Trump sought to exclude wounded vets from parade

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As President Donald Trump sought to hold a spectacular military parade on the Fourth of July, the former president had a request that stunned his top military advisers: He didn’t want wounded veterans to be on display. Trump had been inspired to hold a grand Independence Day parade in the summer of 2018 after attending the Bastille Day parade in France the year before. However, he reportedly lamented the presence of wounded soldiers in wheelchairs who had lost limbs in battle, requesting they not be present. “Look, I don’t want any wounded guys in the parade,” Trump said, according to an excerpt of the forthcoming book The Divider by journalists Susan Glasser and Peter Baker. “This doesn’t look good for me.” The comment stunned the generals present for the meeting, worsening frustrations already brewing amid the administration, according to the book. “Those are the heroes,” John Kelly, then-White House chief of staff, told Trump. “In our society, there’s only one group of people who are more heroic than they are — and they are buried over in Arlington.” As a veteran I am ashamed to see so many of our countryman fawn over this coward! Dont be fooled! Trumps only reason for running again will be to avoid prison! Trump is a draft dodging coward!