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On Thursday night, President Trump said that he would call the family’s of fallen U.S soldiers and he kept his promise to some of the family’s.
Staff Sgt. Mark R. De Alencar died in Afghanistan on April 8, his wife Natasha De Alencar got a phone by Trump days later and he it said,” I’m so sorry to hear about the whole situation. What a, what a horrible thing except that he is an unbelievable hero and you know all the people who served with him are saying how incredible he was and just an amazing,amazing guy.” This proves that Trump can actually keep his word--too some. After Trump attacked Florida Democratic Rep. Frederica Wilson her role in the phone call between him and Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, after he was killed …show more content…

What Trump was trying to say and how Johnson and Wilson heard it wound up being two very different things. At one level, that's understandable and if is regrettable. Trump, who never held any political office before running for president, was trying his best to find the right words in a situation in which there are no words. Myeshia Johnson was and is trying to deal with the grief of losing a husband and not even knowing all the facts that led to his death. A normal phone call about nothing sometimes gets misinterpreted. One with this much emotional baggage attached to it? It's easy to see how the two sides just didn't connect.Suddenly the story wasn't about the death of Johnson. It was about whether Trump had "proof" that Wilson was lying. (He didn't -- although White House press secretary Sarah Sanders said several people, including chief of staff John Kelly, were listening to the call and thought the President handled it well.) About what, exactly, Trump had said. Over Wilson being "wacky." Over whether she "secretly" listened to the call between Trump and Johnson. (She didn't; the call was taken on

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