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AtticusFinch » Today, 2:52 am » wrote: ↑ John Kelly confirms Trump privately disparaged U.S. service members and veterans
Trump called fallen soldiers "suckers” and "losers" during his presidency, according to a 2020 report in The Atlantic.
In 2016, during the 2016 presidential campaign, the editorial board endorsed a candidate for the third time in the magazine's history, urging readers to support Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton in a rebuke of Republican Donald Trump's candidacy.[33]After Trump prevailed in the November 2016 election, the magazine became a strong critic of him. In March 2019, a cover article by editor Yoni Appelbaum called for the impeachment of Donald Trump: "It's time for Congress to judge the president's fitness to serve."[34][35][36]In September 2020, it published a story, citing several anonymous sources, reporting that Trump referred to dead American soldiers as "losers".[37] Trump called it a "fake story", and suggested the magazine would soon be out of business.[38][39]In 2020, The Atlantic endorsed the Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election, and urged its readers to oppose Trump's re-election bid.[40] In early 2024, The Atlantic published a special 24-article issue titled "If Trump Wins," warning about a potential second term for Trump being worse than his first.[41][42] In October, the publication endorsed Democratic nominee Kamala Harris in her presidential bid against Trump in the 2024 election.[43]