But no group received more attention than the #US #military. #Trump handed out two Purple Hearts (one posthumously), a Legion of Merit, & not one, but two Congressional Medals of Honor. Military awards that should have been treated with dignity & respect were placed on men like prizes, including a moment when Trump’s co-host, the First Lady, put one of the Medals of Honor around the neck of a 100-year-old fighter pilot.
And so it went, all night. Sometimes, the guests were meant to tug at the heart, such as when #Trump recognized Erica Kirk, the wife of the murdered activist Charlie Kirk. Others were presented as ornaments meant to illustrate Trump’s successes: Enrique Marquez, a Venezuelan political prisoner freed after U.S. forces deposed the strongman Nicolas Maduro, was given a round of well-deserved applause. Trump also gave a shoutout to a woman whose IVF medications were now, he claimed, cheaper.
But no group received more attention than the #US #military. #Trump handed out two Purple Hearts (one posthumously), a Legion of Merit, & not one, but two Congressional Medals of Honor. Military awards that should have been treated with dignity & respect were placed on men like prizes, including a moment when Trump’s co-host, the First Lady, put one of the Medals of Honor around the neck of a 100-year-old fighter pilot.