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Totally Tunsie

(11,860 posts)
Tue Nov 11, 2025, 02:06 PM Nov 2025

I wonder - Was Dozing Donnie wearing his Purple Hearts for the ceremony today? [View all]

Amazingly, I thought he had only one, but - NO - he has TWO Purple Hearts! Of course, both were gifted to him by actual veterans. The only bullet (?) DD ever took was in Butler, PA.

Remember these?

August 2, 2016
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/veteran-gifts-trump-purple-heart-rally-virginia#:~:text=Trump%20still%20appeared%20to%20be,Photo%20by%20Eric%20Thayer/Reuters

Republican nominee Donald Trump was given a Purple Heart by a veteran on Tuesday, prompting the Republican nominee to declare that this was “much easier” than serving in combat.

and

October 7, 2024
https://www.facebook.com/NEWSMAX/posts/a-vietnam-war-veteran-gave-his-own-purple-heart-to-donald-trump-during-a-town-ha/975809361258333/
A Vietnam War veteran gave his own Purple Heart to Donald Trump during a town hall event in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on Friday to honor the former president's response during the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, it was reported: https://bit.ly/4duoYAk


At least he hasn't claimed (yet) that he earned them, but as his dementia progresses, it wouldn't surprise that he goes into "stolen valor" territory.
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