Headaches and a couple of other things
Trump says traumatic brain injuries are no big deal.
On Wednesday, Trump held a press conference on his last day in Davos, Switzerland, at which CBS News White House correspondent Weijia Jiang pressed Trump about the 11 service members who were evacuated from Iraq to Kuwait and Germany with symptoms of potential brain injuries.
“Initially you said repeatedly to Americans that after Iran retaliated for the Soleimani strike, no Americans were injured,” Jiang said, and added, “We now know at least 11 US service members airlifted from Iraq.”
“Can you explain the discrepancy?” she asked.
“No, I heard that they had headaches and a couple of other things, but I would say, and I can report, it is not very serious,” Trump said.
“You don’t consider a potential traumatic brain injury serious?” Jiang asked.
“They told me about it numerous days later, you’d have to ask Department of Defense, no, I don’t consider them very serious injuries relative to other injuries that I’ve seen,” Trump said, then added, “I’ve seen what Iran has done with their roadside bombs to our troops.”
“I’ve seen people with no legs and with no arms, I’ve seen people that were horribly horribly injured in that area, that war,” he continued. “In fact many cases put those bombs put there by Soleimani, who is no longer with us. I consider them to be really bad injuries. No, I do not consider that to be bad injuries no.”
That’s so Trump. He can’t see brain injuries, unless the head is cut in half, so he figures they’re not bad injuries. He’s just that dumb. But then, it makes sense that he doesn’t think the brain is important. He barely has a functioning one himself, so obviously it can’t be important.
And his statement about the horrible injuries he has seen – does television and movies count? Has he really seen such injuries? Or is he making shit up again?
(I am not denying that these serious injuries have occurred, only whether Trump has ever actually seen them. I think it is likely he would simply walk on by a double amputee while chatting with someone about the importance of Trump and what Trump was going to do and why Trump was important.)
What roadside bombs? Iran’s involvement in the Forever War has been tangential at best.
Well, at least the TRAs will be able to use this argument for why it doesn’t matter if male-bodied persons compete against female-bodied persons in combat sports. “I’ve seen worse”…yeah.