The Hill: Gold Star families receive condolence letters from Trump months after sons' deaths: report
At least three families of service members killed months ago said that they have now received rush-delivered condolence letters from President Trump.
The families told The Atlantic that they are now receiving letters from Trump after he faced criticism for not calling the families of fallen service members, after claiming he had done so. Many of the letters, according to The Atlantic, were sent next-day by UPS.
Timothy Eckels’ son was killed when the USS John S. McCain collided with an oil tanker on Aug. 21, but Eckels said he didn’t receive a letter from Trump until Oct. 20 — two days into the controversy over Trump contacting the families of fallen soldiers.
“Honestly, I feel the letter is reactionary to the media storm brewing over how these things have been handled,” Eckels told The Atlantic.
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Update: Donald Trump Is Rush-Shipping Condolences to Military Families (The Atlantic)
WNU Editor: I can understand why the President may not be able to call all the families of loved ones who died in the service of their country .... but sending a letter that is personally signed by the President is not a big deal if casualties are low .... and casualties have been low (so far) during President Trump's Presidency. Another surprising thing about this story is that you would think that Chief of Staff John Kelly would be on top of this case .... being a Gold Star father himself. But he was not.
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