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| Widow of dead soldier hits out at Trump | |
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| The widow of a dead US soldier says President Trump could not remember her husband's name when he phoned to offer condolences. | |
| Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt La David Johnson, told ABC News the president's "stumbling" had "hurt her the most". | Myeshia Johnson, widow of Sgt La David Johnson, told ABC News the president's "stumbling" had "hurt her the most". |
| "If my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risks his life for our country, why can't you remember his name?" she added. | |
| Sgt La David Johnson was killed in Niger by Islamist militants this month. | Sgt La David Johnson was killed in Niger by Islamist militants this month. |
| President Trump's call of condolence made headlines when congresswoman Frederica Wilson - who heard it with the family - accused him of insensitivity. | |
| Myeshia Johnson appeared to confirm Ms Wilson's assertion that Mr Trump had told her her husband had known what he had signed up for when joining the military. | |
| "The president said that he knew what he signed up for, but it hurts anyways... It made me cry because I was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said it," she said. | "The president said that he knew what he signed up for, but it hurts anyways... It made me cry because I was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said it," she said. |
| "He had my husband's report in front of him, and that's when he actually said La David. I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband's name." | |
| President Trump has disputed the account of the call given by Ms Wilson and he also defended himself on Twitter on Monday morning, writing: "I had a very respectful conversation with the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, and spoke his name from beginning, without hesitation!" | President Trump has disputed the account of the call given by Ms Wilson and he also defended himself on Twitter on Monday morning, writing: "I had a very respectful conversation with the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, and spoke his name from beginning, without hesitation!" |
| Sgt Johnson was one of four US special forces soldiers who died in an ambush on 4 October. | Sgt Johnson was one of four US special forces soldiers who died in an ambush on 4 October. |
| Mr Trump had already been criticised for not contacting the families of the dead servicemen right after they were killed. | Mr Trump had already been criticised for not contacting the families of the dead servicemen right after they were killed. |
| He responded to the criticism by falsely claiming that his predecessor, Barack Obama, and other former US presidents had not called the relatives of dead service members. | |
| The White House said Mr Trump's conversations with the families of dead servicemen were private. |