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The Department of Veterans Affairs has been a dysfunctional mess for decades and over multiple presidencies. The latest example of the VA’s dysfunction has been an apparent “computer glitch” that resulted in veterans not receiving their G.I. Bill benefits. But facts be damned to CNN’s Chris Cuomo Thursday night’s Prime Time (like most night) as he blamed all the VA’s problems directly on President Trump.
Cuomo was irritated that Trump attended an event for veterans this week and told the group of Marines that he had “done a lot” for the military and veterans. “Insult to injury. That's what you just saw. Trump telling all those Marines and the world he's done so much for our troops. Giving himself a nice pat on the back and his administration,” he angrily spat.
“At the same time that he was saying that VA officials were fumbling and stumbling to explain the G.I. Bill benefits crisis that is ongoing right now on Trump's watch,” Cuomo continued to shout.
The bitter CNN host decried how the promise to our veterans was broken by Trump. “If he's done so much, why the G.I. Bill mess? Why the VA mess? Why no real help for suicide and mental health treatment as was promised,” Cuomo ranted.
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