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Related: About this forumThis is the kind of wall Trump will force us to build, and we will end up all paying for it
Last edited Sun Jul 31, 2016, 01:25 PM - Edit history (2)
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a 2-acre (8,000 m²) national memorial in Washington, DC. It honors U.S. service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War, service members who died in service in Vietnam/South East Asia, and those service members who were unaccounted for (Missing In Action) during the War.
Ironically, Trump brags he was responsible for building this wall, but it turns out he skipped every meeting except the first one and another where a journalist was profiling him for attending.
What a scumbag...
On edit, my first change was to fix the image (thanks NurseJackie), second is to acknowledge that draft-dodger Drumpf had actually bailed out on a completely different veteran's memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Plaza. (thanks Motley13 and Brother Buzz).
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This is the kind of wall Trump will force us to build, and we will end up all paying for it (Original Post)
Simeon Salus
Jul 2016
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Simeon Salus
(1,144 posts)1. why didn't my image render?
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NurseJackie
(42,862 posts)2. The colon ":" prevents the DU software from properly embedding the image.
Simeon Salus
(1,144 posts)7. thanks
fixed it
liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)3. There will be wars if Trump becomes president
oberliner
(58,724 posts)4. Leader of New York Veterans Group Defends Donald Trump
With all the fire coming at Donald Trump since his comments this weekend against Sen. John McCain one of the leaders of New Yorks Vietnam Veterans Plaza tells ABC News Trump has not been a bad guy to us.
Vincent McGowan, who has been with the organization since its inception in 1983 and currently sits on its board, says that if it wasnt for Trump, the project in lower Manhattan would have never happened.
McGowan says the property downtown was gifted to the veterans by the Koch administration but they had no money. Trump committed $1M in a matching fund and they couldnt have built it without him.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/leader-york-veterans-group-defends-donald-trump/story?id=32571459
Vincent McGowan, who has been with the organization since its inception in 1983 and currently sits on its board, says that if it wasnt for Trump, the project in lower Manhattan would have never happened.
McGowan says the property downtown was gifted to the veterans by the Koch administration but they had no money. Trump committed $1M in a matching fund and they couldnt have built it without him.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/leader-york-veterans-group-defends-donald-trump/story?id=32571459
Motley13
(3,867 posts)5. He was talking about a Vietnam memorial in NY
http://wonkette.com/591339/donald-trump-defeats-soviet-union-builds-vietnam-memorial-with-his-bare-hands
Same ole crock from dim don
Same ole crock from dim don
Simeon Salus
(1,144 posts)8. you are correct
I made a mistake. Thanks for correcting me.
(which, BTW, are words you'll never hear the Drumpf führer say...)
Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)6. I thought he bailed on Vietnam Veterans Plaza in New York