Miriam Adelson, widow of casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, ranks as former President Trump’s No. 4 donor according to Forbes. In 2020, she contributed $220 million and has already donated over $20 million this election cycle, with plans to give up to $90 million. Trump awarded her the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2018. Good goes around?
Last week at an event, Trump reminisced, “I watched [Sheldon Adelson] sitting so proud in the White House when we gave Miriam the Presidential Medal of Freedom. That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian, it’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version. It’s actually much better because everyone gets the Congressional Medal of Honor - those are soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets, or they’re dead.”
Trump has made many controversial remarks, but this might be his worst. After dodging service in Vietnam five times and living only a life of luxury, he continues to demonstrate how out of touch he is. For those who sing along to Trump’s “God Bless the USA” theme song, remember the lyrics: “And I won’t forget the men who died, Who gave that right to me.” Sadly, Trump’s words reveal his truth: he simply does not respect our troops.
Ace Jones Greensboro