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Trump Criticized Over Medal of Honor Comments w/GOP Donor

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(The Guardian) Donald Trump has been criticized after he claimed that the civilian Presidential Medal of Freedom, which he bestowed on people including Republican supporters and donors during his time in office, is “much better” than the top military award for those killed or wounded in action: the Medal of Honor.

Speaking at a campaign event on Thursday, Trump made the claim as he addressed Miriam Adelson, the widow of Republican mega donor Sheldon Adelson. Trump awarded Miriam Adelson the Medal of Freedom in 2018.

“[The Medal of Freedom is] actually much better because everyone [who] gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they’re soldiers,” Trump said.

“They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead. She gets it, and she’s a healthy, beautiful woman. And they’re rated equal.”

Kamala Harris’s election campaign posted a video of Trump’s remarks to X on Thursday, along with a paragraph which quoted the former president verbatim.

Alexander Vindman, a retired lieutenant colonel in the US Army who testified during Trump’s first impeachment investigation – and was fired by the president - quote-posted the Harris campaign on X, saying: “Trump dishonor Medal of Honor recipients, our nation’s highest military award for distinguished acts of valor. He deserves nothing but disdain and disqualifies himself from public office.”
 

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