FILE PHOTO: U.S. President Donald Trump salutes troops aboard the USS Wasp (LHD 1) in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, Japan May 28, 2019. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst/File Photo To match Special Report JAPAN-SOUTHKOREA/USA-NUCLEAR
A former member of Congress unloaded on CNN on Tuesday evening after the president referred to himself as a "war hero" during a radio interview.
During an interview with conservative radio host Mark Levin, President Donald Trump described Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as a "war hero" for his actions in Gaza. Trump added that he should also be known as a war hero because he approved of the bombing mission that destroyed Iran's nuclear facility.
"Nobody cares, but I am too," Trump said, referring to himself as a hero. "I sent those planes."
Adam Kinzinger, a former Air National Guard officer, discussed Trump's comments on CNN's "Erin Burnett OutFront."
"This is nuts!" Kinzinger, who represented Illinois in Congress as a Republican for more than a decade, shouted. "This is nuts, and his people are going to find a way to justify this."
"Listen, when they were putting out something honoring the Army's 250th anniversary, they put out a picture of Donald Trump in his military academy uniform," he continued. "Which has nothing to do with the military except that they drill you."
"This is nuts. He's not a war hero," Kinzinger said. "You can like what he's done. That's fine. I hope he gets a resolution in Ukraine, but to put himself on the same level as people who have actually gone out and served this country, not claimed bone spurs, is an offense to anybody who's served."
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