Angry, emotional John Kelly addresses Donald Trump phone call controversy

[@jbox0612]

Thank you, John Kelly, and all who serve our countries.

[@Margieferret-10]

Beautiful the care that is put into their return. ❤ From a Canadian Veteran. Thank you John Kelly

[@lindaturriff6010]

THANK YOU FOR ALL YOU HAVE DONE❤and Serving Our Country🇺🇸

[@MikeDaly-zt5qz]

🎉 i especially mo

[@HankJr213]

How could he talk about his own son and not break down? He’s stronger than me! I about broke into tears for him!

[@mikemahoney6840]

He came close

[@denisepaul7274]

@@mikemahoney6840 yes, I heard the pain in his voice

[@stevenlonien7857]

Ashamed to be 3:04 American now republican trophy

[@DeweyBryant-o1u]

Thank you. You are a great man.

[@johnturner5380]

Here we are 2024. Mr Kelly. Thank you the tears i felt.

[@Dan-ys8nk]

And yet Kelly disgraced himself by serving a coward who denigrates the military. John Kelly lost all credibility along with any person who chose to serve a coward they knew was a coward and went along with him until it cost them.

[@ardentynekent2099]

Merciful peace. John Kelly is clearly emotional. How did he stand up there? What a lovely man !

[@LindaCuthbertson-el5ys]

Thank to all who have given their time, lives and dedication to all our Services over the free world 💙🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

[@silencedogood7297]

Thank you sir for your service. My Dad died in service and we appreciated the honor and respect that was given to him. A year after he died, my Mother and I were in England, where people came to us to thank my parents for their service. I am so proud and thankful for all who have served and serve in our uniform.

[@dinkarrao1]

please take my gratitude to your family

[@johnhallman9232]

jOHN KELLY IS THE ONE WHO SAID THAT TRUMP CALLED OUR TROOPS LOSER AND SUCKERS

[@jamesgallegos6344]

Thank You IT Does Matter. 100 Percent Permanent And Total Disabled Veteran. 70 73

[@joannecollin4073]

Very PROUD OF YOU, Mr Kelly. Thank you !!!!!💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸 My father served in WWII in fixing the planes in Casablanca Africa & another city. & Korean War . He served in the Air Force(. ( Armed services ) My husband served in the Vietnam war for a short time before he got sick. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@Philanderthal]

This is the kind of man who we need leading our country. God bless this man . God Bless America

[@ruthannschiavone2373]

I so agree with you.

[@7thMack]

Still feel that way? That a trump apologist is the “best of the best?”

[@davecalhoun4285]

Much respect to John kelly

[@williebailey3566]

when you were working in the Trump administration why didn't you deliver this speech why would you wait so long to let the service man be denigrated by such a coward that ran from the service speak truth to power sir I had two brothers that lost their lives serving this country for what to go away and be discretion to come back and be disgraced again you should have spoke up when he first utter those words against the military

[@johnhallman9232]

jOHN KELLY IS THE ONE WHO SAID THAT TRUMP CALLED OUR TROOPS LOSER AND SUCKERS

[@lindadevore7021]

Thank you ❤ for your service

[@dinadreitlein265]

THANK YOU, GENERAL JOHN KELLY❤

[@rgordon9511]

No Thank U because he Wholly failed to deal with Trump, being a Soldier!

[@lottiewilds539]

Thank you. I am a Navy veteran and enjoyed my time in service even when I was lost driving in a blinding snow storm, watching with my colleagues as we mourned our friends, and panicking while taking firefighter training in a burning house. I raised my sons who enjoyed being military brats and traveling with me. I was injured on Active duty as I ran in a dark parking garage in advance of a PTtest. I am working to get documented disability pay, but it is slow going. Thank you for being a great leader. We need more.

[@billkenney422]

Six years ago, listened to this many times and it still brings tears.

[@narda1072]

Remind me what was this controversy about again?

[@nebtheweb8885]

@@narda1072 If you want to learn details about the video above, watch the video entitled *Lawrence: 'Stunned' By John Kelly's Attack On Rep. Frederica Wilson | The Last Word | MSNBC* It is about a poor choice of words tRump used when he did call a family who lost a son in a Niger conflict.

