Thread: Medical Deferment Allowed Trump to Dodge Vietnam War

Medical Deferment Allowed Trump to Dodge Vietnam War

Published April 30, 2011
FoxNews.com

After taking credit for President Obama releasing his long-form birth certificate to quell doubts about his citizenship, real estate developer Donald Trump may have to release his own records to address questions about his past.

Donald Trump, who claimed this week that a high draft number kept him from fighting for his country in Vietnam, actually received a series of student deferments while in college and a medical deferment after graduation, according to Selective Service records.

The Smoking Gun first reported the revelation after obtaining the paperwork from the National Archives and Records Administration. But it's still not known what medical problem Trump had or whether he still has it.

On Tuesday, Trump never mentioned his medical deferment when he told WNYW, the Fox affiliate in New York City why he didn't serve in the war.

"I actually got lucky because I had a very high draft number. I'll never forget, that was an amazing period of time in my life.

"I was going to the Wharton School of Finance, and I was watching as they did the draft numbers and I got a very, very high number and those numbers never got up to," he said.

Trump has come under heavy scrutiny ever since he began threatening to run for president weeks ago and vaulted past other potential GOP contenders in the polls with his tough talk and confrontational style. The Selective Service records were released one day after Obama unexpectedly released his long-form birth certificate showing he was born in Hawaii.

Obama said he released the records so the country could move past the" sideshows and carnival barkers" and focus on serious issues.

But Trump is still pushing the president to releases his academic records to prove he was worthy of admission into Columbia and Harvard.

The Selective Service records also include a copy of the registration card Trump signed in 1964 -- shortly after he turned 18 – revealing that Trump has birthmarks on both his heels, the Smoking Gun reported

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04 ... z1L2jUzmpN

Interesting, this is the second article I've seen recently attacking Trump. Someone is starting to worry about him.

Draft Dodging didn't stop Bill Clinton from being President so why would it stop Trump?

Trump skipped three presidential primary votes

Records also showed Trump has changed his party registration three times over the past 20 years.

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-235790.html

Trump's donation history shows Democratic favoritism
CBS News
Apr 27, 2011 ... While favoring Democrats, Trump has donated more than $600000 to Republicans as well, including Sen. John McCain (Ariz. ...

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/04/ ... 7806.shtml

It's a pity that the press didn't bother to examine, in excruciating detail like this, every microscopic fact about Barry Nobama when he was running. If they had bothered to do their job, instead of getting "tingling" feelings down their legs whenever they saw Nobama like Chris Matthews, perhaps we wouldn't have an inexperienced, unqualified, "community organizer" who's in WAY over his head trying to be the president (and failing miserably).

It's interesting that when a potential candidate leans to the right in their political views, their service, or lack thereof, in Viet Nam seems to be important to the MSM. It's funny how that works.

Mr. Paul noted that Mr. Trump has given thousands in campaign donations to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Nevada Democrat, and Rep. Charles Rangel, New York Democrat.

Rand Paul ribs Trump about birth certificate flap
http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-236573.html

Trump: Registered Dem until 2009, Gave $ to Rahm, Harry Reid!
Apr 15, 2011
http://www.getbig.com/boards/index.php?topic=373260.0

Originally Posted by sugarhighwolf

Interesting, this is the second article I've seen recently attacking Trump. Someone is starting to worry about him.

Draft Dodging didn't stop Bill Clinton from being President so why would it stop Trump?

It should have stopped Clinton and it probably would have if he would have been a Republican.

I know many on here won't agree with me, but I feel military service should be a prerequisite to Commander-In-Chief. What qualifies someone who has never served in the military to be the supreme commander of all our military forces? There was a time when serving the country in a military capacity was an important ticket to punch if you aspired to someday sit in the Oval Office. Our history is littered with presidents that served. Heck, even that peanut farmer from Georgia served as a submariner.

Liberals don't care, but there was a time when most Republicans did. Maybe they still do.