The widow of a fallen US soldier says President Trump couldn’t remember her husband’s name during a controversial phone call.
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.
President Trump’s call of condolence made headlines when congresswoman Frederica Wilson – who heard it with the family – claimed he had been insensitive.
Myeshia Johnson appeared to confirm Ms Wilson’s claim that the president had said the soldier 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.
“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”, she said.
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!”
Source: BBC
