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Draft dodger with imaginary bone spurs tells Purple Heart recipients his ear injury "wasn't that easy for me, either"

Draft dodger with imaginary bone spurs tells Purple Heart recipients his ear injury "wasn't that easy for me, either"

Ellsworth Toohey
Aug 08, 2025
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Draft dodger with imaginary bone spurs tells Purple Heart recipients his ear injury "wasn't that easy for me, either"
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Donald Trump at the 2024 Republican National Convention. (Maxim Elramsisy / Shutterstock.com)

Donald Trump can't stop collecting medals he never earned, and now he's comparing his minor ear graze to actual combat wounds because apparently being a five-time draft dodger wasn't quite insulting enough to veterans.

As reported in The Daily Beast, Trump told a…

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