Yesterday during a Trump rally in Ashburn, Virginia an elderly veteran gave Donald Trump his Purple Heart. Retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Louis Dorfman received his Purple Heart in 2007 for combat injury during the Iraq war. Perhaps giving it away seemed a small sacrifice, even an honor, in the defense of the man he so loved admired and who'd been under attack for his denigration of Khizr and Ghazala Khan, Trump critics and grieving parents of an American Army Captain who was killed in Iraq. Lt. Col. Dorfman must have imagined what the moment would be like when he met his hero and handed him his cherished Purple Heart. Maybe in mind's eye he even saw Donald Trump responding, as Khzir Khan later said that Trump should have responded, by pinning the medal back on the soldier's chest, giving him a hug, and thanking him. Was Lt. Col. Dorfman a bit taken aback when his hero's first response upon taking his medal was to look it over and ask, "Is that like, the real one or is that a copy?"
When Donald Trump called him out to the stage before the cheering audience, did Lt. Col. Dorfman, leaning on his cane, wish ever so slightly that his hero might have put his arm around him instead of he having to be the one to put his arm around his hero, who then posed for a photo op with his medal in one hand and giving a thumbs-up with the other? Or perhaps Lt. Col Dorfman felt no disappointment, and truly wanted nothing more in return for his gift than his request to Donald Trump : "I'd like you keep saying what you've been saying." It's a better than gold bet that Lt. Col. Dorfman will receive what he asked for. References:
http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/khizr-khan-donald-trump-purple-heart/index.html http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/02/politics/donald-trump-purple-heart/index.html http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/election/2016/08/02/retired-soldier-gave-donald-trump-his-purple-heart-heres-why/87955898/
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