Will service members and veterans withdraw their support, or can Trump count on them again in November?

And even then... idk.

they won't care. They never do with this guy.

John McCain comments back in 2015.

Trump never apologizes for anything. He also doesn't give a rat's ass about the troops beyond whether or not they vote for him or are available to become cannon canon fodder for him and his US oligarchy.

there is no way he apologizes, his narcissistic personality would never allow fo that.

Things like this, his lying about those who were injured having only a "headache" is not going to go over well with veterans and the military and the general public. Sure his diehard base will continue to support him, but more and more people will start to see just how much of an ass he really is.

His Infernal “lordship” won’t ever be able to do that.

that he must be diminishing his supporters.

But if he knows that 2020 is rigged in his favor, then he doesn't care. No matter how many he alienates, he will still "win." And probably declare it the biggest win ever in American history.

If he pisses off big right-leaning organizations out of pure arrogance, his base will erode faster than he'll think possible. Ads for Democratic candidates featuring people like Sen. Tammy Duckworth will have ten times the impact they did before if they include factual statements about Trump brushing them off,

Big, big news, according to me!!

the more he opens his big mouth the more trouble he will get into. He is a terrible person, and things like this prove that.

And right now I salute them!

When I saw the subject, I immediately thought of a few other - Democratic leaning groups, this was a surprise.

As to impact, it is hard to tell. Like many others, I had thought he was dead as soon as he made his idiotic comment on McCain not being a hero because he got caught. Not because he was attacking McCain, but he was implicitly attacking anyone who was a POW. It also would not take much of a leap to wonder if he blamed those injured for their injuries --- just as he blamed the POWs for getting caught. Add to that, that even as a jest, he compared ALL military sacrifices (even if not captured or hit) with his heroism avoiding STCs. That comment should have angered every vet, current soldier and their families that fear for them when they are gone.

That he lacks empathy has been well proven. That comment is not the least bit out of the pattern he has shown since 2015 -- and likely before that when we heard him less.

Trump doesn't know a lot about anything, but especially definitions of Patriot and Hero.

It’s good that the VFW demands an apology, but one is not forthcoming - and that in itself is newsworthy. Let Orange Foolius convince the American public through commission of one thoughtless act after another.

No way will he apologize.

but I too liked it, so I use it occasionally.

... Unlike bone spurs.

I'm a member of both and would love to see it. It's way overdue.

reporting was so misleading, I think all of these cases were walking cases and we are being very cautious in diagnosing these men, but why such assurances for days that no one was hurt which led many to passionately claim that Iran meant not to kill our soldiers.

Iran was trying to kill when they attacked bases in the country of Iraq.

A vast majority of them voted for Trump, just as they did for Cheney/Rumsfeld........

Of all the groups in America that should be outraged, after the last 20-30 years it should be the veterans and current troops. Especially after the past three years. When the Supreme Commander calls TBI people panty waists, those are fighting words.........

He has absolutely no respect for the military except as his private goon squad.......

Otherwise, hot air

I am a vet and I didn't, or would I ever, vote for him. Yes I know a lot of vets, and active military did vote for him last time, but I am not so sure that all of them that did vote last time will do so again, not with crap like this coming out of his mouth.

I also think that many parents of those on active duty are not going to like this kind of talk from someone who got a phony Dr. to get him out of the draft with the so called "bone spurs" excuse!

I really hope people wake up to the fact he is no fit to be in the White House.

Rinse and repeat.

Visit to Arlington Cemetery reminded Donald Trump Jr. of all his family's 'sacrifices,' he writes

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/visit-to-arlington-cemetery-reminded-donald-trump-jr-of-all-his-family-s-sacrifices-he-writes-1.606501

Future dictators are suppose to have the military on their side. Don't believe that is how you do it.

At the polls.

What a PoS.

I live in the Lehigh Valley, PA, and I'll bet the Allentown Morning Call and WFMZ TV will not report that a Veteran's organization demanded an apology from draft-dodger Don.

the CNN article is all I have found, so you could be right. I just hope the Vets who did vote for him in 2016 start thinking twice before they vote for him again.

Trump's too insecure to admit when he's screwed up.

Or President Obama, even after stating he knew birtherism wasn't true at a press conference...

OR...