[@janesmith597]

I am also ignorant of what event triggered this press conference , so am searching for context. I am surprised this video dates back to 6 years ago. When it seems so timely! At first , when I was thinking this was a contemporary event (I admit I should have known this was dated because I don't think Gen. Kelley remains in the same position???). I thought maybe he was reacting to Trump's recent outrageous photo op at Arlington Cemetery, -- which itself was illegal (no photos or political activity permitted there, so as to preserve the respectful and somewhat mournful status as "hallowed ground"). Again, I was wondering at first whether Gen. Kelley's comments and press conference were in reaction to Trump's recent disgusting, barren, naked, opportunistic and self- agrandizing visual portrayal of himself as respectful of sacrafice, when in fact Trump is so shamelessly contemptuous - of not only military service and sacrafice, but also (as articulated) contemptuous of our (former) Democracy, our Constitution, or any values of decency. I wish I were more articulate -- yet I fear for all of us -- within and beyond the USA -- especially if Trump were to manage to actually get re-elected (or, if he more successfully distorted election results). I spent much of my adult life wondering how citizens of pre-WWII Germany were tricked into becoming SS troopers and Nazis. And I always wondered, if I were there then, how bad it would have to get before deciding to abandon country, family , and friends, just so as to escape? Similarly, I wondered (and wonder) how much blatant Evil it would take to provoke such a desperate and drastic action as to emigrate (at grave personal risk and expense) to denounce Hitler's ideas and influence ... to just leave ... to be no part of it? Mostly, I have been feeling for many years now (especially during Trump's term as President, not to mention his safely weaselly remote orchestration and provocation of the Jan 6 Treason and insurrection) that USA citizens are being duped into falling for Trump and his crazy false rhetoric. I 0:34 find it unthinkable that he might be re-elected!!!! I wish better candidates would have risen up to oppose him. General Kelley would be an inspiring choice -- reminiscent of Gen. Eisenhower. I despair that the country and the World are too self absorbed or struggling economically to pay attention -- it is as though we are all playing in a real life drama akin to the fable about -- "The Emperor has no clothes." I think the far left is naive, and so have a hard time voting for them.... but the Trump alternative can only be perceived as monumentally EVIL. I can't vote for that. Thank you posting this inspiring video (would be even better with some info regarding time and context though). Thank you again, General Kelley and whoever posted this video.

[@miakotta]

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[@kathleennotaro9935]

My father was a PROUD MARINE RAIDER in the South Pacific. Thank you, Sir!

[@williammccusker8408]

One the coolest things I did as a Recon Marine, I was told to go to the Marine Raider reunion, 1989. I went there with some guys from my platoon and brought some of the gear we used in recon. We a did a display for the Raiders. They invited us to the party and the after party with them. I had a lot to drink and some of the best stories from some hard core Marines!

[@jimburig7064]

No commander in chief calls them "suckers" or "losers".

[@sheilacade776]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾💙🇺🇲

[@CarlosGarcia-ol9vg]

Just, tell Trump to go to He'll General Kelly .Vietnam Veteran's Real And True Patriotic Americans .Trump doesn't deserves to be PRESIDENT NOR DIRECT OUR YOUNG WORRIERS TO FIGHT OUR WARS NOT NOW ,NOT EVER , AND DON'T TAKE ORDERS FROM A DRAFT DODGER PERIOD.

[@peggyscarborough6676]

Trump did say that! Kelly did say that he heard Trump say those words!!

[@Fredsibley14]

Except Trump.

[@TamaraLinn-j4o]

And this is who trump is!! Why on earth would Anyone consider to bot this guy back into the White House? 🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@nancylipschultz1141]

Taking Chance, such a sad film. God bless our Service members ❤💔❤️🤍💙🫡❤️🇺🇸❤️ thank you John Kelly hero!

[@loversLorraine]

THANK YOU, MAN AND WOMAN, FOR SERVING OUR COUNTRY ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@sheilacade776]

You're the greatest 🇺🇲

[@Deborah-yz5co]

Dont forget the families are also serving. It is a tough haul for a wife etc

[@serenasams2772]

Thank you sir for your service ❤

[@lilliancvecich2401]

❤❤❤

[@Richard-xc3jd]

America has been a pilar of strength across the world. Thank you John Kelly.

