Of his decision to pardon enlisted military convicted or accused of war crimes, Trump said: “There’s never been a president that’s going to stick up for them, and has, like I have”
Trump receives a bomber jacket before speaking to military personnel in 2017.
Though the source of the condemnation is significant — and suggests that Spencer is doubling down on his claim that he was ousted because of his ethical stance, not for running around the chain of command — the claim is not exactly breaking news. Whether or not military brass is fond of the chaos of the Trump administration, the commander-in-chief has repeatedly broadcast to enlisted members that Trump’s law-and-order rhetoric does not apply to war crimes.
On November 15, the company commander of that last war criminal, Clint Lorrance, told the New York Times that he lamented the pardon because “people will hail [Lorrance] as a hero, and he is not a hero. He ordered those murders. He lied about them.” On Monday, Trump took a different perspective on his selective leniency: “There’s never been a president that’s going to stick up for them, and has, like I have.
Like most favors Trump doles out, there’s an expectation of one in return. Late on Monday, the Daily Beast reported that President Trump wants to invite the accused and convicted war criminals he has pardoned onto the 2020 campaign trail — though it’s likely that the favor expected will be more of an honor bestowed. “I want to say thank you to President Trump,” Clint Lorrance said after he was released in November, after serving six years of a 20-year sentence.
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