Speaking at a Monday conference for U.S. military veterans in Virginia, Donald Trump suggested those who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder when they return from war are not as “strong” as those who are able to “handle it.”
“When you talk about the mental health problems, when people come back from war and combat, and they see things that maybe a lot of the folks in this room have seen many times over — and you’re strong and you can handle it — but a lot of people can’t handle it,” the Republican nominee said while taking questions at the Retired American Warriors event in Herndon, Va.
“And they see horror stories. They see events that you couldn’t see in a movie; nobody would believe it,” he continued.
His comments were widely criticized on social media, where users panned the notion that “strong” people can simply overcome PTSD.
The Trump campaign issued a statement Monday afternoon accusing the media of taking his remarks out of context:
https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/783030255531417600
But at NBC’s Commander-in-Chief Forum last month, Trump wrongly corrected a female Marine vet who asked him what he planned to do to help stop 20 servicemen and -women from committing suicide every day.
“Actually, it’s 22,” Trump replied before elaborating on his plan.
“A lot of it is they’re killing themselves over the fact that they can’t — they’re under tremendous pain and they can’t see a doctor,” he said. “We’re going to speed up the process. We’re going to create a big mental health division. They need help. They need help. They need tremendous help, and we’re doing nothing for them. The VA is really, almost, you could say, a corrupt enterprise.”
“We’re going to create a big mental health division. They need help.”
You’re talking about the same kind of ‘help’ the public receives from the pigs whenever they show up.
jewb#tch scumbag!!! 😡
How about not involving the military in senseless wars of aggression in the first place? I bet that would do a lot to cut down on PTSD.
As far as people who get PTSD not being as “strong”…well, there are different kinds of strength. I suppose some people are more susceptible to getting PTSD, and though I don’t know for sure, I suspect such people are more likely to be men and women of conscience. I doubt many psychopaths and sadists suffer from PTSD.
Couldn’t have said it any better
100% behind every word and intent
Agreed!
Men who are justified for what they must do in war suffer less trauma than men used as muscle for evil unjust spoils grabbing dictators. Our military is making unjust war and the men being asked to execute the war are generally good men who’s conscience is tormented after the leaders force them to act like the leaders who have no conscience force them to act. Example of evil leader: We came we saw he died HA HA HA Hillary! The latest email reveal Qaddafi was trying to create a gold backed African currency that would have competed with Rothschild globalist cartel money.
This is taken out of context lying news. I am no Trumper but what he said is accurate, it’s how you take what was said. I just left a comment blog of Military members or past members they all said the same thing except a person under 25 i would guess.
What Chump said may very well have been accurate, Tess, but as far as him actually doing ANYTHING to alleviate the problem… don’t hold your breath.
IF, by some ‘miracle’ Hitlery should ‘lose’ the (s)election, that is.