[@kimberlybalogh4395]

I would have vote for John Kelly anytime for President. Honor, Respect, Love, Respect 🙏 ❤❤

[@sandypack9533]

❤🙏♥️🇺🇸

[@marie-joeleingalls1342]

How do you feel about his endorsement of Harris now? I have admiration for this man, who lost a son and who understands deeply what Arlington is.

[@lynnanderson9107]

Thank you John Kelly for your sacrifice and service. I feel that someone with integrity as you should not defend a dispicable human being like Trump. God bless all of our wonderful service people.

[@Adsmjoseph]

Thank you.

[@Nchiker11]

Thank you Mr. Kelly. Americans need to understand the realities of war. We need to honor those who served and paid the ultimate price. We need to also honor our military who are still alive and those still serving.

[@sindeeperkins3568]

Sir thank you for your service, and thank for sharing a heartfelt response with your grief

[@RoaroftheTiger]

General Kelly, Sir; Beyond "God Bless You" ... I have no words. America owes You, a huge amount of gratitude. " Welcome Home."

[@AlchemyMusicConcept]

Thanks John. As a Vietnam vet, I can't believe we have someone like Trump allowed to run for any office. I love Kamala and Tim. Finally we can get back to making our country respectable in the world view. We need to move forward. Kamala for president, Trump for prison.

[@kellycook3914]

💯%

[@btrous1]

Amen!

[@neldajfry3036]

He disqualifies but no one will speak up sad in America we have come to this. Someone somewhere can get him out guess it be the voters

[@wadesaleeby2172]

Amen! 🤗👏💙🇺🇲

[@Army_SGT_Vet_93_ETS]

Thank you for your service!

[@invader8867]

He tried his best to save Trump in more ways than one, but what Trump did to him in the end was beyond words.

[@jamestragle9504]

After reading more about what Congresswoman Wilson actually said (she was in the car with the widow and had known the fallen soldier for years), I think Kelly was defending the office of the president, not Trump. Kelly was in a difficult position. He was serving in the administration of a terrible president but was still serving the office of the president. Rock and a hard place springs to mind. Perhaps he should have consulted Wilson before this press conference to get the inside story. Then let Trump carry his own water.

[@alphonse1462]

You Sir know of what you speak and are 100% right IMO. I posted something similar on another thread. You are the only other commenter I've seen so far who remembers this. ​@jamestragle9504

[@dorthedalivengood9107]

He gripes me

[@marie-joeleingalls1342]

Vote Harris. This man knows Trump.

[@gabrielsanchez4128]

General Kelly, God bless you. Thank you for your service!!! God bless America, land of the Brave and Free!!! Eagle symbol of Faith,Freedom and Strength!!! Gabriel Sanchez-Menendez:. ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ✝️ ✝️ ✝️

[@nancycrowe9063]

I’m so sorry for your loss Mr. Kelly your son is watching over you every day when you talk he listens and you will see him soon God bless you🙏🙏🙏🙏💙💙💙💙💙

[@ThomasWidler]

'proceeds to break the heart...' oh my God.

[@chrisfuentes2957]

After seeing this my wife and I watched Taking Chance. WATCH THIS MOVIE. I don’t care how old you are, tough you are, stoic you are. It will bring you to tears. And let everybody remember that these are not somebody else’s sons or daughters, they are all OUR sons and daughters. They honor you with their service. Honor them.

[@meem527]

Taking Chance is a wonderful movie. It should be required for all Americans

[@chrisfuentes2957]

@@meem527 I agree. It should be required viewing in all schools and broadcast on all channels as if it were a Presidential address.

[@robinemery]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@robinemery]

I'm going to watch it❣️

[@chadstrunk8225]

Taking chance is a fabulous movie!

[@sharonnicholson6377]

Thank you for sharing this information. It needed to be said.

[@janiceableitner6077]

I felt so much better when he came on the scene. 👍

[@erikpeterson25]

RESPECT to John Kelly ......well earned ...and deserved .....very well spoken 👍

[@johnniezuniga6841]

My condolence goes out to everyone that lost their loved ones God bless everyone❤❤ thank you sir for your services❤

[@carolynstuart5901]

Thank you to John Kelly. Everyone needs to hear this. My brother was killed on leave from the army in 68, but he was ready, willing, and able to fight for this country.

