Report: Trump disparaged US war dead as ‘losers’, ‘suckers’


President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

DELRAY BEACH, Florida (AP): A new report details multiple instances of President Donald Trump making disparaging remarks about members of the US military who have been captured or killed, including referring to the American war dead at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 as “losers” and “suckers”.

Trump said Thursday that the story is “totally false”.

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