Fact-check: “Did Trump say americas highest military honor is insufficient because soldiers get hit by bullets or die”
Verdict: Partly True (88% confidence)
The exact wording attributed to Trump could not be confirmed in any documented source, but Trump made a substantively similar statement in documented remarks at Bedminster, NJ on August 15, 2024. Trump stated on video — confirmed by C-SPAN, CBS News, CNN, ABC News, and other contemporaneous outlets — that the Presidential Medal of Freedom is 'actually much better' than the Medal of Honor 'because everyone gets the Congressional Medal of Honor — that's soldiers. They're either in very bad shape…
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