Veterans
Trump clarifies Medal of Honor comments, calls it the ‘ultimate’ honor
By Leo Shane III
Aug 20, 2024, 02:38 PM
Former President and current Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump this weekend worked to clarify his controversial remarks on the Medal of Honor from last week, calling the military award “the ultimate” honor America can bestow while noting the bodily sacrifices of troops who earn it, and how “it is a painful thing to get.”
Trump received criticism from veterans groups and Democratic leaders after his original remarks last Thursday at a campaign event in New Jersey, where he compared the nation’s highest military honor to the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
“It’s the equivalent of the congressional Medal of Honor,” Trump said of the civilian Medal of Freedom. “But the civilian version, it’s actually much better because everyone that gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they’re soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead.”
https://www.militarytimes.com/veterans/2024/08/20/trump-clarifies-medal-of-honor-comments-calls-it-the-ultimate-honor/
