While addressing the VFW convention today in Kansas City, President Trump once again ruffled the media’s feathers when he called them out as “Fake News.” But this, time, there was a twist as the gathered veterans joined in and booed the media:
“Stick with us. Don’t believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news," Trump says at Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. Scores of veterans, right on cue from commander in chief, point to press riser and boo and hiss.
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 24, 2018
Video here:
"Just remember, what you are seeing and what you are reading is not what's happening" Trump says at the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. pic.twitter.com/NWFsB8QV2g
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) July 24, 2018
BuzzFeed’s Vera Bergengruen called it “unsettling” that those who fought to defend America and the First Amendment make take issue with the way the media is covering the president:
“Just stick with us, don’t believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news.”
Trump, the commander in chief, points to the press in the back, veterans boo, jeer and applaud. Unsettling. pic.twitter.com/1L3FiOlo4H
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) July 24, 2018
The Washington Post’s Philip Rucker reports that this sentiment wasn’t unanimous, however:
Not all veterans of foreign wars hate the "fake news." One vet just came up to me after Trump's speech to shake my hand, thank me for my reporting and whispered, "I have one question: How do you put up with this bullsh– every day?" https://t.co/F39jBJBzXz
— Philip Rucker (@PhilipRucker) July 24, 2018
And we’re pretty sure those in the room weren’t booing WSJ reporter and Marine Corps veteran Ben Kesling:
VFW convention attendees now booing the media.
This morning I attended a House VA Committee hearing in order to make sure VA officials answered my questions abut the claims appeals process and complaints that it isn't serving vets properly.
— Ben Kesling (@bkesling) July 24, 2018
But it was not all boos and hisses. President Trump brought 94-year-old veteran Alan Jones onstage and promised him an Oval Office tour for the 95th birthday:
After inviting #WWII vet Allan Jones on stage with him, President @realDonaldTrump promises him and his family a trip to the Oval Office for his 95th birthday.
Also scores himself an autograph. #VFWConvention #TrumpInKC pic.twitter.com/WJ28WSoSSL— KCTV5 News (@KCTV5) July 24, 2018
And he called every veteran in the room a “national treasure”:
"Each of you is a national treasure." – Pres. @realDonaldTrump, referring to veterans of World War II while addressing the #VFWConvention #TrumpInKC
MORE: https://t.co/lm2f8AcMeS pic.twitter.com/AW3u8vJ3CU— KCTV5 News (@KCTV5) July 24, 2018
The media just doesn’t get that the people in the room see the president as the guy who just hugged the 94-year-old vet and want to hear more stories like that.
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