The following article by Ashley Parker was posted on the Washington Post website October 25, 2017:
President Trump said there was “no hesitation” when he called Myeshia Johnson, the widow of Sgt. La David Johnson. She said the president couldn’t remember her late husband’s name. Sgt. Johnson was killed in Niger on Oct. 4. (Reuters)
President Trump on Wednesday revived the controversy over his handling of a condolence call with an Army soldier’s widow, disputing Myeshia’s Johnson’s claim that he did not seem to remember her husband’s name and calling into question the memories of others who heard the conversation.
Speaking to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing for a fundraiser in Dallas, Trump said he called Army Sgt. La David Johnson — who was killed after an Oct. 4 ambush in Niger that is still being investigated — by his correct name “right from the beginning.” Continue reading “Trump undercuts widow again, says he remembered name ‘right from the beginning’”