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Despite that fascination, Trump took multiple deferments to avoid service in the Vietnam War. When he became president, Trump staffed his cabinet with senior generals.
The letter charged that Trump would “make America less safe” and was “utterly unfitted to the office.” Trump avoided the draft, but called his sex life in the 1980s “my personal Vietnam.” Citing his fear of sexually transmitted diseases, he said, "I feel like a great and very brave soldier.”
A biographer of Trump said the president once showed him the bone spurs that got him out of the draft, but he "didn't see" any evidence of them.
Neither Trump nor Harris served in the military, with Trump obtaining a series of deferments during the Vietnam War, including one obtained with a physician's letter saying he had bone spurs in ...
Similarly, the Vietnam-era National Guard was seen by some as an avenue for avoiding combat in Vietnam, [15] although that too was less than foolproof: about 15,000 National Guardsmen were sent to Vietnam before the war began winding down. [15] Phil Ochs (1940–1976) was one of several countercultural figures to encourage draft evasion.
During the 1968–1974 period, Presidents Johnson and Nixon decided against calling up National Guard units for service in Vietnam. However, military documents show during the Vietnam War, almost 23,000 Army and Air Guardsmen were called up for a year of active duty; some 8,700 were deployed to Vietnam.
Some added that comparing Trump’s supporters to soldiers from any country wasn’t ideal, given Trump himself repeatedly avoided the draft for the Vietnam War.Some of the criticism came from ...
Similarly, the Vietnam-era National Guard was seen by some as an avenue for avoiding combat in Vietnam, [117] although that too was less than foolproof: about 15,000 National Guardsmen were sent to Vietnam before the war began winding down. [117] Phil Ochs (1940–1976) was one of several countercultural figures to encourage draft evasion.