- President Donald Trump, who famously got out of the draft five times, shared a fake image depicting himself as a top military general — decked out in service ribbons and some of the nation’s highest military honors.
- The rendering pictured Trump, 80, alongside generals George S. Patton and Douglas MacArthur, two of the country’s most famous combat commanders and figures of World War II, in front of a fiery battleground.
- Despite the image, Trump never served in the armed forces, having received five deferrals from the Vietnam War draft.
- One of these deferrals was for bone spurs, which the daughters of the diagnosing podiatrist suggested was a favor to Trump's father.
- Trump has previously faced criticism for his lack of military service and once considered awarding himself the Congressional Medal of Honor for a non-combat visit to an Iraqi air base.
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