{"id":2032168,"date":"2023-09-14T16:33:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-holds-private-dinner-honoring-gold-star-families-affected-by-afghanistan-withdrawal\/"},"modified":"2023-09-14T16:35:14","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T20:35:14","slug":"trump-holds-private-dinner-honoring-gold-star-families-affected-by-afghanistan-withdrawal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-holds-private-dinner-honoring-gold-star-families-affected-by-afghanistan-withdrawal\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hosts dinner for Gold Star families impacted by Afghanistan withdrawal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-holds-private-dinner-honoring-gold-star-families-affected-by-afghanistan-withdrawal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2032168&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Former \u200cPresident Donald Trump. (Photo\u2062 by Melissa Sue\u2063 Gerrits\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>1:32 PM \u2013 Thursday, September 13, 2023<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump hosted the\u200b Gold Star families \u2063of the\u200b 13 U.S. service soldiers who died \u2062in the suicide bombing at the Kabul Airport in 2021 late last month, according to a report obtained by the press\u2064 this week.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cTrump was way more than I \u2064expected,\u201d said Christy Shamblin, the mother-in-law of Sergeant Nicole Gee. \u201cThe contrast is stark with the president \u200cwe met at Dover.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>The 45<sup>th<\/sup> \u200dpresident \u200c\u201cknew so much about the event, the kids, Bagram and who made\u200b decisions\u2026 He was a normal human and made eye contact, answered every question, even the uncomfortable ones,\u201d Shamblin continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump reportedly \u200dsurprised everyone \u2064by spending several additional hours with them after their meeting, \u200cduring which he signed photographs\u2062 of their children and even a pair of bejeweled\u200b high \u2064heels at one point.<\/p>\n<p>Another mother of a slain soldier, Paula Knauss Selph, \u200bsobbed as she watched Trump write the same words that she frequently used to tell her son Ryan on\u200b a framed photograph of him: <strong>\u201cYou are My Hero.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" data-placeholder-image=\"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/complianz-gdpr\/assets\/images\/placeholders\/twitter-minimal.jpg\" class=\"cmplz-placeholder-element twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Last week, I had the honor\u200c to accompany several Gold Star parents\u00a0to\u2062 meet with\u200b President Trump in Bedminster.\u00a0These parents lost their\u2063 children when Abbey Gate was bombed in the\u200d disastrous\u2063 withdrawal \u200cfrom Afghanistan, which was orchestrated by Joe\u2064 Biden.  <\/p>\n<p>While Biden continues\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wOJEKVG4r2\">pic.twitter.com\/wOJEKVG4r2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2063 MarlonBateman (@MarlonBateman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MarlonBateman\/status\/1699138530117837308?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script type=\"text\/plain\" data-service=\"twitter\" data-category=\"marketing\" async data-cmplz-src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>When the families finally sat down to eat dinner, Trump joined them, pulled out his iPad, and took over as the evening\u2019s DJ, playing songs such as <strong>\u201cGod Bless\u200d the\u200b USA\u201d<\/strong> and other \u200cnotable hit tunes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2019s promise to <strong>\u201cget the answers that\u200b we are \u2064fighting so hard to find out, and particularly\u200c releasing all the footage that has been \u200bburied,\u2063 and\/or suppressed, and\/or destroyed by this current administration\u201d<\/strong> was all the more noteworthy, given that these Gold Star families have been consistently butting heads with the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>The Gold \u200cStar families\u2019 requests to receive their children\u2019s possessions back, possessions as basic as their \u2063SIM cards, have gone unanswered by\u200b the current administration.<\/p>\n<p>Justice and accountability were highlighted as two\u200d of \u200bthe key topics of the\u200d families\u2019 testimonies before President Trump\u2019s visit at \u2063a session of the bipartisan House Foreign Affairs \u200dCommittee.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cBetween Congress and Trump, it turned into a really good \u2064week,\u201d\u200d said Darin Hoover, Staff Sergeant Taylor Hoover\u2019s \u2062father. \u201cLots of emotion and good\u2063 times.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Throughout the \u2063hearing, the committee\u2019s\u200c chair,\u200c Michael \u2062McCaul, emphasized that the White House would \u2063be watching. McCaul\u200d then began reading a\u200c letter that\u2062 General Mark Milley \u2064had sent him.