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IDemo

(16,926 posts) Mon Feb 1, 2016, 10:49 PM Feb 2016

Donald Trump Says Soldiers 'Go For A Little Ride' When Roadside Bombs Hit

Real estate mogul Donald Trump spoke inaccurately about battlefield conditions Monday when he told an Iowa audience that soldiers traveling in armored Humvees are safe from improvised explosive devices.

"The best in the world, armor-plated, top, bottom, all over. If a bomb goes off, our wounded warriors, instead of losing their legs, their arms, worse, they’re okay. They go for a little ride upward, and they come down," Trump said at a rally in Cedar Rapids.

If only the GOP presidential candidate's ill-informed idea of warfare reflected the reality described by veterans, there would have been fewer American casualties in places such as Iraq and Afghanistan.

Veterans and their supporters quickly ridiculed Trump for not knowing that roadside bombs can rip through armored Humvees and inflict grave injuries.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-says-soldiers-go-for-a-little-ride-when-roadside-bombs-hit_us_56afefefe4b057d7d7c7ecae

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Donald Trump Says Soldiers 'Go For A Little Ride' When Roadside Bombs Hit (Original Post) IDemo Feb 2016 OP

Yeah, and this is the guy who skipped the debate to "raise funds for veterans". Ken Burch Feb 2016 #1

He's such a dummy. SummerSnow Feb 2016 #2

What a ridiculous thing for Trump to say. democrank Feb 2016 #3

Trump knows this from personal experience. Tommy_Carcetti Feb 2016 #4

A local vet did that little ride, leaving him permanently paralyzed, less one arm, severely burned pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #5

veterans and God must hate this phony fucker. not an honest bone in his body. spanone Feb 2016 #6

. pinboy3niner Feb 2016 #7

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

1. Yeah, and this is the guy who skipped the debate to "raise funds for veterans".

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Mon Feb 1, 2016, 10:50 PM

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SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)

2. He's such a dummy.

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Mon Feb 1, 2016, 10:50 PM

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democrank

(11,104 posts)

3. What a ridiculous thing for Trump to say.

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Mon Feb 1, 2016, 10:51 PM

Feb 2016

Apparently he has never visited a VA hospital. And, called it "going for a little ride" is disgusting.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,198 posts)

4. Trump knows this from personal experience.

Reply to IDemo (Original post)

Mon Feb 1, 2016, 10:54 PM

Feb 2016

Given that he once went to a military style prep school after being kicked out of his regular prep school for bad behavior, and that's the same as actual military service in his mind.