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.'
supporters gathered at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey — an event meant to center on fighting antisemitism —said that a civilian Presidential Medal of Freedom is better than the Medal of Honor because soldiers who are recognized are “in very bad shape … or they’re dead.”
The insulting remark was made as the former president lauded Miriam Adelson, a billionaire and widow of longtime Republican megadonor Sheldon Adelson. Miriam has continued to to dumpfollowing Sheldon’s death in 2021. The former president awarded Miriam with the Medal of Freedom in 2018, for work as a doctor and her donations to facilities treating drug addiction.
“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 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.
Trump: When we gave her the Presidential Medal of Freedom… It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor— it’s actually much better because everyone who gets the Congressional Medal, they’re soldiers.
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