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Donald Trump contradicts grieving widow's phone call account and claims he 'spoke his name from beginning' Donald Trump contradicts grieving widow's phone call account and claims he 'spoke his name from beginning'
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Donald Trump has said he spoke the name of Sgt. La David Johnson "from the beginning" of a conversation with his widow - having been accused of forgetting the name of the soldier who died during an ambush in Niger. Donald Trump has said he spoke the name of Sgt. La David Johnson "from the beginning" of a conversation with the serviceman's widow – after being accused of forgetting the name of the soldier who died during an ambush in Niger.
Myeshia Johnson took the call from President Trump last week, but she has said she is still waiting to hear answers about the circumstances of her Sgt. Johnson's death and said that she was "very angry" about the call from Mr Trump as he struggled "to remember my husband's name". Myeshia Johnson took the call from President Trump last week, saying the call "made me cry even worse”. She said she is still waiting to hear answers about the circumstances of Mr Johnson's death and that Mr Trump struggled "to remember my husband's name".
“I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband's name, and that’s what hurt me the most because if my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risked his life for our country why can’t you remember his name,” Mrs Johnson told ABC's Good Morning America, who had known her husband since they were 6 years old. “I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband's name, and that’s what hurt me the most because if my husband is out here fighting for our country and he risked his life for our country why can’t you remember his name,” Ms Johnson told ABC's Good Morning America. 
“That’s what made me upset and cry even more because my husband was an awesome soldier,” she added. “That’s what made me upset and cry even more because my husband was an awesome soldier,” she added. Ms Johnson had known her husband since they were six years old.
Responding to the interview via Twitter, Mr Trump said he had "a very respectful conversation" with Mrs Johnson and that he "spoke his name from beginning, without hesitation!" In a morning tweet on Monday, Mr Trump wrote: "I had a very respectful conversation with the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson, and spoke his name from beginning, without hesitation!"
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