Angering vets, Trump says civilian award is 'much better' than Medal of Honor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

59% : Trump made the comments during a campaign event Thursday at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, as talked about awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Miriam Adelson, a physician, philanthrophist, and prominent Republican Party donor.
37% : "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," Trump said.
30% : Spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said that Trump "knows nothing about service to anyone or anything but himself.
18% : During the 2016 campaign, Trump denigrated the imprisonment of 2008 GOP presidential nominee and former Vietnam POW John McCain.
17% : " Trump senior adviser Brian Hughes said Trump did more for veterans than the current administration, and said that Harris "bragged of being the last one in the room with Biden as they set in motion our disastrous retreat from Afghanistan."
6% : " Others noted that Trump has reportedly described veterans as "suckers" and "losers," comments Trump has vehemently denied.

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