Gold Star Husband’s Powerful Story of His Meeting With Trump | Eastern North Carolina Now

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    "Kent described how Trump came in to speak with him, according to NBC. You should read the whole story here https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-came-dover-after-my-wife-was-killed-fighting-isis-ncna1239425. But here are some excerpts on which I wanted to concentrate.

    But (I am told) I thanked President Trump, and I remember he held eye contact with me. And in his eyes, I could see — unmistakably — the same pain I'd seen in the eyes of other senior leaders who ultimately bear the responsibility for sending men and women to their deaths in combat.

    As we unclasped our hands, the president said to me, "Shannon was the real deal, we are lucky to have people like her willing to go out there and face evil for us." He kept his arm on my shoulder.

    Together, as we waited for the plane that would bring Shannon home, we spent another 20 minutes talking about my wife, our children and what an amazing mother, wife and soldier she was. It was clear to me that President Trump truly cared — not just that Shannon and three others had been killed in Syria, but about who Shannon and the three others were as people."

    https://www.redstate.com/nick-arama/2020/09/06/914839/