White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany read a prepared statement on Friday pushing back against a bombshell article published by The Atlantic on Thursday evening that claimed President Trump regarded the dead World War I Veterans interred at Belleau Wood as “suckers” and “losers” for getting killed in action and dismissed former Sen.
John McCain as a “fucking loser.” When McEnany finished reading her statement, she turned and fled the podium as reporters showered her with questions about disturbing claims made in the article. “Why did the president say, ‘I like people who weren’t captured?'” a female reporter could be heard asking as McEnany made a brisk exit. “Kayleigh, who specifically said at Robert Kelly’s grave, ‘I don’t get it.