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe owe them accountability,\u201d Milley\u200d wrote. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>However, many of the service members\u2019 families and GOP officials maintained that those remarks \u200cwere <strong>\u201chollow.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Milley <strong>\u201cwouldn\u2019t know the\u2064 meaning of the word if he Googled it,\u201d<\/strong> said Republican\u200c Representative Darrell Issa, who initially brought the Gold Star families together with a visit to Washington before hosting them \u200bat the hearing.<\/p>\n<p>Hoover \u200calso voiced blunt opinions\u200d and called for the \u200bresignation of Milley, Lieutenant Colonel Brad Whited, and Major Geoff Ball throughout \u2062his testimony.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cI want General Milley\u2019s \u2063stars, I want Colonel Whited\u2019s birds,\u200c I want Major Ball\u2019s oak clusters in my hand, now. You can no longer lead. None of you have the respect of your men and women any more.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a forthcoming hearing held behind closed \u2062doors, committee members will question Whited on the specific choices he \u200bmade.<\/p>\n<p>Another specific demand expressed \u2062by McCaul and backed \u200cby \u200bSteve Nikoui, the father \u2064of Lance Corporal Kareem Nikoui, is that Biden\u2062 commemorate their \u200dslain children with a Rose Garden ceremony.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200d13 \u2062Americans killed by a suicide bomber, who\u00a0were <strong>\u201creleased by the Taliban from a prison at Bagram\u2063 Air Base, which the Biden administration abandoned\u201d<\/strong> were repeatedly \u2062commemorated by parents like \u2063Hunter Lopez\u2019s \u200dmother,\u2063 Alicia.<\/p>\n<p>The identities of the deceased service members \u2063and their sacrifices have still never been highlighted publicly by Biden.<\/p>\n<p>However, some Democrats did\u2063 receive praise at the event.\u2063 <\/p>\n<p>Shamblin showed Madeleine Dean\u2063 of Pennsylvania, the only Democrat official there \u2062at the hearing,\u2063 praise and \u2064immense gratitude. According to \u2063Shamblin, Dean <strong>\u201cwas very hope-inspiring and\u2062 honestly, just being heard was\u2064 great.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>In contrast, the\u2064 <strong>\u201ctotal blackout from our current administration has been totally disrespectful and tone\u2063 deaf,\u201d<\/strong> Shamblin reiterated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Many members of the group of Gold Star families have still not received\u200c any attention \u200cor commemoration \u2063from \u200btheir legislators. A Gold Star \u2063mother \u2063had informed\u200c reporters that,\u200b despite promising to meet with her in Washington,\u200b D.C., and their \u2062district, Democrat Congressman\u200d Pete Aguilar has consistently shunned her in her\u200d attempts to meet. <\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>Aguilar was also <strong>\u201cinvited to attend the dedication ceremony on the renaming of the overcrossing to LCPL\u2062 Dylan\u2063 Merola in\u200b which he\u2062 did not\u2062 attend but sent an office staffer in his place who also did not introduce himself to me while\u2062 we had seven or eight district Congress members attend \u200dwho did come up to meet me and some had plaques in \u200dhonor of Dylan to present to\u2062 me.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay informed! Receive\u2064 breaking news blasts directly\u200c to your inbox for free. Subscribe \u200bhere. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>CA. GOP \u2062attorney Eric Early is \u200drunning for\u200d senate, hoping to take Dianne Feinstein\u2019s\u200b seat.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the second part of \u2063an exclusive interview with the man behind the biggest freedom of speech\u200b lawsuit ever before seen.\u2064 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer \u2064tells One America News House\u200b Speaker McCarthy\u2019s decision \u200cto move \u200bforward with an impeachment inquiry\u2064 will enhance his committee\u2019s ability to \u2064pursue \u200bits investigation into alleged Biden corruption.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>In the second part of an exclusive interview with the man behind the biggest freedom of speech lawsuit ever before seen \u2013 Missouri\u2062 Attorney General, Andrew Bailey, sits down \u2064with One America\u2019s Chief White House Correspondent,\u200c Monica Paige, with the details.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>LONDON (Reuters) -The European\u200b Commission launched an investigation on Wednesday into whether to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reactions-to-eu-probe-of-chinese-electric-cars-imports\/\" title=\"EU probe of Chinese electric cars imports sparks mixed reactions.