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Several Army special forces soldiers were killed during an operation in West Africa earlier this month. As a typical practice, Presidents give condolence calls to the grieving families of the deceased soldiers. It took President Trump 12 days to acknowledge the deaths publicly.

Trump's Delayed Reaction

The president has been accused of being insensitive to the widow of one of the Green Berets killed in Africa, Sgt. La David T. Johnson. Trump apparently called the widow while she was on her way to retrieve her husband's remains. A Democratic congresswoman overheard the call. Rep. Frederica S. Wilson (D-Fla.) was in a limousine with Sgt. Johnson's widow who had Trump's call on speaker phone. Trump allegedly told the widow that her husband “must have known what he signed up for."

This past Wednesday, the mother of Sgt. Johnson said that “President Trump did disrespect my son." Trump rebutted her on Twitter, claiming to have "proof" of the conversation.

After receiving criticism his delayed reaction, Trump took a shot at Obama, claiming he never called military families. The president even referenced the deceased son of his chief of staff, General John Kelly. He claimed that the Kelly never received a call from Obama, who was president when Kelly's sone died. The Obamas actually met with the family in person.

General Kelly gave an impassioned defense of President Trump's behavior.

General Kelly vs. Congresswoman Wilson

Things took a nasty turn today between Congresswoman Wilson and General Kelly. Yesterday, Kelly claimed that Wilson used a 2015 dedication of a federal building to claim credit for securing its funding in 2009. Kelly said in a press conference that "we were stunned — stunned that she’d done it,” referring to the her supposed taking credit for the dedication.

Wilson pushed back. Going on CNN, she accused Kelly of flat-out lying. “He can’t just go on TV and lie on me,” Wilson said while on CNN, adding "how dare he." Congresswoman Wilson was not in Congress at that time in 2009. A video of the event otherwise about her taking credit. She took credit for her efforts to have the building named after two deceased FBI agents, not for its funding.

President Trump, staying true to form, took to Twitter again yesterday to lambast Wilson. "Congresswoman Wilson(D), who was SECRETLY on a very personal call, and gave a total lie on content!"