Did Trump dodge the Vietnam War draft? - Viet Fact Check
Sep 15, 2020 · Trump’s official selective service records revealed that he avoided serving in the Vietnam War because he obtained five deferments, once for bad feet and four times for college. After avoiding the draft in college, Trump graduated …
Donald Trump's military service explained - did he dodge the draft? - MSN
Donald Trump was one of many young American men who avoided being sent to war in Vietnam as he embarked upon his college education and began building the foundations of his empire instead
Was Trump a 'draft dodger'? - PolitiFact
Jul 18, 2015 · With his signature flair for controversy, billionaire Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump challenged the Vietnam War service credentials of Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz.
How Many Vietnam War-Era Draft Deferments Did Trump Receive?
Jun 16, 2024 · Donald Trump became eligible for the draft in 1964, at the same time the U.S. dramatically increased the number of troops deployed to Vietnam.
Trump made up injury to dodge Vietnam service, his former …
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump acknowledged to advisors that he made up a fake injury to avoid military service, because “I wasn’t going to Vietnam,” his former lawyer told lawmakers ...
Donald Trump Avoided the Military Draft 5 Times, Which Was …
Dec 26, 2018 · President Donald Trump received military draft deferments five times — once for bad feet and four times for college. Thanks in part to the deferments, he did not serve in Vietnam. The...
Trump Said 'Only Suckers Went to Vietnam'? - Snopes.com
Ahead of the November 2024 U.S. presidential elections, a purported quote from Republican candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump went viral, in which he allegedly insulted soldiers...
Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned why Americans who …
Sep 5, 2020 · President Donald Trump has repeatedly questioned why Americans who served in Vietnam went to war, according to someone who has heard him make the remarks. The President, who received a draft...
Trump’s complicated history with Vietnam | CNN Politics
Nov 9, 2017 · When President Donald Trump arrived in Vietnam on Friday, he disembarked in a country still scarred by the decades-old war that killed millions, fracturing it and the United States.
How Vietnam Became Donald Trump’s Forever War - POLITICO
Feb 26, 2019 · How Vietnam Became Donald Trump’s Forever War. Absent from his generation’s signature conflict, he turned Vietnam into an ideological battlefield he has returned to repeatedly.