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Draft dodger with imaginary bone spurs tells Purple Heart recipients his ear injury "wasn't that easy for me, either" [1]

['Ellsworth Toohey']

Date: 2025-08-08

Donald Trump can't stop collecting medals he never earned, and now he's comparing his minor ear graze to actual combat wounds because apparently being a five-time draft dodger wasn't quite insulting enough to veterans.

As reported in The Daily Beast, Trump told a room full of Purple Heart recipients – you know, people who actually bled for their country instead of hiding behind daddy's money – that his minuscule assassination attempt injury "wasn't that easy" for him either.

The Bone Spur Baron, who fought bravely in the Great Vietnam Avoidance Campaign of '68, has been stockpiling unearned medals like a toddler grabbing participation ribbons at a field day. Olympic medals? Sure! Soccer trophies? Why not! Purple Hearts from actual veterans? Just toss them on his pile of purchased valor.

Want to know the difference between Trump and a real soldier? When bullets flew in Vietnam, soldiers charged forward while Trump's doctor wrote a note about his precious little toes.

Now he stands in the White House, this walking monument to stolen valor, comparing his Band-Aid moment to the sacrifices of men and women who left pieces of themselves on battlefields across the world.

Maybe next he'll tell Medal of Honor recipients how getting paper cuts from bankruptcy filings was basically the same as jumping on a grenade.

Previously:

• Senator Tammy Duckworth, a retired U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel, says she won't clap for 'Cadet Bone Spurs'

• In Japan, Trump orders USS John McCain to cover its name and get out of sight

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