{"id":1002946,"date":"2018-11-19T09:11:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-19T13:11:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1002946"},"modified":"2024-05-23T20:12:59","modified_gmt":"2024-05-23T20:12:59","slug":"in-fox-interview-trump-shows-more-disrespect-to-our-veterans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/in-fox-interview-trump-shows-more-disrespect-to-our-veterans\/","title":{"rendered":"In Fox Interview, Trump Shows More Disrespect To Our Veterans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\">On Fox News Sunday, Trump tried to defend his decision not to visit Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day. Instead, Trump ended up showing even more disrespect to our nation&#8217;s veterans.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump attacked a Navy SEAL veteran and inaccurately criticized him for not catching Osama bin Laden sooner.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-blasts-retired-navy-seal-critical-him-saying-he-should-n937716\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201cTrump blasts retired Navy SEAL critical of him, suggesting he should&#8217;ve caught bin Laden sooner\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump said he could not attend the Arlington Cemetery ceremony on Veterans Day because he was \u201cextremely busy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/2018\/11\/17\/18100208\/donald-trump-arlington-veterans-day\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vox<\/a>: \u201cTrump skipped Arlington Cemetery on Veterans Day because he was \u2018extremely busy\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump said he hasn\u2019t visited troops in combat zones because of his \u201cunbelievable busy schedule.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/transcript\/president-trump-on-divided-congress-mueller-probe-foreign-challenges\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Trump<\/a>: \u201cI&#8217;ve had an unbelievable busy schedule&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump has has found plenty of time, however, to golf, fundraise, and boost his bottom line.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump has had time to visit his golf clubs on nearly<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/how-much-time-trump-spends-trump-properties-mar-lago-n753366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 160 days<\/a> of his presidency.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump has had time to visit his own properties<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/how-much-time-trump-spends-trump-properties-mar-lago-n753366\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 210 times<\/a> as president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump had time to take a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/politics\/president-trump-settles-in-for-17-day-vacation-at-his-secluded-new-jersey-club\/2017\/08\/05\/5c79347c-79d5-11e7-8f39-eeb7d3a2d304_story.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 17-day vacation<\/a> last year, and an<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politifact.com\/truth-o-meter\/promises\/trumpometer\/promise\/1420\/not-take-vacations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> 11-day<\/a> trip in August to his New Jersey golf club.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump has had time to hold <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/betsy_klein\/status\/1059521320256450560\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">53<\/a> campaign-style rallies since becoming president.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump had time to headline<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/politics-government\/article215903015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> dozens<\/a> of fundraisers, and was the first president in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mcclatchydc.com\/news\/politics-government\/article215903015.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> decades<\/a> to raise money for his own re-election during his first two years in office.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump continues to profit off the presidency, and his properties received<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/11\/10\/politics\/trump-properties-campaign-spending-2018-midterms\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> $3.2 million<\/a> during the midterms alone.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Fox News Sunday, Trump tried to defend his decision not to visit Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day. Instead, Trump ended up showing even more disrespect to our nation&#8217;s veterans. &nbsp; Trump attacked a Navy SEAL veteran and inaccurately criticized him for not catching Osama bin Laden sooner. &nbsp; NBC News: \u201cTrump blasts retired [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1002946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>In Fox Interview, Trump Shows More Disrespect To Our Veterans - Democrats<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/in-fox-interview-trump-shows-more-disrespect-to-our-veterans\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Democrats\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-11-19T13:11:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-05-23T20:12:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Claire DePree\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/in-fox-interview-trump-shows-more-disrespect-to-our-veterans\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/in-fox-interview-trump-shows-more-disrespect-to-our-veterans\/\",\"name\":\"In Fox Interview, Trump Shows More Disrespect To Our Veterans - 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