[@Arishem34]

As a retired Flight Medic (68WF2, E-6) and son of an Airborne Ranger, I thank Gen. Kelly and greatly respect his Enlisted (and commissioned) service. But I have to wonder why he isn't more publicly vocal about the threat Trump poses to personal freedom, the Constitution, democracy, and national security.

[@eileenclark6787]

Tanks for your service

[@bdetrick1]

Tears in my eyes for our fallen heroes. My heart goes out to General Kelly. A true American hero.

[@MargaretWhite-lj5kt]

Thank you for your service mr. KELLY❤❤🎉🎉🎉

[@ThomasMurray-z3l]

Well said sir

[@judahhebrew90]

He is a true trooper to the heart. His pensive of the issue is remarkable.

[@cathypreston1095]

Thank you for service Sir. Bless your heart Sir.

[@aliceahmadieh9984]

How you , Trump, could belittle the honorary metals these men and women was and is just the worst thing I believe you have done Shame

[@ObelixBarbatus]

I salute you, sir, a thousand times! A family of American heroes.

[@rosalbarobles2804]

These are our heroes and we should all respect them and take care of them. We are free thanks to their sacrifices.

[@robinemery]

I am so sorry for the loss of your son, however be proud of him as he was doing a tough job, and he will always be a Marine. I thank him for his service and I thank you for your service as well Sir❤️

[@carolritter64]

thank you for serving oner is something we need more of some of us have become petty and small 😢❤

[@Mntungwa77]

So Trump can’t relate even to a message to a bereaved person!!! Shocking! Privilege of being daddy and mommy’s boy until age 70!

[@Flowerhead247]

This man has shown the press a lot of respect... why do they shout out questions as he's walking away!? Treat him (and others like him) with the same respect!

[@craigfinley2507]

Not Trump he deserves no respect, he calls fallen soldiers Sucker's

[@pamsego4926]

And losers😪

[@dorisgraden5660]

@@pamsego4926😅

[@1961Lara]

An amazing patriot.... thank God we still have some like this one!

[@markwilson3723]

General John Kelly is the gold standard for how a Chief of Staff should conduct themselves and the press.

[@coppertopv365]

He's a Liar! He is the One many point to as starting the Lie that Trump called Servicemen Losers an Suckers. I can't stand Kelly.

[@thinskin091]

Exactly why trump fired him... wouldn't know gold standard, unless it was in the form of a toilet! Trump is such a loser!

[@randallbates6831]

Thank you much respect Sir

[@GerardHaight]

God Bless America. All of the great people who are righteous.

[@jacquelinehecht7256]

The most amazing brave thing that any person can do is give their lives for their countries, great respect for the men & women who serve their countries ❤️

[@QuiltLady]

I appreciate your words and explanation, Sir. There is no way to explain the disrespect Trump holds for our military.

[@katherinecrossman8521]

A young man in our town , was killed in Viet nam . I was still in high school when that happened . My ww2 veteran daddy , told me how my friends homecoming was done . And our town tried to make things better for his family . I am 73 now , and still try to keep in touch with his sister , whose husband died about ten years ago , after , after suffering from agent orange illnesses.

[@jetv1471]

Thank you

[@user-ln3bd9gz5v]

Why didn’t Tempertantrump get USA soldiers home safely while he was president?

[@paulblake8664]

General Kelly, please reconsider your list of things we hold Sacred in the USA. All of them still exist in the hearts of many Americans. Maybe not in as many hearts as it did in the past that you and I recall!... Tho, not as bright as they were, but they are still there, just waiting to return to their former brightness. Please keep the Faith General Kelly, "because we all depend on each other to keep a place in our Hearts, "Where We Hold Those Sacred Things!"

[@charlesrhoads399]

Ask the average college kid about sacred. Some are convinced that mom and dad are raciest. The leftist communist Marxist invaded infiltrated the church long ago. If you had cancer in your body and nothing was done it would spread to the rest of the body. We have a horrible cancer in our country. It has already destroyed many lives trapped in poverty over several generations of government dependency. Marxism destroys by design everything it touches.

