US President Donald Trump has accused his political opponents from the Democratic Party of organizing a disinformation campaign that threatens the interests of the United States.

The head of the White House wrote about this on his Twitter.

“Democrats, their fake news media partners, and tech giants are waging a massive disinformation campaign.

They produce and then push false stories with unprecedented zeal, surpassing even what has been seen in the (election) campaign of 2016.

This puts our country in jeopardy and must stop immediately.

Victory in 2020! ”- wrote the US President.

Earlier, Trump posted a video on his page on the social network in which American war veterans spoke of their gratitude to the 45th President of the United States.

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- Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 6, 2020

In support of Trump the day before, the Minister of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie also spoke out.

He noted that, as Deputy Secretary of Defense, he personally observed how Trump signed letters of condolences to the relatives of those killed in Iraq and Afghanistan, and is inclined to judge the head of state by his actions.

He said this in response to a request from a CNN reporter to comment on reports of Trump's disrespectful attitude towards war veterans.

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"Demonizing Trump"

The reason for a new wave of accusations against Donald Trump was a story that happened about two years ago - in November 2018.

While then on a visit to France, the head of the White House canceled a trip to the burial place of American soldiers and officers who fell during the First World War in An-Marne.

The bad weather was the reason.

This decision of the American leader was then criticized by the grandson of former British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Member of Parliament of Great Britain Nicholas Soames.

The politician rebuked Trump for not being able to withstand even the weather to pay tribute to the fallen.

  • An Marne military cemetery in France

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In his defense, Trump said then that when the helicopter could not fly to the cemetery due to almost zero visibility, he offered to go there.

But the Secret Service blocked this initiative, saying it was too far, the US president explained. 

The story of the disrupted trip to the military cemetery was continued in September 2020, at the height of the election campaign in the United States.

On September 3, one of the oldest American magazines, The Atlantic, published the editor-in-chief's reflections on the reasons for the disrespect that Donald Trump allegedly shows to war veterans and military heroes.

Most of the examples of such neglect given by the author became known to the publication from anonymous sources in Trump's entourage.

The publication claims that the head of the White House refused to leave for the cemetery out of fears for his hairstyle, which could be disheveled due to bad weather.

Allegedly in a private conversation with his entourage, Trump called the soldiers buried in the cemetery as losers.

Also in a conversation with high-ranking members of his staff, Trump, according to the publication, said: “Why do I need to go to that cemetery?

It's also full of losers. "

During the same trip, but in a different conversation, Trump called the 1,800 Marines who died in the Battle of Belleau Wood "boobies" for not surviving, sources say.

The author of the article also quotes Trump's previously unknown words about Democratic Senator John McCain.

Allegedly, having learned about the flags at half-mast during the senator's funeral, Trump was outraged, saying that the deceased was a "loser."

Anonymous sources also reported this to The Atlantic.

As an indirect confirmation of the reliability of this data, the author of the article recalled the case of 2015, when Trump, while still a presidential candidate, disparaged McCain.

Trump said at the time that McCain was considered a hero only because he was captured during the Vietnam campaign.

The day after the publication of The Atlantic, a similar material appeared on the pages of The Washington Post.

The publication focused on the reaction of American veterans to Trump's disrespectful attitude towards the military.

An example is the story of Army veteran David Weisman, who previously became famous as an active Internet supporter of Trump.

However, after the media reported on Trump's scornful words towards the dead soldiers and officers, he changed his position and became an opponent of the current president.

  • Funeral of John McCain

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However, experts doubt the reliability of the information disseminated in the media, citing sources.

“The fight between the candidates is going on like black.

The fact that Trump is being demonized is clear.

Veterans and the military are one of the most important parts of Trump's electorate, they are the most loyal.

Moreover, through the Ministry of Veterans Affairs, he did a lot, in particular, funding for medical programs was increased, "said Vladimir Vasiliev, chief researcher at the Institute of the USA and Canada of the Russian Academy of Sciences, in an interview with RT.

In turn, Konstantin Blokhin, a researcher at the Center for Security Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences, noted that the number of fakes and stuffing will only grow with the approaching elections.

“The political struggle is intensifying, and over time, more and more dirt will appear in the information space.

It is possible that opponents attributed these words to Trump, ”the expert did not rule out.

Army accent

Donald Trump's rival in the election race, Joe Biden, was quick to pick up these accusations.

“I'll be blunt: if what The Atlantic says is true, then what most of us think is true is true: Donald Trump is not suitable for the role of president and supreme commander in chief,” Biden said in his campaign speech in Wilmington, Delaware.

  • Joe Biden

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It should be noted that the accusation of contempt for veterans is not the only one brought against Trump in recent days in the media.

On September 5, The New York Times reported that the head of state was spending campaign donations on legal fees.

The publication accused the head of the White House of treating the funds raised for the election campaign in the amount of $ 58.4 million as a personal account.

"Advocating for President Trump's personal interests has already merged so much with the interests of the Republican Party that it has become one with them - this also includes the litigation that the party is now paying for," campaign finance lawyer Matthew commented on the allegations to The New York Times. Sanderson.

According to Vladimir Vasiliev, this publication is part of a campaign aimed at discrediting Trump.

However, these attacks do not achieve their goal, as supporters and opponents of Trump over time, only more asserted in their views.

“The country is divided and one side does not hear the other.

There are two irreconcilable camps that do not accept each other's arguments.

As for accusations of insulting veterans and fallen soldiers, this is unlikely to do much damage to Trump's image among the military.

The fact is that the Democrats are planning to cut military spending.

And Trump's course implies an increase in defense spending.

So if Trump's support in military circles weakens, then only very little, ”the expert said.

Konstantin Blokhin adheres to a similar point of view.

“The figure of Trump is associated with the strengthening of the role of the military-industrial complex.

And Trump is doing everything to strengthen the American military-industrial complex.

In addition, Trump says he does not want wars, he is in favor of minimizing participation in conflicts.

If Biden comes to power, then he will definitely unleash some kind of war.

And the military does not need military action, they need new contracts and financial injections.

So they, most likely, will still remain Trump's supporters, ”the expert concluded.