“Trump Campaign CEO Cited Mormon Missionary Service To Slam Romney Sons”

“Trump Campaign CEO Cited Mormon Missionary Service To Slam Romney Sons” August 30, 2016

 

A scene from the Vietnam War
(Wikimedia Commons public domain)
Was the war in Vietnam comparable, on the whole, to nightclubbing in Manhattan?

 

More than once, a strong undercurrent of anti-Mormonism has been obvious on the Trumpist propaganda site Breitbart News.  (And that’s without even looking at the Breitbart reader comments, which can be bloodcurdling.)

 

Breitbart’s boss, Mr. Stephen Bannon, now heads up Mr. Donald J. Trump’s presidential campaign.

 

I’ve already mentioned this item from Breitbart, and this response.

 

Now, though, there’s this lovely blast from Mr. Bannon’s own past:

 

https://www.buzzfeed.com/mckaycoppins/trump-campaign-ceo-cited-mormon-missionary-service-to-slam-r?utm_term=.ac4wqPK9k#.ye1rvwZJ0

 

One can only wonder what Mr. Bannon — who, you recall, is the head of the Trump presidential campaign — might have to say about the distinguished military records accumulated by Mr. Trump and the Trump children.

 

Did you know that Mr. Trump has received the Purple Heart?

 

Are you aware of Mr. Trump’s thoughts about American POWs?

 

Do you recall what Mr. Trump said about the family of a soldier who died in Afghanistan?

 

Do you know what Mr. Trump was doing while John McCain was a prisoner in Hanoi?  See here.  Do you know what he regards as his own “personal Vietnam”?  See here.

 

Trump 2016!  Make America great again!

 

Here’s one worry:  If Mr. Donald J. Trump fails to obtain the White House, will Latter-day Saints be blamed by his followers for that defeat?  If Mr. Trump acquires the presidency but Latter-day Saints have proven insufficiently enthusiastic in their electoral support for him, will he and his followers bear a grudge?  (It would be very uncharacteristic of him if he didn’t bear a grudge.)

 

Several of my readers have suggested that only my personal arrogance prevents me from endorsing Mr. Donald J. Trump to succeed Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Madison, Lincoln, Eisenhower, and Reagan in the White House.

 

Maybe so.  What other reason could there possibly be?

 

 


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