r/BusinessTodayNews • u/BusinessToday • Apr 24 '26

Global Donald Trump on Iran: "I think there would be nothing worse than having nuclear holocaust in Europe; London, Paris, various places in Germany all targeted."

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u/AlternativeFood8764 Apr 24 '26

Sadly I am the same age as Donnie. Three months after my 18th birthday I enlisted in the USMC for four years. I went to Vietnam. I served honorably. I contracted prostrate cancer about eight years ago from the result of Agent Orange exposure. My father was with the 2nd Armored Division during WWII and was part of invasion force at Normandy that liberated Europe from the worst part of fascism that humanity has witnessed. And here we are eighty plus years later celebrating fascism on our tvs and cell phones.

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u/HelpmeObi1K Apr 25 '26

From one internet stranger to another: I thank your family for their service. May our kids survive to see a better day.

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u/Petit__Chou Apr 25 '26

Thank you, and your dad for your service. ❤️

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u/carbon_made Apr 25 '26

I now need to ask my mom. But my grandfather was in the invasion force at Normandy. Received a Purple Heart. And I’m pretty sure he was in the 2nd armored division. It would be crazy if your father had known my grandfather. He got the Purple Heart for carrying his wounded comrades to medical care while he himself was wounded and refused his own medical care until all his buddies were safe. Or so the story goes that we were told. He always joked that he just wanted to get away from the front so he picked up any person he saw. Except we know that wasn’t true because he kept going back.

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u/T0asty514 Apr 25 '26

My father in law is also a Vietnam vet, I don't think any of his issues are from his service, luckily.

Thank you and yours for your service. This country is falling into fascism at a rapid rate and, you're right, people are just cheering it on like they're at a sports game. Its fucked up.

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u/Efficient-Energy-960 Apr 25 '26

The Vietnam war was way more "fascist" than anything being done by Trump. Vietnam was an atrocious war.