US president denies callous remark to wife of ambushed soldier
Washington — Donald Trump told the widow of a soldier killed during an ambush in Niger "he knew what he was signing up for", said a legislator who accused the US president of insensitivity. Frederica Wilson, a Democratic congresswoman from Florida, said she listened in to part of a phone call between the president and the grieving family of Sgt La David Johnson. "I didn’t hear the whole phone call, but I did hear him say, ‘I’m sure he knew what he was signing up for, but it still hurts’," she told CNN. The US president denied making the comments, tweeting on Wednesday: "Democrat Congresswoman totally fabricated what I said to the wife of a soldier who died in action (and I have proof). Sad!" Johnson was among four US soldiers killed earlier in October in Niger, where Islamic State fighters have established a presence. His body was returned to Miami on Tuesday, according to the Miami Herald. He is survived by his wife, Myeshia Johnson, who is pregnant with the couple’s third child. A...
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