Nasty President

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There are so many stories to illustrate the sheer nastiness of Trump (ridiculing a handicapped journalist, going after gold star families, etc. etc.), but we have to start somewhere. 

How about this one:

President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that the decision allowing Bowe Bergdahl not to serve prison time is a "complete and total disgrace." He tweeted, "The decision on Sergeant Bergdahl is a complete and total disgrace to our Country and to our Military."  The Army soldier, who the Taliban held for five years after he deserted his Afghanistan outpost, pleaded guilty last month to the charges. Bergdahl was released in May 2014 in a controversial exchange for five Guantanamo Bay detainees. Trump has never been a fan of Bergdahl -- in March 2017, he called Bergdahl a "dirty, rotten traitor."

Trump on Bergdahl decision: 'Complete and total disgrace' - CNNPolitics

A few pointers:

• Trump has never served in the military.
  
• Serving in the military really isn't for everyone, especially in a foreign war situation, there are records from WOI that more than half the soldiers in the trenches could not even load their rifles anymore when under stress.
  
• War obviously took a toll on Bergdahl's nerves, stuff like that happens, civilians like us can't possibly imagine what it's like. It's for a reason that so many veteran's come back with all sorts of trauma.
  
• Trump even urged for the death penalty for Bergdahl during the campaign.
  
• That has been a mitigating circumstance during the trial, according to the judge, but Trump isn't phased by this at all, achieving exactly the opposite what he claims. His game is playing politics at the expense of people. Very nasty indeed.
  
• Consider also that Bergdahl has been a captive of the Taliban for five years and has been tortured. We can't even begin to imagine what that means.
  
• Consider also that he then comes back to a country where there are many, like Trump, out for his blood. Welcome home, Bowe..
  
• Consider also that he was dishonorably discharged, he has to remake his career and life.
  

This guy has been through more than enough, leave him alone, have a semblance of understanding and empathy (completely lacking in Trump, of course..)