{"id":4190,"date":"2026-07-24T22:14:35","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4190"},"modified":"2026-07-24T22:14:35","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T22:14:35","slug":"gold-star-families-blast-trumps-comments-about-dead-soldiers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4190","title":{"rendered":"Gold Star Families Blast Trump\u2019s Comments About Dead Soldiers"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Gold Star families are objecting to Donald Trump\u2019s self-serving comment about the four soldiers who died in the last week in his war against Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4188\">Vance Goons Launch Desperate PR Blitz After MAGA Attacks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Trump, 80, effectively put words in the service members\u2019 mouths during their dignified transfer ceremony on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Army 1st Lt Tyler James Feehan, 25, of Hawaii, Sgt. Angel S. Rampersad, 28, of New York, and Pvt. Isabella Gonzales, 19, of Texas, died in Jordan during Iranian ballistic missile and drone attacks. Sgt. Michael Emmanuel Swinton, 30, of North Carolina, died on Sunday in Iraq during a controlled explosion of an Iranian drone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThey are indeed great heroes, actually,\u201d Trump told reporters on the tarmac at Dover Air Force Base. \u201cThey said, and they\u2014all of them said very strongly, \u2019We can\u2019t let, cannot let Iran have a nuclear weapon.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But some Gold Star relatives\u2014neither of whom appear to be overtly political, based on their social media profiles\u2014told Huffington Post that Trump was out of line.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s crystal clear to me that this is a disgraceful political stunt ahead of a major election,\u201d said author Karie Fugett, the widow of Marine Corps Corporal Jimmy Cleveland II, who fought in Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe president knows his war with Iran is the most unpopular war in modern history, and he\u2019s terrified of how that will show up at the ballot box,\u201d she added. \u201cIt\u2019s foul.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fugget went on to say that Trump is responsible for starting the \u201cunnecessary conflict\u201d against Iran, and \u201cnow he\u2019s putting words into the mouths of fallen service members in an attempt to fool Americans into believing they believed in, and were even willing to sacrifice their lives for, the war he started and has since lost control of.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4186\">Trump, 80, Brags He\u2019s an Expert Because He Knew Miss Universe Models<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Another Gold Star relative pointed out that the president has used dignified transfers for his own ends before, like in March, when a pro-Trump political action committee sent an email \u201csigned\u201d by him to ask for money\u2014while including a photo of him saluting a casket.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly McHugh-Stewart, whose father, U.S. Army Colonel John McHugh, was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, in May 2010, told the Huffington Post that Trump \u201ccan do a lot more than \u2018throw his heart out.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPerhaps start with ending this illegal war in Iran, a war with no clear mission, end goal, or timeline, a war costing billions of dollars that still has not been approved by Congress,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, 46, told Congress this week that the war has cost $37.5 billion so far. He then pleaded for another $67 billion for operations in the Middle East, which Trump initially said would only last a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The death toll stands at 18, despite a Pentagon website designed to report casualties showing just 14.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c18 lives is 18 lives too many,\u201d McHugh-Stewart added. \u201cHow many more military families will have to suffer because of the actions of this president?\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Beast.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=4184\">\u2018Daily Show\u2019 Reveals Trump\u2019s Embarrassing New Problem<\/a><\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gold Star families are objecting to Donald Trump\u2019s self-serving comment about the four soldiers who died in the last week in his war against Iran. 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