Last Updated on September 5, 2020, 10:56 AM AST by Anthony Morris
US President Donald Trump came under fire over reports that he had mocked the US war dead as “losers” and suckers” with Joe Biden.
Joe Biden, who is Trump’s primary opponent in the upcoming presidential election, declared him “unfit” for the role of commander-in-chief.
Biden’s comments on Friday came as Trump again sought to dismiss as “false” the alleged comments, first reported on by The Atlantic magazine and then by The Associated Press news agency.
Voice cracking, Biden told reporters in Delaware that if Trump’s comments are true, they are deplorable.
Biden said that he had never been as disappointed, in his whole career, with a leader that he has worked with, President or otherwise.
He said that if the article is true and it appears to be true, based on other things which Trump has said, it is absolutely damning and it is a disgrace.
Trump said that no apology was necessary, because it was a “fake story” in the Oval Office.
The allegations, which were sourced anonymously, describe multiple offensive comments which were made by the President towards the US service members who were killed or captured during a trip to France in November 2018.
Trump reportedly told senior staff in the morning of a scheduled visit to the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery, that why should he go to that cemetery? It is filled with losers.
The White House later said that the visit was cancelled because of the foggy weather as it made the helicopter trip from Paris too risky and a 90-minute drive for the President was deemed infeasible.
Trump denied ever uttering such comments while he was speaking in the Oval Office on Friday.
Trump said that it was a terrible thing that somebody can say the kind of things and especially to him because he has done more for the military than almost anyone else.
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