[@paulblake8664]

@@charlesrhoads399 I think that we answer the same call, a call I first heard as I walked home from school one day, where I was just learning my abc's!... As I walked down my street, I noted that in a vacant lot on my left a big boy was standing over a small boy laying partially on the ground at his feet! And the look on that boys face was, "a pleading call, please help me?" Something in my mind switched on, and I immediately turned and walked directly out onto the field and put myself in front of the larger boy! My mouth opened and out came, "this is wrong, leave him alone and go away!" And to my complete surprise, that is exactly what he did! That was the day that I discovered that I am a protector; and I have always been, and always will be that way! And just this year, my 76th, I went over some of the incidents where I believe God, my Higher Power!... Blessed me, by placing me in just the right position to be of service! And not bragging, but the total number of people who were present and could have been injured or died, adds up to just about forty, I was surprised at the number! And I know that my service is far from over, until I draw my last breath, "I am on call!" And so I train every day, "as though I will be in a life and death struggle tomorrow!" And I know enough about Marxism, to know that it is a government system of organized bullies! 1. Similar to the Mafia, and some Religions, it is elitist and thus it is stupid! 2. It makes up laws as it needs them, and the little people are powerless! 3. It becomes innovative by copying the innovations of free market countries! 4. Or it becomes innovative out of fear, "The USA has rockets, so we will put up satellite's first, and thus the Space Race!" 5. When the leader/priest(s) comes up with an idea, "be suspicious and fearful, because he/they are the stupidest of all!" 6. Mao had a thought, "the birds are eating grain, and depleting some of our reserves!" 7. So Mao said, "every citizen has a daily quota of birds to kill, or they will be punished!" 8. He was warned, but he was the leader/priest(s) so he didn't listen? 9. Soon over the fields of China there appeared black clouds of locusts and etc!... And before it was over, 45 million innocent Chinese Men, Women, and Children starved to death! That is how stupid a Communist System/Religion and its Leaders can be, and there are many more examples of this kind of stupidity!

[@RodgerHammond-z6l]

Great post! 👏

[@thomascannan1033]

The headline of this story used the word "Angry", General Kelly was beyond angry he at times came close to losing his bearing but didn't because he is the quintessential Marine.

[@candellasteelerectorscande7575]

He is honorable man and good general

[@howardthomas1645]

Thank you for your service

[@ERG173]

You cannot expect trump (AKA Bone spurs) to know or care about what happens in the forces.

[@samansiddiquie1902]

He was sooooooooooo damn eloquent

[@tbthomas5117]

Angry? He was calm, articulate, and compelling in his remarks. Our country is being devoured from the inside by a large population of citizens, who together, by their ignorance, and their all-consuming intellectual narcissism, are destroying it as surely as if it were gangrene.

[@raqueljacobs1542]

Cool 😎, so our country is being consumed by being too smart? Whatever country you want to be part of, please leave me out, I would like to know if my leader is an asshat and how he can deliver the message that he obviously has no... qualifications to deliver. Our president makes light of the military because he says that he is an expert in it, but he has actually never served! Wow 😮 lets give the president a gun and see if he can actually hit anything? No, so how can he hold up his head at the NRA? He can’t even bring down a buck!

[@miamisands3412]

3 years later and your statement still rings true. what can we do now?

[@tbthomas5117]

@@miamisands3412 In February of 1933, when agents of Hitler's National Socialist party burned the Reichstag (the German legislature), then blamed it on the Communists -- within a month, the Reichstag convened again in temporary quarters, and passed legislation which made Hitler a dictator. (The 'enabling' act.) Back then, Germans who recognized Hitler and the Nazi's for what they were (genocidal totalitarian maniacs) had a place they could go to find sanctuary from what was about to descend upon Europe. A young nation, less than 200 years old, called the United States, defined by a Bill-of-Rights, intended to protect its citizens from the likes of Adolph Hitler. Unfortunately, in spite of his best intentions, Trump has failed to protect us from the gangrene of political corruption which has infested every political institution, our civil-service, and now, even our news-media, both the old and the new. The contagion of Communism has infested every continent and sovereign nation (to varying degrees), so there really is nowhere 'else' we can go. All I can offer are a few words from a President (who's statue was recently torn down by 'anti-fascist' rioters here in Portland, Oregon): "The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, we must think anew and act anew. We must disenthrall ourselves, and then we shall save our country." (Abraham Lincoln, December 1st, 1862) Bottom-line, there is no place to go other than the here and now. We either fight for what we have taken for granted, or meanly acquiesce to the seditionists in our midst, who seek to realize Xi JinPing's vision of 'Ant-Hill Earth', here, there, and everywhere.

