John Yang:
The response was from the former Obama officials quickly and strong.
Former Public Prosecutor Eric Holder tweeted this picture and insisted on: “Stop lying. I went to the Dover Air Force Base with 44 and saw him comfortable families,” referring to a flight of Mr. Obama late at night to pay his respect for the forces killed in Afghanistan.
Mr. Obama and President George W. Bush often visited the wounded warriors in Walter Reed Hospitals and Pathsda, a practice that continued to be Trump. In February, the president and his daughter Ivanka went to Dover to return the remains of the naval seal in Yemen, the first victim of his administration.
So far this year, the Pentagon says 16 Americans have been killed. Another 17 sailors died in accidents. In the first year of Obama’s presidency, 344 were killed at work.
During the campaign last year, Mr. Trump publicly stumbled with Khans, and the fathers of an American Muslim soldier killed in Iraq, after they criticized him at the Democratic Conference.
Today, Khanz said: “President Trump’s selfishness and division have undermined the dignity of the High Office of the Presidency.”
The current controversy comes as questions are asked about how the four soldiers died in Niger.
Senator Jack Reed is the largest democratic in the Armed Services Committee.