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President Trump allegedly called U.S. service members 'suckers' and 'losers', confirmed by John Kelly
Two decades of reporting and a high-profile 2020 Atlantic piece sparked claims that called fallen U.S. service members “suckers” and “losers,” and the clearest named confirmation from a former officia...
Three lines of verification have emerged around insulted soldiers: a fact check that directly debunked a circulated video as altered and using a voice‑artist impression , legacy fact‑checking of relat...
Reporting from multiple outlets traces the allegation that Donald Trump called U.S. service members—dead and living—“suckers” and “losers” to a 2020 Atlantic story that cited multiple sources and to l...
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly has gone on the record confirming that, while he served in the Trump administration, then‑President Donald Trump privately disparaged U.S. service members ...
’s original report alleged that repeatedly disparaged U.S. service members killed in combat as “losers” and “suckers,” anchoring those claims to a set of who the magazine described as having “firsthan...
Three types of sources have publicly alleged that former President Donald Trump used words like “losers” and “suckers” about U.S. service members: a named former White House chief of staff who said he...
No authoritative reporting establishes that retired Marine Gen. James “Mad Dog” Mattis personally heard former President Donald Trump call U.S. service members “losers” or “suckers” in the moment; the...
Multiple mainstream news organizations reported in 2020 that The Atlantic published anonymous-sourced claims that then-President Donald Trump called American war dead “suckers” and “losers,” and those...