Donald Trump's outspoken niece lashed out at her uncle on Tuesday night, calling his appearance at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday "galling." In her newsletter, " The Good In Us ," Mary Trump noted that her father was the exception — not the rule — in the Trump family when it came to military service. While he served in the Air Force National Guard, Donald Trump received four deferments based on what she called a "false diagnosis of bone spurs engineered by his father.
" Ms. Trump blasted her uncle as an "unpatriotic coward" — noting that he also reportedly "trashed veterans and fallen soldiers — and questioned why he was allowed to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at the cemetery. ALSO READ: Democrats are reclaiming freedom and the American flag "His appearance there was a desecration doing the only thing he knows how to do with members of the military and their families—use them as props; the ridiculous grin and thumbs up made it worse—as if he were attending a photo-op at a local diner," she wrote.
The cemetery is filled with fallen soldiers who gave their lives to protect and defend the Constitution, she said — "a document Donald has never read, has attempted at every turn to shred, and will, if given the chance, set on fire." She continued her attack, saying Donald Trump is a "weak and insecure man" who "mocks his betters to compensate for his own inadequacies." The Nevada State Public Charter School on Friday approved the opening of an Elko cha.