The trip proved a breaking point not just with Macron, whom Trump predictably assailed in response to the speech, but also with Kelly. The chief of staff was appalled by Trump’s behavior. The president had long scorned soldiers in private, much as he had expressed disdain for John McCain’s combat service. “Anyone who went to that war was a sucker,” Trump had once said about Vietnam, as Kelly recounted it to colleagues. “I don’t know why you guys think these guys who get killed or wounded are heroes. They’re losers.” When Trump at one point accompanied Kelly to visit his son’s grave in
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