[@drek9k2]

@@tbthomas5117 The idea that you would actually write a post like this that starts like that, and immefiately proceed to blame "Communism" for what we just witnessed in the bald faced Naziesque attempt to seize power is absurd. I had to reread this to figure out if it was some kind of satire. But at least Hitler actually served his country. Bonespurs combines all the worst impulses of those authoritarians with being a weak man, a flabby man, the defition of the effeminate flabbiness of self serving men who've been destroying our country, and that you would somehow both try and excuse the bottomlessly corrupt behavior of people like Trump while making what should've been an absurdist parody of a post disgusts me. Moreover I suspect the intellectual dishonesty, doublethink, and hypocrisy of traitors to America like you is fully intentional, and repulsive people like you are no different than any of our foreign enemies had been, and who is clearly tone deaf enough that you know the words but not the music so to speak, as though you can ramble off about Lincoln and Hitler and we won't see through it. I take it yoy also don't pay attention to anything the news. This is all the more hilarious because a man truly deserving of honor and respect in this country has utterly savaged Trump, calling him the most astoundingly dishonest and pathetic man, while Trump in turn has insulted, denigrated, disparaged, and cheapened the sacrifices of actual heroes as a matter of routine. The fact you are oblivious to all this and had the nerve to post this in an interview with general Kelly while trying to be a trumpcuck for one of the most craven, pathetic, dishonest, flabby, WEAK and pathetic men who've ever held high office in this country is truly astonishing to me.

[@tbthomas5117]

@@drek9k2 Just reading a post by someone so ignorant, inarticulate, and consumed by hatred such as this one, was rather unpleasant -- but I did it anyway. Not only did you miss my point completely, you missed General Kelly's as well. I can't help but believe Trump is looking forward to returning to private life. Back in 2017, he may have thought he was wading into a swamp, when in fact it was (and remains) a sewer.

[@pablopeter3564]

Thank for your service, my admiration and respect. Greetings from Mexico City

[@wadesaleeby2172]

The day Trump is a distant memory, the safer America will be. 🤗☺️👏💙🇺🇲

[@timcrawford8744]

A long distance, in prison would be perfect.

[@janeafterfroman]

Thank you, General.

[@MargaretShaw-ts4pg]

GOD bless you all. Thank you for your service. 🙏

[@christinepagsanhan1246]

RESPECT for those who gave their lives. RESPECT the families who lost a loved one. This is off limits. Period. My condolences to their families😢

[@geraldenecrabtree2587]

I watch our Military on Facebook. I’ve never seen anything like these movies. How can America not pay them good. Better than anyone. Safest thing I’ve ever seen . This is True.

[@donaldtram691]

He is passionate, candid, transparent, and objective not to mention eloquent.

[@jongmod9440]

Prayers and blessing to the family of this special serviceman, " Thank you , sir , for your service to our Country "😢😢😢😢

[@marlenesoltis4515]

Gen Kelly would be the best President instead of Trump!

[@Joycestarnes-m9x]

Anyone that calls our veterans losers , has no right to be commander in chief, how he has so many supporters still I'm baffled, and the nerve to call themselves patriots flying the American flag with Trump on it , they just don't have any shame. The worst thing is the world heard it too , talking about the US being weak ?

[@mikemahoney6840]

ThankYou for your service sir and your son's as well

[@veronicamunyon3530]

We need more officers like John KellyRecognize Sacredness of soldiers women men

[@tertiaboshoff6216]

Lest we forget. Always pause to remember

[@tertiaboshoff6216]

Have been pausing to remember my son as well as others through the ages, every day since 21 March 2003. A Royal Marine. It eases the pain.

[@taylorw]

This should be shown in every 10th grade in the country. A class about how devotion to our idea, while in harm’s way, works: on the ground, on a patrol or at Dover AFB. He’s lost a son and has another on his fifth tour? While counseling a man who is tone deaf to sacrifice and devotion to our idea? Outstanding.

