{"id":430138,"date":"2017-10-19T08:17:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T08:17:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/"},"modified":"2017-10-19T08:17:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-19T08:17:07","slug":"trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump was insensitive \u2013 soldier\u2019s mother"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The mother of a US soldier who was killed in action has backed a congresswoman\u2019s claim that President Donald Trump showed insensitivity during a phone call to her son\u2019s widow.<\/p>\n<p>Representative Frederica Wilson said he had told Myeshia Johnson: \u201cHe knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump said Ms Wilson\u2019s account was \u201ctotally fabricated\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt La David Johnson was killed in Niger by Islamist militants this month.<\/p>\n<p>He was one of four US special forces soldiers who died in an ambush.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Trump had already been criticised for not contacting the families of the dead servicemen right after the fatal ambush on 4 October.<\/p>\n<p>Sgt Johnson\u2019s mother, Cowanda Jones-Johnson, backed Representative Wilson\u2019s account of the phone call.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump did disrespect my son and my daughter and also me and my husband,\u201d she told the Washington Post newspaper.<\/p>\n<p>A separate case which saw Mr Trump offer money to the grieving father of a dead serviceman in a call, but allegedly not pay up, has now emerged.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe said: \u2018I\u2019m going to write you a cheque out of my personal account for $25,000\u2019, and I was just floored,\u201d the father told the Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>The White House subsequently told the newspaper that the cheque had been sent, saying it was a \u201cgenerous and sincere gesture\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Wilson, who represents a Florida district, told CNN the president\u2019s call had been made shortly before Sgt Johnson\u2019s coffin arrived by aircraft in his home city of Miami.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Wilson told WPLG, a Miami TV station, she had heard the president\u2019s \u201cso insensitive\u201d remarks to the widow on speakerphone in a limousine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo me, that is something that you can say in a conversation, but you shouldn\u2019t say that to a grieving widow,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd everyone knows when you go to war, you could possibly not come back alive. But you don\u2019t remind a grieving widow of that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Source: BBC<\/p>\n<div class=\"bsac bsac-clearfix bsac-post-bottom bsac-float-center bsac-align-center bsac-column-1\">\n<div id=\"bsac-268363-825612546\" class=\"bsac-container bsac-type-image \" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/WPAdBlock\" data-adid=\"268363\" data-type=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bsac-image\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif\" alt=\"Newmont Ad\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mother of a US soldier who was killed in action has backed a congresswoman\u2019s claim that President Donald Trump showed insensitivity during a phone call to her son\u2019s widow. Representative Frederica Wilson said he had told Myeshia Johnson: \u201cHe knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway.\u201d Mr Trump [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-430138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-world"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trump was insensitive \u2013 soldier\u2019s mother - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Trump was insensitive \u2013 soldier\u2019s mother - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The mother of a US soldier who was killed in action has backed a congresswoman\u2019s claim that President Donald Trump showed insensitivity during a phone call to her son\u2019s widow. Representative Frederica Wilson said he had told Myeshia Johnson: \u201cHe knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway.\u201d Mr Trump [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Trump was insensitive \u2013 soldier\u2019s mother\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-19T08:17:07+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":339,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif\",\"articleSection\":[\"World\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\\\/\",\"name\":\"Trump was insensitive \u2013 soldier\u2019s mother - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-10-19T08:17:07+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/19\\\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/ghanamma.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/10\\\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2017\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Trump was insensitive \u2013 soldier\u2019s mother - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"Trump was insensitive \u2013 soldier\u2019s mother - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"The mother of a US soldier who was killed in action has backed a congresswoman\u2019s claim that President Donald Trump showed insensitivity during a phone call to her son\u2019s widow. Representative Frederica Wilson said he had told Myeshia Johnson: \u201cHe knew what he was signing up for, but I guess it hurts anyway.\u201d Mr Trump [&hellip;]","twitter_image":"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/"},"author":{"name":"","@id":""},"headline":"Trump was insensitive \u2013 soldier\u2019s mother","datePublished":"2017-10-19T08:17:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/"},"wordCount":339,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif","articleSection":["World"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/","name":"Trump was insensitive \u2013 soldier\u2019s mother - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif","datePublished":"2017-10-19T08:17:07+00:00","author":{"@id":""},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/19\/trump-was-insensitive-soldiers-mother\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/newmont_beyondmind92870.gif"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}