Trump Has A Wild 2 A.M. Freakout Over ‘Very Disrespectful’ Governor

President Donald Trump on Thursday launched a brand new assault on Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D) at a really uncommon time: 2:12 a.m. ET.

Writing on Fact Social, the president shared a hyperlink to an Aug. 2024 story through which Moore stated he made an “sincere mistake” when he listed a Bronze Star from his army service on a White Home utility in 2006.

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At the moment, he had not obtained the award.

“However is that the top of his political profession,” Trump wrote. “He was very disrespectful to the Workplace of the President!”

Moore had listed the medal on an utility for a fellowship, later saying his commanding officer, Lt. Gen. Michael Fenzel, advised him he had the mandatory approvals and urged him to incorporate it.

Fenzel confirmed that account to the New York Instances final yr.

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Nevertheless, the paperwork by no means went by, resulting in questions over his inclusion of the Bronze Star on his utility in addition to Moore not correcting TV hosts who talked about the award throughout interviews.

Fenzel final yr resubmitted the paperwork and Moore lastly obtained the award in December.

Trump’s grievance of Moore being “very disrespectful” doubtless stems from a feud between the 2, which started final week. Moore invited Trump to stroll by Baltimore with him in response to the president’s use of troops in Washington and his menace to ship troopers to different U.S. cities.

Trump referred to as the invitation “nasty and provocative,” slammed Moore as a “failing” governor, and threatened to withhold federal funding for the Francis Scott Key Bridge, which collapsed final yr after being hit by a cargo ship that misplaced energy.

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Trump taunted Moore in regards to the Bronze Star story.

“Did Wes Moore, the Governor of Maryland, lie about getting a Bronze Star?” Trump wrote on Fact Social.

Moore ― who served in Afghanistan ― fired again by calling Trump “President Bone Spurs,” a reference to a disputed analysis the president used to duck army service in the course of the Vietnam Battle.

He additionally defended his service once more in a publish on X on Tuesday: