Trump says civilian award 'much better' than Medal of Honor

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% : " Standing in front of six American flags, Trump added that the honors were "rated equal.
51% : Trump met with Adelson on Thursday to reconcile with her after he insulted her over text messages sent by an aide at the end of July.
50% : Trump argued the family had "no right" to criticize him, and the squabble led top Republicans to voice their solidarity with Khan's family.
44% : Vance on Friday defended Trump, telling reporters at a campaign event in Milwaukee that the former president was a "guy who loves our veterans and who honors our veterans."
37% : At a campaign event at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, billed as a discussion about fighting antisemitism, Trump recounted how he awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Miriam Adelson, the Israeli-American widow of casino magnate Sheldon Adelson.
34% : Trump said, using a common misnomer for the military award.
34% : "He's not a war hero," Trump said then, adding, "I like people who weren't captured."
28% : " Trump, who never served in the military, has faced bipartisan blowback over his posture toward service members and veterans throughout his political career.
27% : Republicans, many then wary of Trump, immediately rushed to McCain's defense.
27% : Trump has vigorously denied he made those remarks.
19% : In a statement to CNN last year, Kelly cast Trump as "a person who demonstrated open contempt for a Gold Star family - for all Gold Star families - on TV during the 2016 campaign, and rants that our most precious heroes who gave their lives in America's defense are 'losers' and wouldn't visit their graves in France.
18% : During his 2020 campaign, Trump was forced to defend his support for American troops after The Atlantic reported that he privately called American soldiers killed in combat as "losers" and "suckers," setting off a political firestorm.
17% : " Kelly's statement came days after Trump suggested in a social media post that Mark Milley, his former chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, should be executed for treason over calls he made to Chinese officials to reassure them of the nation's stability after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol by a mob of Trump's supporters.
16% : Trump also during that campaign fought with the family of Humayun Khan, a slain Muslim-American soldier, after Khan's father spoke at the Democratic National Convention in 2016 and railed against Trump for smearing the character of Muslims.

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