Politics
President Trump Says His Sons ‘Couldn’t Think’ of a Reason He Deserved to Receive the Medal of Honor
President Donald Trump‘s sons, Donald Trump Jr. and Eric Trump, aren’t quite sure their dad would be the right recipient of the Medal of Honor.
On Wednesday, July 1, the commander in chief, 80, attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the opening of the Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library in North Dakota and delivered remarks about the Medal of Honor, which is “the United States’ highest award for military valor in action,” per the Congressional Medal of Honor Society website.
The billionaire donated Theodore Roosevelt‘s Medal of Honor — which was bestowed on him for his service in the Spanish-American War and had been in the White House — to the library and jokingly declared he wanted one as well.
“There are very few people that have them. I want to give one to myself, but they tell me I’m not allowed to,” he admitted. “My son over here, both of them, I said, ‘Fellas, I’d love to give one of them to me. What have I done, where I deserve it,’ and they couldn’t think of anything. So I’m not happy with them today.”
Later in the day, the Apprentice alum spoke at the official library dedication ceremony and pointed out how Theodore and his son Theodore Roosevelt Jr., as well as General Douglas MacArthur and his father, Arthur MacArthur Jr., are the only two father-son duos to be awarded the Medal of Honor.
“Now, as I see my two beautiful sons sitting there, I think I’m going to give one to myself, one to them, and we’ll have a threesome,” Donald said as his sons sat in the audience. “I’ll pick out one of the two. I’ll give them the Congressional Medal of Honor for something — for their genius at hunting — and I’ll get one for taking on Russia.”
“And we’ll have a third pair. No, I’m only kidding,” he insisted. “But I have seriously thought about … now this is dangerous to say, because the fake news is up there all over the place, and when I joke, I learned early on, don’t be sarcastic in politics.”
“But I actually said a few times that I’ve seriously thought of giving myself the Congressional Medal of Honor,” Donald continued. “Now, everyone knows I’m doing it with a chuckle, but then they report ‘He wants to give himself the Congressional [Medal of Honor]’, so I don’t say that anymore. It’s very dangerous to say.”
