Donald Trump’s Veteran Problems Keep Growing [Video]

Donald Trump has over the past few weeks found himself embroiled in a number of controversies involving military veterans, a community that, according to one expert, he has developed a “complex relationship” with.

Earlier this month Trump was criticized by a prominent figure within Veterans of Foreign Wars, a group that provides support to former service personnel, after he suggested the Presidential Medal of Freedom is “better” than the Medal of Honor. Trump was also accused of “politicking” on the “sacred ground” of Arlington National Cemetery by the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) after reportedly filming a video in an area reserved for America’s recent war dead.

However, speaking to Newsweek, political scientist Thomas Gift, director of the Centre on U.S. Politics at University College London claimed past military related controversies involving Trump had “barely budged his support among the veteran community” adding that a “disproportionate number of January 6th rioters” had a military background.

Speaking at a campaign eventin New …