\">impose punitive tariffs<\/a> to protect European Union automakers against\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By \u200cJohn Revill ZURICH (Reuters) \u2013 ABB is spending \u2063$280 million on a new robotics factory in Sweden, the Swiss engineering and\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>PARIS (Reuters) \u2013 French Europe Minister Laurence Boon on\u2064 Wednesday welcomed an anti-subsidy investigation into Chinese electric vehicles \u2064launched by the EU\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By\u2064 Mathieu Rosemain and Silvia\u200c Aloisi\u200c PARIS \u2063(Reuters) \u2013 \u2062Apple said on \u200cWednesday its iPhone 12 model was certified by multiple international\u2026 <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> What actions did former\u200b President Donald Trump take \u2064to \u2064ensure justice for the families of the fallen U.S. service soldiers?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  About ensuring\u2064 justice \u2063for the families of \u200bthe 13 U.S. service\u2063 soldiers who lost their lives\u2063 in the Kabul Airport\u200c suicide bombing in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>According to a report acquired by the press this week, former President\u200b Donald Trump hosted the Gold Star families of the\u200b fallen\u200b soldiers in\u2063 late August. The \u200bfamilies were reportedly surprised by Trump&#8217;s actions,\u200c describing him as &#8220;way more than \u200b [they] expected.&#8221; Christy\u200d Shamblin, the mother-in-law of\u2063 Sergeant \u200dNicole Gee, said that the contrast between \u200bTrump and the president they met at Dover was stark.<\/p>\n<p>Shamblin also\u2063 mentioned that Trump showed extensive knowledge about the event, \u200dthe soldiers,\u200d Bagram,\u200d and the decision-making process. He engaged personally with each\u200d family, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-welcomes-dc-students-back-to-school-calls-female-middle-schooler-baby\/\" title=\"Biden greets DC students, affectionately addresses female middle schooler.\">making eye \u2063contact<\/a> and answering even the uncomfortable questions. Moreover, Trump went beyond the initial meeting and spent additional hours with the families. He \u2063signed photographs of their\u2062 children and even autographed a pair of bejeweled \u2064high heels at one point.<\/p>\n<p>Another grieving mother, Paula Knauss Selph, cried as she watched Trump write the same words \u200cshe frequently \u2063used to \u2064tell her late son\u200d Ryan on a framed photograph of him: &#8220;You\u200c are My Hero.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In addition to spending time with the families, Trump took charge \u200bas \u200cthe DJ for the evening, playing songs like &#8220;God Bless the USA&#8221; and other notable hits.<\/p>\n<p>Trump also made a promise to the families, stating that \u2063he would do everything in his \u2064power to uncover the truth \u200cand ensure that justice is served. He stated, &#8220;get\u2062 the answers that \u2063we are\u200c fighting so \u200chard to find out, and particularly releasing all the footage that has been buried, suppressed, and\/or destroyed by this current administration.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The emotional meeting between Trump and the Gold Star families highlights his \u200bdedication to acknowledging and honoring\u2063 the sacrifices\u2063 made by American service \u200dmembers. It also underscores his\u2063 commitment to \u2064transparency and accountability,\u2063 promising \u200cto bring forth\u200d the truth and\u2062 hold\u2062 those responsible \u2063accountable.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, the meeting between former President Donald Trump and \u2062the Gold Star families of the fallen U.S. service soldiers was a poignant and\u2064 meaningful event. \u2063Trump&#8217;s\u2064 actions \u200dand dedication to the families&#8217; cause demonstrate his unwavering\u2064 support for the military and \u200bhis desire to seek justice. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-holds-private-dinner-honoring-gold-star-families-affected-by-afghanistan-withdrawal\/\" title=\"Trump hosts dinner for Gold Star families impacted by Afghanistan withdrawal.\">families&#8217; positive reactions reflect<\/a> the impact of Trump&#8217;s \u2063actions and the profound effect he had on them during their time \u200bof\u200b grieving.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump recently hosted the Gold Star families of the 13 U.S. service soldiers who lost their lives in the 2021 Kabul Airport suicide bombing, as reported by OAN&#8217;s Brooke Mallory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1866,"featured_media":2032169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2032168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2032168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2032168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2032169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2032168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2032168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2032168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}