T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 1 老头有时候心软啊，现在都闹出来。这老爸建筑工人，儿子死了军队给10万都到前妻那
里去了。
Trump offered a grieving military father $25,000 in a call, but didn’t
follow through
President Trump, in a personal phone call to a grieving military father,
offered him $25,000 and said he would direct his staff to establish an
online fundraiser for the family, but neither happened, the father said.
Chris Baldridge, the father of Army Sgt. Dillon Baldridge, told The
Washington Post that Trump called him at his home in Zebulon, N.C., a few
weeks after his 22-year-old son and two fellow soldiers were gunned down by
an Afghan police officer in a suspected insider attack June 10. Their phone
conversation lasted about 15 minutes, Baldridge said, and centered for a
time on the father’s struggle with the manner in which his son was killed.
“I said, ‘Me and my wife would rather our son died in trench warfare,’ ”
Baldridge said. “I feel like he got murdered over there.”
Trump’s offer of $25,000 adds another dimension to the president’s
relations with Gold Star families, an honorific given to those whose loved
ones die while serving in support of the nation’s wars. The disclosure
follows questions about how often the president has called or written to
grieving military families.
The Washington Post contacted the White House about Baldridge’s account on
Wednesday morning. Officials declined to discuss the events in detail.
But in a statement Wednesday afternoon, White House spokeswoman Lindsay
Walters said: “The check has been sent. It’s disgusting that the media is
taking something that should be recognized as a generous and sincere gesture
, made privately by the President, and using it to advance the media’s
biased agenda.”
Trump said this week that he has “called every family of somebody that’s
died, and it’s the hardest call to make.” At least 20 Americans have been
killed in action since he became commander in chief in January. The
Washington Post interviewed the families of 13 and found that his
interactions with them varied. About half had received phone calls, they
said. The others said they had not heard from the president.
In his call with Trump, Baldridge, a construction worker, expressed
frustration with the military’s survivor benefits program. Because his ex-
wife was listed as their son’s beneficiary, she was expected to receive the
Pentagon’s $100,000 death gratuity — even though “I can barely rub two
nickels together,” he told Trump.
The president’s response shocked him.
“He said, ‘I’m going to write you a check out of my personal account for
$25,000,’ and I was just floored,” Baldridge said. “I could not believe
he was saying that, and I wish I had it recorded because the man did say
this. He said, ‘No other president has ever done something like this,’ but
he said, ‘I’m going to do it.’ ”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-offered-a-
grieving-military-father-25000-in-a-call-but-didnt-follow-through/2017/10/18
/8d4cbc8c-b43a-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html | a******5
发帖数: 2062 | 2 “No other president has ever done something like this,’ but he said, ‘I’
m going to do it.’ ”
這句話實在很噁心。 | H****S
发帖数: 1359 | 3 For the first time in his adult life, michael is really proud of his country.
【在 a******5 的大作中提到】
: “No other president has ever done something like this,’ but he said, ‘I’
: m going to do it.’ ”
: 這句話實在很噁心。
| a******5
发帖数: 2062 | 4 It’s disgusting that the media is taking something that should be
recognized as a generous and sincere gesture, made privately by the
President, and using it to advance the media’s
biased agenda.”
這怎麽能怪媒體？如果爸爸決定公佈，媒體有權選擇是否要報道。川普跟媒體關係惡劣
，媒體選擇報導出來理所當然。要怪只能怪川普自己，他不選擇努力調和關係，反而選
擇動輒破口大罵！
美國媒體修理總統是有傳統的，雷根小布希高爾，哪個不是被修理過？哪個不是選擇與
努力改善關係？哪個被罵了就破口大罵回去？！
怪誰？ | t**x
发帖数: 20965 | 5 老川倒了血霉了。
这个报道是真的话，辞职算了， 以后没完了。
这么打朝鲜， 破产也就几分钟。 | G*******h
发帖数: 4091 | | a******5
发帖数: 2062 | 7 你會不會在捐款的時候帶上一句：我家鄰居都不捐。
said,
‘I’
【在 a******5 的大作中提到】
: It’s disgusting that the media is taking something that should be
: recognized as a generous and sincere gesture, made privately by the
: President, and using it to advance the media’s
: biased agenda.”
: 這怎麽能怪媒體？如果爸爸決定公佈，媒體有權選擇是否要報道。川普跟媒體關係惡劣
: ，媒體選擇報導出來理所當然。要怪只能怪川普自己，他不選擇努力調和關係，反而選
: 擇動輒破口大罵！
: 美國媒體修理總統是有傳統的，雷根小布希高爾，哪個不是被修理過？哪個不是選擇與
: 努力改善關係？哪個被罵了就破口大罵回去？！
: 怪誰？
| t**x
发帖数: 20965 | 8 估计老川的钱被贪污了。
呵呵呵
【在 G*******h 的大作中提到】
: 支票到底给了没？为什么白宫发言人说给了？
| T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 9
我觉得是开始忘了最近才给的。这本来就比较扯，国防部补助10w到前妻，这老爸打电
话又哭穷，床铺不会打官腔啊。
【在 G*******h 的大作中提到】
: 支票到底给了没？为什么白宫发言人说给了？
| i**********k
发帖数: 5274 | | i**********k
发帖数: 5274 | 11
country.
【在 H****S 的大作中提到】
: For the first time in his adult life, michael is really proud of his country.
| T**********e
发帖数: 29576 | 12
打个慰问电话被哭穷， 老头没不过面子，后来估计想着有点冤大头，就没follow up，
现在爆出来赶紧给。
【在 i**********k 的大作中提到】
: 给什么啊，这傻老头，要是我一分钱都不给！
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