‘Suckers’ and ‘Losers’: Trump’s war with the military
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The Times
4 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2020
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
With less than 50 days until the US presidential election, Donald Trump's relationship with the US military has become strained. But how is the fallout impacting his hopes of returning to the White House?
Guests:
Henry Zeffman, Washington Correspondent, The Times.
Admiral James Stavridis, Retired US Navy admiral and Former Supreme Allied Commander of NATO.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 0:00.0 | And by the way, I love the military. Is this military or what? We're going to take care of the military. |
| 0:06.0 | I will rebuild our military. It will be so strong and so powerful and so great. |
| 0:12.0 | It started so differently. Donald Trump, the |
| 0:18.8 | president and commander-in-chief, seemed fawn over the US military. |
| 0:24.0 | But there's nothing more important than our military. |
| 0:27.0 | But now, that seems to have changed. |
| 0:30.0 | President Trump has in many ways kind of moved on from his love affair with the military. |
| 0:37.0 | We hear from one of the most distinguished military figures in America about why weeks from the election a core part of the Republican |
| 0:46.9 | base is rethinking its vote. I don't think he can look at the military as a strong political base. I think his support is in fact slipping among military. |
| 0:59.0 | You're listening to stories of our times from the Times and the Sunday times. I'm Manveen Rana. Today, suckers and |
| 1:08.1 | losers. President Trump's war with the military. Fox News Alert, |
| 1:23.4 | The President just arriving back from Pennsylvania |
| 1:25.7 | and responding to an explosive report in the Atlantic |
| 1:29.0 | claiming the President disparaged Marine Corps |
| 1:31.2 | War Heroes from the Battle of Below Wood during World War I. |
| 1:35.2 | The story claims that the President didn't join his then chief of staff, John Kelly, on the trip |
| 1:40.0 | because those World War I men were losers and suckers. |
| 1:44.0 | A fortnight ago, a story in the Atlantic magazine burst onto the American political landscape |
| 1:50.0 | and hijacked the new cycle. |
| 1:52.0 | Disparaging comments about America's fallen troops. and hijacked the new cycle. The new cycle. |
| 1:53.0 | Disparaging comments about America's fallen troops |
| 1:55.0 | including calling U.S. Marines killed in World War I, |
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