"The Trump family's flawless record of avoiding military service would be unremarkable if Donald Trump never started a war. But when your father starts a war, an illegal and unconstitutional war, and you are of the age that is eligible to fight and die in your father's war, what do you do? There is no suspense tonight about what Barron Trump will do. He will do nothing."
"Donald Trump has been quoted by his former White House chief of staff, saying that soldiers killed in combat are suckers and losers. What does that make a soldier who wasn't in combat and is killed? What does that make? A soldier who was an IT specialist, who was never supposed to be exposed to anything more dangerous than a computer screen, who got killed in action."
"Like Barron Trump, Declan Coady was a college student, a sophomore at Drake University and an Army reservist from West Des Moines, Iowa. Barron Trump will not be attending Declan Coady's funeral. Barron Trump, like every member of the Trump family, has never attended the military funeral of someone that they know who was killed in action."
Lawrence O'Donnell delivered a commentary on The Last Word criticizing the Trump family's consistent avoidance of military service, particularly in light of President Trump's initiation of a war with Iran that has resulted in American military deaths. O'Donnell specifically referenced Barron Trump, noting his upcoming 20th birthday and contrasting his privileged circumstances with those of servicemembers killed in action. He highlighted the case of Declan Coady, a Drake University sophomore and Army reservist from Iowa who was killed despite working as an IT specialist in a non-combat role. O'Donnell emphasized that the Trump family has never attended military funerals for those killed in action and referenced Trump's reported characterization of fallen soldiers as "suckers and losers."
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