The Veterans for Foreign Wars (VFW), one of the nation’s largest and oldest veteran advocacy organizations, on Friday condemned Donald Trump’s recent statement elevating the Presidential Medal of Freedom, awarded to civilians, over the Medal of Honor, which is awarded to soldiers wounded in the line of combat.
“These asinine comments not only diminish the significance of our nation’s highest award for valor, but also crassly characterized the sacrifices of those who have risked their lives above and beyond the call of duty,” wrote VFW National Commander Al Lipphardt in a statement Friday.
Read the VFW’s remarks in full here.
Below are the remarks made by Doofus Trump regarding GOP mega donor Miriam Adelson, who was awarded the Medal of Freedom in 2018.
“It’s actually much better, because everyone who gets the congressional Medal of Honor, that’s soldiers, they’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead. She gets it, and she’s a healthy, beautiful woman,” Trump said in reference to Adelson. “And they’re rated equal.”
