The First Lady Melania Trump's Purple Heart Day tribute gets slammed on social media, and instead, she's reminded to "just be quiet" in the light of her husband "bone spurs" deferment back in his time.
The First Lady had gone Wednesday with her husband, the United States President Donald Trump, to the two places where the recent mass shootings took place, in Daytona, Ohio, as well as El Paso, Texas. The couple had offered their condolences to residents of the areas, in the aftermath of the indiscriminate back-to-back killings, where nine and then twenty-two people, respectively, were shot fatally.
Mrs. Trump looked solemn in her black, high-necked sleeveless dress, which was fitted above her hips but fanned out into a fully pleated skirt that reached just above ankle level. The First Lady paired her look with favored high heeled stilettos, also black.
But in the course of her day, she also remembered Purple Heart Day, which is the time soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, as well as coastguardsmen in America are honored and remembered. So she posted her homage to the nation's military heroes on social media. She thanked "all" those who have received their Purple Hearts in view of the "tremendous sacrifices" by the nation's "armed forces."
However, whatever may have been some good intentions on her part, it unwittingly released a barrage of comments as many social media users recalled the circumstances under which Melania's husband had narrowly missed serving in the military armed forces back in his time. As a result, Mrs. Trump got an earful of references to Donald, "Captain Bone Spur."
Melania's post had unlocked the gates of critical masses only waiting to put a word in on the subject, including one in which the First Lady's "husband" was called a "draft dodger," a term the user claimed was "kindest thing" to say of him.
One Twitter user commented saying she should "just" stay "quiet, as others had given "great sacrifices" while her husband got "bone spurs." The reference was regarding Mr. Trump's medical certification back in the sixties, which allowed him to be granted an exemption because of "bone spurs" found on his heels. It was not the only time he had gotten a deferment to avoid military service during the war.
When Donald Trump was in his twenties, he had also received four other deferments besides, and those had been education-related. The controversy had been ill-received by the public, especially when, after the doctor who signed those deferments died, and the practitioners' daughters revealed that the bone spur certification that deemed Trump as being ill-fit for military service had been issued as a "favor" to then-young Trump's father, Fred.
Another asked how "captain bone spur" was, while yet another social media user advised her to be "grateful" that the war veterans had "dodged" the "Great Bone Spur epidemic" back in the time.
One tweet said it was a sad thing that the "commander in chief" had used "money" to avoid serving in the wars, going as far as to say it was another sad thing the "brave soldiers" did not receive their awards from someone who did serve in the military.
The Purple Heart is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the President to those who have served the country and have gotten killed or wounded in the performance of their duty. For those who have made their ultimate sacrifice, the medal is received by their next of kin.
