Trump Is ‘Afraid’ to Visit War Zone Combat Troops Because ‘People Want to Kill Him’: Report

U.S. President Donald Trump has told aides and White House officials that he was afraid to visit U.S. troops in war zones, because he didn’t back the wars in Iraq or Afghanistan. “He’s never been interested in going,” one unnamed former senior White House official told The Washington Post. “He’s afraid of those situations. He’s afraid people want to kill him.” U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Marines while visiting Marine Barracks on November 15, in Washington, D.C. Trump told advisers that he had considered visiting troops in overseas combat zones. Getty Images Trump told advisers that he had considered visiting troops in overseas combat zones, after a series of decisions that critics said showed disrespect toward the military and the troops. The president canceled a visit to a cemetery where thousands of U.S. Marines were buried during a trip to Europe for ceremonies marking the 100-year anniversary of the end of World War I, and did not visit Arlington National Cemetery on Veterans Day. In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Trump dismissed retired Admiral William McRaven—who oversaw the 2011 mission that trapped and killed Osama bin Laden—as a partisan “Hillary Clinton fan,” and questioned why the military hadn’t killed bin Laden sooner. In the same interview Trump told host… Read full this story

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