Gold Star Father Appalled by Trump’s Arlington Trip: ‘There to Exploit’
From the father of an uncommonly brave Army captain who died protecting his troops from an Iraqi car bomb comes a question regarding the recent confrontation between staffers on Donald Trump’s campaign and an official in the same section of Arlington National Cemetery where his son is buried: “Why did he go there?”
Khizr Khan is the father of 27-year-old Army Captain Humayun Khan, who was awarded a Bronze star following his death in 2004 and now occupies grave 7986 in Section 60.
Khan’s only conclusion is that Trump visited the cemetery on Monday primarily for personal political gain—something prohibited by federal law. Khan figures Trump and his entourage could not have arrived at Section 60 to pay actual respect respect to the 13 soldiers killed by a suicide bomber outsaide Bagrqam Airport during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan three years ago on Monday.