The point Elliott Ackerman is making here isn't at all undermined by Trump dodging, or choosing to avoid service in Vietnam. GW Bush, Bill Clinton, and a huge percentage of currrent senators born in the 40s and early 50s also opted not to serve in a war that was unpopular and believed by many,.like the scholar and French resistance veter…
The point Elliott Ackerman is making here isn't at all undermined by Trump dodging, or choosing to avoid service in Vietnam. GW Bush, Bill Clinton, and a huge percentage of currrent senators born in the 40s and early 50s also opted not to serve in a war that was unpopular and believed by many,.like the scholar and French resistance veteran Bernard Fall to be unwinnable.
What Ackerman highlights here are Trump's instincts under fire. He didn't cower. He didn't show fear. He showed defiance and a comcern for the crowd, who went on to chant, USA, USA, not Trump, Trump.
That Trump chose not to serve in Vietnam but rose to the occasion in a situation he couldn't avoid isn't lost on Ackerman, or me.
The point Elliott Ackerman is making here isn't at all undermined by Trump dodging, or choosing to avoid service in Vietnam. GW Bush, Bill Clinton, and a huge percentage of currrent senators born in the 40s and early 50s also opted not to serve in a war that was unpopular and believed by many,.like the scholar and French resistance veteran Bernard Fall to be unwinnable.
What Ackerman highlights here are Trump's instincts under fire. He didn't cower. He didn't show fear. He showed defiance and a comcern for the crowd, who went on to chant, USA, USA, not Trump, Trump.
That Trump chose not to serve in Vietnam but rose to the occasion in a situation he couldn't avoid isn't lost on Ackerman, or me.