (or avoidance) of military service is not unique to Donald Trump. For three generations, Trump’s paternal line has neither offered nor performed any military service, voluntarily or through the draft. They all chose not to contribute their services to the U.S. military, the most patriotic and honorable manner in which to display one’s patriotism and love of country.
In Donald Trump’s case, he was uniquely qualified to serve his country, having graduated in 1964 from the New York Military Academy, where he was an officer in an officially established ROTC program.
From the date of the birth of Donald Trump’s grandfather in 1869 to the birth of Tristan Miles Trump in 2011, we see zero military service. This also includes: Frederick Trump (1869-1918); Henry Trump (1899-1900); Fred Christ Trump Sr. (1905-1999); John George Trump (1907-1985); Fred Christ Trump Jr. (1938-1981); Donald J. Trump (1946 to present); Robert Trump (1948-present); John Gordon Trump (1938-2012); Fred Trump III (1962-present); Donald John Trump Jr. (1977-present); Eric Frederick Trump (1984-present); Barron William Trump (2006-present); Christopher Trump (1995-present); William Trump (1999-present); Donald John Trump III (2009-present); Tristan Milos Trump (2011-present); Spencer Frederick Trump (2012-present); John Frederick (Trump) Kushner (2013 to present); and Theodore James (Trump) Kushner (2016 to present).
This list covers 147 years of Donald Trump’s direct male ancestors and successors who have lived in America during these 147 years. To be fair, one died in infancy, one is seriously disabled and six are young children. Thus there were 10 mature Trump men who were of military service age during this time.
And during these same 147-year span the following military conflicts occurred: Spanish American War (1898); Boxer Rebellion (1899-1901); occupation of the Dominican Republic (1916-1924); World War I (1914-1918); World War II (1939-1945); Korean War (1950-1953); Vietnam War (1968-1975); invasion of Grenada (1983); invasion of Panama (1989-1991); Gulf War (1990-1991); Bosnian War (1992-1995); Kosovo War (1998-1999); Afghanistan War (2001-2014); and the Iraq War (2003-2014).
During these years, tens of millions of American citizens served our country as members of our armed services. Countless thousands died. No Trumps are to be found within this group. This is most unusual. I challenge readers to review their own family history in America since 1870 and not find a single veteran or serviceman.
It is one thing to claim to be a patriot. It is quite another to live and act like one.
The sources consulted in writing this article include the usual Google searches, family Wikipedia entries, several publicly available genealogy sites and various published articles.
Lou Cerrone of Sandwich is co-chairman of the Sandwich Democratic Town Committee; this view is his own and is not intended to represent that of the committee.
