"I don't have a problem standing up to somebody who was, you know, working on season seven of 'Celebrity Apprentice' when I was packing my bags for Afghanistan," the South Bend, Indiana, mayor said in wide-ranging discussion with the Washington Post's Robert Costa on Thursday.
Trump was exempted from military service in the 1960s after receiving a letter from a doctor saying he had a bone spur ailment. It's not the first time someone has accused the president of faking his medical problem. The president's former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, made a similar claim in his first public testimony to Congress in February.
This would have been an issue 20 years ago but since we have largely had an all volunteer army in our past 4 or 5 wars/military actions, this claim by PB is pure rubbish! Plenty of things to confront Trump on now vs 40 years ago!
ReggieMillerTNT This dude doesn’t know anything about war
Not gonna play the LGBT card?
ReggieMillerTNT All I see now is the MAD guy when I see Pete haha. His politics might be good. But all I see is the MAD tv guy
“Character” - 🙌🙌🙌
Bill Clinton did the same thing, and people still voted him in office twice 😂
'Trump bad' is not a winning policy. this is why Yang Gang will clean house in the debates.
He's not wrong.
Bill Clinton dodged the draft too. What’s your point?
he was born in 1982 ...so he wasn't there when it happened ...
PeteButtigieg did you take on Obama for not serving in our military? Ya, ok I thought so.
Fun fact RealDonaldTrump and TedNugent are both pants crapping draft dodgers.
realDonaldTrump is a joke.
Ouch. Go for it, Pete.
Actually, it was joe biden who did that, lol.
WTF does this baby know about the Vietnam era?
This guy really knows how to alienate voters.
Flat feet and bone spurs kept a lot of men out of the service!
Didn’t work in 2016. Won’t work in 2020. Sorry Pete.
Buttigieg criticizes Trump for lacking common decency that is rich, considering his lifestyle he doesn’t have the moral authority to criticize anyone? He’s the quintessential millennial he was elected mayor now he believes that qualifies him for the worlds most powerful office.
Yep
This Petey Loo Whoo from Whoville, Indiana is adorable!!!
Sounds the Trump are sure it’s not his heels? Glad he got caught?
To all Tweeters, If Idiot had so called bone spurs back in his 20’s. He would still have today. Bone spurs do not go away. They are very painful. A person with bone spurs usually have to wear special shoes.
Buttwhat?
This guy is really impressive. He had some real integrity, character, and intellectlect. He is a force to be reconded with.
Proof petie?
PeteButtigieg never fails to impress. He uniquely conveys his criticism with respect. This man is real. This man is a rarity. We need him now more than ever.
I wonder who got drafted in Trump’s place? Did he die? Did he suffer? Did he loose out in life because Trump cheated him out ? Who was DRAFTED instead?
Grabbing for straws
Could you guys zoom it in a bit more? 400x isn't enough.
How does this idiot know what Trump thought? Is he clairvoyant?
He may or may not have. The fact is that he is the president now serving his country, and most people do not realize that the presidency is the most dangerous job in government. Your chances of getting killed are way higher than any branch of the military.
Mayor Buttplug is a great talker, very smooth, leftist, antagonist, but a terrible leader. And why is Buttplug in his office now (well, when he can as he has been AWOL for months)
Trump is a coward
How much will you cut from the military budget if you become president?
Joe Biden had 5 deferments.
dude I love you PeteButtigieg
We're still getting over Mayor Pete's statement on the Black, transgender, autoworker.
If he wasn’t white, he’d win
This guy is so articulate & thoughtful in his responses. He’d absolutely eat trump alive in a debate. Class act.
Sorry Pete but we had the draft back then and many were deferred for bone spurs and flat feet so peddle that crap some place else!! Ok?
Mayor from Whoville.
Um Clinton, Obama, etc. what? I dont seem to recall even serving
STF up!!! You don’t stand a chance!!
Better have proof, Pete.
Butt in his last name sums up his expertise in running anything.
Bootiegas needs a charisma injection.
Yawn - old news. Nobody cared that Bill Clinton was a draft dodger.
Yesssss, keep telling the story!!
Why don’t you tell everyone the truth about your military career? Maybe your buddies should tell everyone the truth.
Well said !
This guy is so good! Too bad he doesn't do the jive talking thing, which means he probably won't win the Democratic nomination. But he's good. He's really good!
Old news.
How about the REAL NEWS this evening! Declassifying the documents surrounding SPYGATE!!! Obama admin abused power at all higher levels in FBI, CIA, courts. They are all going to jail!!!!! BIGGEST political scandal in US HISTORY breaking open tonight!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Pete, I don't know why you are wasting your time on Trump's military deferment. You should be talking about Joe Biden's military deferment. Biden is the one standing in your way.
This is what happens when you can’t get Trump to take the bait on your sexual preference and you need a way to stand out. But this is seriously so 1990s. The real problem for Pete is he looks like the guy beside a President taking notes on a clipboard.
Again PeteButtigieg a 4-F deferment is NOT a disability!! You never were in the draft.
This is spot on.
Wow I love it when they tell the absolute fucking truth about trump.
Love this guy. His delivery is impressive and can absolutely stand up on the stage. Match that with knowledge and wit and we have a winner. Trump would be deduced to only name calling. Which is on par with his typical debate tactics.
BOOOOOOOOOOM
This is not going to help dems win against Trump—people knew all this last election and still chose him. Please move on to giving people a real choice vs rehashing this trash
I ❤️ Pete.
Ooh. Ooh now do Bill
Can’t believe someone would put this guy on tv. You have no chance of be president! Go back to being mayor
Will he say the same about Biden? Bernie?
A gay man will never be president of the United States.
Yawn.
You mean he's a coward and a phony? Tell us something we don't know.
His bonespur xrays are probably wrapped up tighter than his transcripts
This guy is a tool. A hater. And hates America Thomas Jefferson. & the Constitution. Move to Russia shitbag.
Mad Magazine is looking for their mascot.
Time to stop the narrative ABC
Poor little petey is getting desperate 🤣
Somebody tell Pete that Biden is the chosen candidate!