WASHINGTON ¨C The widow of a U.S. Army sergeant killed in Niger this month said on Monday that President Donald Trump had ¡°made me cry even worse¡± in a condolence telephone call when he said her husband ¡°knew what he signed up for.¡±
Myeshia Johnson¡¯s comments in an ABC interview, her first to the media about the call from Trump, fueled a controversy that has raged for a week over how the president has handled consoling relatives of fallen service members.
After the interview aired, Trump again defended himself, saying in a Twitter post that his conversation with Johnson had been ¡°very respectful.¡±
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