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Summary Of Donald Trump's Letter To Myeshia Johnson

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The mournful CNN anchor apparently did what the sitting President of the United States hasn't or -- as some critics predict -- won't. Don Lemon wrote a poignant open letter of apology to Myeshia Johnson. She is the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, a Green Beret among three others slain during an ambush in Niger, Africa recently. At one point, Lemon succumbed to emotion and choked back tears while expressing sorrow to the Gold Star wife over the loss of her husband. Don Lemon's apology on live TV is reverberating around social media. Donald Trump disputed the Gold Star wife's account of the president's "disrespectful" comments during his recent condolence call placed to Mrs. Johnson in the wake of her husband's death. The controversy began days ago when Florida Congresswoman Frederica Wilson, who was present during Trump's call at the family's request, accused the president of being insensitive after he supposedly said to the widow, "He [Sgt. Johnson] knew what he signed up for." Trump insists that the story is "fabricated." …show more content…

A small number of Trump apologists have come forward on television networks and believe Trump's heart was "in the right place," but his means of delivery sent the wrong message. CNN's Don Lemon penned the open letter to Trump after he "attacked" the grieving widow on Monday over comments she made during her interview with ABC’s "Good Morning America." Johnson confirmed Rep. Wilson's account of the telephone call and said Trump "made her cry" because he appeared disconnected from the call and "didn't even know" her husband's name. Moments after the widowed mother of two -- pregnant with another -- blasted Trump for his mannerism during the call, the president took to Twitter and, as some characterize it, "picked a fight" with the grief-stricken

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