{"id":2348327,"date":"2024-10-01T21:44:02","date_gmt":"2024-10-02T01:44:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-downplays-injuries-of-soldiers-as-headaches-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-10-01T21:46:13","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T01:46:13","slug":"trump-downplays-injuries-of-soldiers-as-headaches-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-downplays-injuries-of-soldiers-as-headaches-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump downplays injuries of soldiers as headaches &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"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\">20<\/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-downplays-injuries-of-soldiers-as-headaches-washington-examiner%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=2348327&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>Former\u2062 President Donald Trump recently downplayed \u2064the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/capitol-police-officer-who-died-during-capitol-riot-to-lie-in-honor-in-rotunda\/\" title=\"Capitol Police Officer Who Died During Capitol Riot To Lie In Honor In Rotunda\">injuries sustained<\/a> by U.S.\u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">service members<\/a> during an Iranian \u200cmissile attack at \u200cAin al Asad Air Base in January 2020. These attacks \u200dwere in retaliation for the \u2062U.S. drone strike that\u200d killed \u2064Iranian General Qasem Soleimani. When asked about\u200d his lack of a stronger response to Iran,\u2064 Trump questioned the nature of the injuries, suggesting they\u200d could be trivial, such \u2062as headaches, and argued that the missiles did not strike their targets effectively. Despite more than 30 service members suffering traumatic brain injuries from the attack, there were \u200cno fatalities, as personnel had advance warning and were able to take cover. Trump&#8217;s comments have sparked discussions about his approach to military incidents and \u200dtheir implications.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trump downplays injuries of service members attacked on his watch<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1774126\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> appeared to downplay the hundreds of injuries suffered by U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"service members\">service members<\/a> at Ain al Asad Air Base in January 2020.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The attacks, launched by Iranian proxies, came in response to Trump&rsquo;s killing of former Quds Force commander Qasem Soleimani, but the former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/los-angeles-mayor-eric-garcetti-signs-11b-fiscal-year-budget\/\" title=\"Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti signs B fiscal year budget\">president questioned<\/a> the severity of those injuries during a press conference on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;First of all, injured?&rdquo; Trump posed back to reporters when asked about why he didn&rsquo;t respond with force to Iran&rsquo;s attack. &ldquo;What does injured&nbsp;mean? Injured means because they had a headache? Because the bombs never hit the fort.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>More than 30 U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dozen-missiles-fired-from-iran-strike-near-u-s-consulate-in-iraq\/\" title=\"Dozen Missiles Fired from Iran Strike Near U.S. Consulate in Iraq\">service members suffered traumatic brain injuries<\/a> when Iran launched at least 10 ballistic missiles at Ain al Asad Air Base in Iraq. The United States had received advance warning that strikes from Iran, responding to the drone strike killing of Soleimani, could occur on five U.S. military sites.<\/p>\n<p>Personnel were able to seek shelter, and no U.S. service members were killed.<\/p>\n<p>The questioning of Trump&rsquo;s handling of the situation was spurred by Iran&rsquo;s launching of more than 100 ballistic missiles at targets in Israel, retaliation to the Jewish state&rsquo;s recent campaign against Hezbollah targets in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>Trump responded to the strikes Tuesday by suggesting the world is moving toward World War III.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They are very close to global catastrophe,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3173206\/trump-seizes-iran-attack-against-israel-world-spiraling\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"said in Wisconsin\">said in Wisconsin<\/a>. &ldquo;We have a nonexistent president and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-seizes-on-irans-israel-attack-the-world-is-spiraling-washington-examiner\/\" title=\"Trump seizes on Iran&#039;s Israel attack: \u2018The world is spiraling\u2019 - Washington Examiner\">nonexistent vice president<\/a> who should be in charge, but nobody knows what&rsquo;s going on.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a> and Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> convened the National Security Council on Tuesday afternoon and leveraged U.S. assets in the Middle East to assist Israel in shooting down Iran&rsquo;s missiles.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1774126\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1774126\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump minimizes service members&#8217; injuries from 2020 attacks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2645,"featured_media":2348329,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-soldier-headaches.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[14899,8638,4187,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2348327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-headaches","tag-injuries","tag-soldiers","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/trump-soldier-headaches.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348327","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\/2645"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2348327"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2348327\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2348329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2348327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2348327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2348327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}