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>> do you consider him a draft dodger. >> i don't consider him so much a draft dodger as i feel the system was so wrong that certain americans could evade their responsibilities to serve the country. >> well, the larger point about the inhe can questionty of the draft system is a fair one. one particular case of one particular person only because the person himself doesn't seem to remember much about it. this is actually the same day that he said john mccain isn't a -- >> because i was going to college, had student deferments and ultimately had medical dwermt because of my feet. i had a bone s...

Spur. that is wrong. that is wrong. >> president trump, a child of privilege, was granted five deferments to avoid the vietnam war, including one for bone spurs. mccain, who said today his comments on bone spurs were not directed at the president, was of course tortured during his five and a half years of prisoner of war in vietnam. trump said in 2015 that mccain was not a war hero because he had been captured. >> do you consider him a draft dodger? >> i don't consider him so much a draft dodger as i feel that the system was so wrong that certain americans could evade their responsibilities to...

Lack thereof is in the spotlight now. again, all of these things he's bringing up on his own, making his own problems. after senator john mccain criticized people who found a day to say they had a bone spur to stay out of military service. >> people thought you were talking about. >> trump. >> president trump because he had a doctor's note that said he had bone spurs. >> i think more than once, yes. >> more than once. >> do you consider him a draft dodger? >> i don't consider him so much a draft dodger as i feel the system was so wrong that certain americans could evade their responsibilities ...

American to serve, every american should serve. >> during his appearance today on the view, john mccain said he doesn't consider president trump as a draft dodger, but he blamed the system at the time saying, quote, certain americans could evade responsibility to serve the country. it's an interesting topic, and a puzzling one. and here to talk about it with us tonight, retired u.s. army colonel jack jacobs, one of now 73 living recipients as of today of the medal of honor for his combat actions in vietnam. he's also an msnbc military analyst. john meecham is here as well, including books on p...

The president in a newly released interview with c-span about the vietnam war. >> we drafted the lowest income level of america and the highest income level found a doctor that would say that they had a bone spur. that is wrong. that is wrong. >> president trump, a child of privilege, was granted five deferments to avoid the vietnam war, including one for bone spurs. mccain, who said today his comments on bone spurs were not directed at the president, was of course tortured during his five and a half years of prisoner of war in vietnam. trump said in 2015 that mccain was not a war hero because...