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Miles Archer

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10. When that veteran gave him his Purple Heart..."I always wanted one."
Thu Oct 9, 2025, 12:16 PM
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It's one of the more extreme examples...a Richie Rich draft dodger who called "having unprotected sex" his "own personal Vietnam," getting handed an award he didn't earn, reserved for Military members showing the highest level of valor.

Trump: 'I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier' 08/02/2016

Howard Stern: Now, getting back to dating, right? And when you gotta say to a woman, "Hey, listen, you gotta go to my personal doctor, and I'm gonna have you checked out," is that a tough thing to say to a woman, or you just got the b***s to say it?

Donald Trump: You know? I tell you, it's amazing. I can't even believe it. I've been so lucky, in terms of that whole world.

Howard Stern: You've never gotten a social disease.

Donald Trump: It is a dangerous world out there. It is scary. It's like Vietnam, sort of like, you know, the Vietnam era.

Howard Stern: It is. It is your personal Vietnam.

Donald Trump: It is my personal Vietnam.

Howard Stern: You've said that many times.

Donald Trump: I feel like a great and very brave soldier.

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-stds-vietnam/

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My predicted winner of the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize: Emergency Response Rooms (ERRs) (Arabic: غرف الطوارئ) in Sudan Celerity Thursday #1
👀 underpants Thursday #4
That would be a worthy choice irisblue Thursday #15
What a pathetic loser, he has to threaten people to get the Peace prize. 1WorldHope Thursday #2
Plus, it won't work. OLDMDDEM Thursday #3
Right? blue neen Thursday #7
I figured the decision had already been made. underpants Thursday #5
Just my opinion, but if you have to ask/demand that you receive ANY sort of prize, it indicates that you are Pendrench Thursday #6
When that veteran gave him his Purple Heart..."I always wanted one." Miles Archer Thursday #10
I don't think the Peace Prize committee likes him. Ocelot II Thursday #12
The Norwegian government has nothing to do with the award. Ocelot II Thursday #8
I'm guessing the Norwegians will be just fine Fiendish Thingy Thursday #9
Apparently they are getting a lot of pressure. Ocelot II Thursday #11
Salmon and nice wool sweaters from Norway EYESORE 9001 Thursday #14
Sorry, when you are invading your own cities with troops, NO PEACE PRIZE FOR YOU! Raftergirl Thursday #13
"If you don't give me the Peace Prize, I'm going to come after your country!" tanyev Thursday #16
He's begging like a dog. thought crime Thursday #17
They could just give him a "special edition" medal.. a shiny gold-colored one with LeftinOH Thursday #18
Yeah, let's give it to the tyrant who is destroying his own country and attacking his own citizens dalton99a Thursday #19
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