Bethel, ME – Brother Of Fallen Marine Calls Trump ‘all Talk’

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    BETHEL, ME - SEPTEMBER 16: A friend, and fellow service member, of Capt. Ben Cross leans over his casket to says a tearful final goodbye at Riverside Cemetery. (Staff photo by Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer)Bethel, ME –  The brother of a Marine from Maine who was killed in the crash of an Osprey aircraft says President Donald Trump never reached out to the family, either by letter or phone call.

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    Capt. Ben Cross of Bethel was one of three Marines killed in the crash in August off the coast of Australia. His older brother, Ryan Cross, who’s an Army veteran, says Trump portrays himself as a champion of the armed forces but it’s “all talk and no action.”

    He says it’s upsetting to see the president politicizing fallen military service members.

    The Associated Press reached out to the families of all 43 people who have died in military service since Trump became president and made contact with about half the families. Of those who would address the question, more said they had not heard from Trump than said they did.


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    hashomer
    hashomer
    6 years ago

    Idiot Trumpf criticized President Lincoln for not phoning families of soldiers killed in the Civil War.

    hmmmm
    hmmmm
    6 years ago

    Trump. A fake , phony , fraud. I wonder if bob grant would call him as such.

    6 years ago

    I wonder what the guy who’s using this for his research paper will say to the comment section on this one.

    Butterfly
    Butterfly
    6 years ago

    I hate liars!! It shows the true character of the person!!

    6 years ago

    To #1 - Your statement is idiotic, as usual, since there were no telephones during the U.S. Civil War!