Eric Trump Mentioned His Dad ‘Fought For This Nation’ And Critics Went … What Now?!? | NEWSRUX

Eric Trump prompted some raised eyebrows amongst Twitter customers this week when he claimed his father, Donald Trump, had “fought” for America.

“My father fought for this nation,” the previous president’s son mentioned in a video interview shared on-line. “Tom Brady at all times fought and performed for his workforce. My father’s taking part in for Group America.”

Whereas the phrase “fought” was doubtless only a flip of phrase, it irked critics on Twitter who felt it was doing a lot of heavy lifting. They instantly highlighted Donald Trump’s historical past of medical deferments from the navy, together with one on the idea of bone spurs in his heels.

That prognosis has since been questioned, although, after the daughter of the podiatrist who noticed Trump mentioned it was carried out merely as a favor to his father, Fred.

The previous president has additionally described avoiding sexually transmitted infections within the Seventies and Eighties as his “private Vietnam.”