[@mindse162]

Thank you for your service, General John Kelly! Trump must not allow to be near the Oval Office.

[@claytontarothomas4294]

Thank you

[@Marty-r9s]

Thank you for your service and may God Bless everyone serving ❤

[@rocky3993]

It's easy to understand how Trump, could bungle the suggested message to loved ones. He is such a narcissist he does not know how to be empathetic and is clumsy when not working from a script.

[@alphonse1462]

The shame is, he is so narcissistic (and dumb) he does not know how to be empathetic and is clumsy EVEN when working from a script.

[@serenasams2772]

I understand what this woman ment about his tone i understand

[@Brian-ey7qs]

Thank you, General Kelly, for telling it like it is.

[@Shadow-1949]

They are the best of the best ! We love them all

[@normalguy50]

That's a Marine, always a Marine! I salute you, Sir!❤

[@robinemery]

Anyone that enlists by their own choice is an awesome soul, I am soo proud of all our soldiers. Thank you all for your service to our country. To all who paid the ultimate price I thank them all for their tenacity to stand and say I will fight for our great nation😢

[@michaelkneringer3194]

We enlisted because personal reason led us to. American youth should be grateful the draft hasn't been implemented for over 45 years. Personally, I preferred to have a volunteer by my side. I thank them all as well.

[@odettelust8381]

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[@we3andtherv570]

Another example of how Trump has no respect for those who have fallen. The fact that it was recorded, was some way to say “look at me”. He gave no real compassion. Thank General John Kelly from bringing the insight to all that these service men/woman endure and the sacrifices they face every moment they give!

[@lastcoyote2355]

Years ago I worked with Chance Phelps’ mother and stepfather in north west Colorado and a few years later his stepsister. All were great workers and great people in general . Sadly the family are all staunch Trump supporters …. What has the world come to ? Support of a traitor, a liar , a womanizer….. geeezzz!

[@kdog6384]

FDJT.

[@goinggoinggone17]

Looking and listening to this man, I see a genuine gentlemen with ethics and integrity. It fills your heart with pride listening to his words, seeing his face trying and holding back tears. He is still living the nightmares he’s experienced in the line of duty. So Mr John Kelly, thank you for your honorable and compassionate service and this Country is in your debt! I salute you and send prayers that our Country continues to be protected by honorable men and women just like those serving now and in the past. Thank you to all!!❤❤❤❤🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🤝 👍🤝👍

[@delialamprecht1291]

So so so sad

[@sheransullivan3853]

What you said was just beautiful and it hurts me to think the Donald Trump call those who are in the military and serve our country we're suckers and losers. And there are people out there who want him for president shame on those people.

[@thomascannan1033]

I watched this live as it occurred, I was angry that a quintessential Marine such as General Kelley felt he needed to share one of his most personal experiences (Losing a son in combat) to explain to a nation just how slimy that Congresswoman was. I will never forget it now 5 years later seeing it again it still infuriates me. Semper Fidelis General.

[@alphonse1462]

Please check your facts. There is a reason why John Kelly is not supporting tRump. Ask Kelly who is the 'slimy' one.

[@kewstokewill11]

Semper Fi, Mog Scouts/1/1 USMC

[@mikeflo6459]

You can tell that man is hurting inside. Sir you did a wonder job. As an army veteran would hate for my family to get that call. I cannot understand why anyone would want to listen in on that call. The nerve of some people.

[@mikeflo6459]

@Rooster no they listening on that call because they didn’t want to make that call. Please tell why anyone would listen in on that call. I hope y’all listen in on joe Biden when he’s calling these Afghan people who helped us. Bet we won’t here a peep. Double standard at its finest.

[@Grams-snu]

Damm right, Or men and women the wounded and The fallen, veterans should be #1 in all things they fight for this country crippled from fighting for this country a lot of psd among soldiers coming home a lot die for this country and you see a lot homeless is unfair the way this country treats these men and women......

[@richardtrevino5516]

If anybody out there is going to believe Orangeman over this man is crazy!

[@CarmenRodriguez-ue9mi]

LOVE HIM ❤️

[@rleedillon42]

Thank you sir, and I want you to know some of us still find sacred, the same things you do.