Trump said that a civilian Medal of Freedom is better than the Medal of Honor given to soldiers who are recognized are "in very bad shape … or dead."

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I watched Sheldon sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom,” Trump said on Thursday evening. “That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian. It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor,” Trump added, referring to the highest military honor given for valor in combat.

But civilian version, it’s actually much better because everyone [who] gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they’re soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead,” Trump continued. “She gets it, and she’s a healthy, beautiful woman, and they’re rated equal, but she got the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and she got it for — and that’s through committees and everything else.

  • _bcron@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 months ago

    It’s almost like he’s a sociopath and doesn’t really understand things like bravery, but he understands that other people do see the merit, enough to try to rationalize why he sees no value in it