Trump has done it again:
“Miriam, I watched (Sheldon Adelson, her late husband) sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian, it’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version. It’s actually much better, because everyone 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, and they’re rated equal.”
This man, both as president and former president, continually denigrates the service and sacrifice of our service members, both past and current.
This latest remark should anger every person who ever wore the uniform of our country. It should anger every mother, father, brother, sister, wife, husband, son or daughter, or any other family member who made that service possible.
It should anger every person in law enforcement, past or present, who ever wore the other uniforms of our country to see a current/former Commander in Chief denigrate the service and sacrifice of our brothers and sisters in military service.
While it is true that many deserving people have received the Presidential Medal of Freedom for significant contributions to our country, it is also true that many more of them received the medal in return for personal favors and contributions given to the president himself.
The Medal of Honor recognizes those who gave, or were willing to give, what Pres. Abraham Lincoln characterized as “…the last full measure of devotion…” It recognizes gallantry, valor, action, and blood shed above and beyond the call of duty. It is an honor earned, not given. For this reason, it will ALWAYS be superior to the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
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