President Trump has strongly denied The Atlantic report, based on four anonymous sources, that he called dead and wounded U.S. service members 'losers and suckers.'
Former Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel said Sunday that if President Donald Trump disparaged fallen U.S. soldiers by calling them"losers," as was
Hagel, a Vietnam War veteran and two-term Republican senator, told ABC News"This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz that if Trump's reported comments are"real, it's beneath the dignity of any commander in chief. Truly they're despicable."Trump accused of describing war dead as 'losers' and 'suckers.' He denies allegationsHagel said that while the report was based on anonymous sources, the remarks fit with a pattern of previous statements and actions.
Hagel, who ran the Department of Defense from 2013-2015 under former President Barack Obama, said the issue would"resonate" with service members because and encouraged the anonymous sources in the story to come forward publicly. "That's just the reality of politics and the freedom of expression and we have a great country where you can believe what you want to believe. But facts are facts," he said."And the reality of those facts are pretty clear."On Saturday former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said she others who worked for Trump"witnessed the tremendous amount of love and respect he has for our military.
"I would be offended too if I thought it was true," he said, questioning the credibility of anonymous sources.
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