Donald Trump's vile comment to pregnant widow of US soldier moments before she wept over his coffin

Donald Trump told the pregnant widow of a US soldier
killed in combat that her husband "knew what he
signed up for" moments before she greeted his coffin.
Lance Sergeant David Johnson, 25, was among four
elite special forces killed when their patrol was
ambushed by Islamic militants in Niger.
The US President has been criticised for failing to
speak about the incident, amid increasing reports that
the mission was flawed.
Trump failed to meet Sgt Johnson's coffin when it
first arrived back on American soil on Saturday and
went golfing instead.
And to add further insult, when he finally called the
soldier's widow Myeshia Johnson on Tuesday he
showed a distinct lack of compassion.
Instead Trump told her: "He knew what he signed up
for... but when it happens it hurts anyway".
Minutes later, Mrs Johnson, who is expecting the
couple's third child in January, wept uncontrollably
over her husband's coffin at Miami Airport.
Her six-year-old daughter stood by her stoically in
highly emotional scenes.
Trump's vile comment to Mrs Johnson was revealed
by Representative Frederica Wilson who was with her
at the time.
"Yes, he said it," Wilson said.
"It's so insensitive. He should have not have said
that.
"He shouldn't have said it."
Trump's bungled handling of the Niger killings has
become worse by the day.
He caused controversy on Monday by claiming that
unlike past presidents including Obama he planned to
personally call all of the families of the soldiers
killed.
It was a blatant lie and relatives of fallen troops and
previous White House staff members came forward to
attest to it.
Delilia O'Malley tweeted to Trump: "When my brother
was killed, Pres Bush listened while I screamed at
him & then held me as I sobbed, you fat f***ing liar."
Critics claim Trump is trying to detract from
increasing evidence that the patrol in Niger was a
botched mission.
The Green Berets team was ambushed on October 4
by militants linked to ISIS armed with machine guns
and grenade launchers.
Sgt Johnson's team reportedly didn't have air support
and were in unarmoured pickup trucks.
It took two days to recover one of the American
bodies.
US forces do not have a direct combat mission in
Niger, but their assistance to its army does include
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance in their
efforts to target violent extremist organizations.
US military deployments are on the rise in Africa.
In May, a U.S. Navy Seal killed in a raid on an al
Shabaab militant compound in Somalia became the
first US combat death in Africa since the 1993 “Black
Hawk Down” disaster in Mogadishu.
In Niger, Washington has deployed around 800
soldiers, runs a drone base in the capital Niamey, and
is building a second in Agadez at a cost of around
$100 million.
US Special Forces help local troops develop counter-
terrorism skills to tackle threats from al Qaeda-linked
groups, Nigeria’s Boko Haram and Islamists who have
pledged allegiance to Islamic State.
"It’s a pretty broad mission with the government of
Niger in order to increase their capability to stand
alone and to prosecute violent extremists," the U.S.
military’s Joint Staff Director, Lieutenant General
Kenneth McKenzie, said on Thursday.

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