Widow of fallen soldier hits out at Trump
The widow of a fallen US soldier says President Trump couldn’t remember her husband’s name during a controversial phone call.
Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt La David Johnson, told ABC News the president’s “stumbling” had “hurt her the most”.
“..If my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risks his life for our country, why can’t you remember his name?” she added.
Sgt La David Johnson was killed in Niger by Islamist militants this month.
Mrs Johnson said the call from President Trump made her cry “because I was very angry at the tone of his voice.”
“He had my husband’s report in front of him, and that’s when he actually said La David. I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband’s name”, she said.
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