Trump Eviscerated by ‘Disgusted’ War Veterans and Officials for ‘Grotesque’ Posts

Alex Brandon-Pool/Getty ImagesPresident Donald Trump’s unhinged war ramblings have left war veterans and former government officials “disgusted.” The backlash erupted after Trump, 79, warned Tuesday morning that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again,” if Tehran does not open up the Strait of Hormuz. A separate post on Sunday threatening to obliterate civilian infrastructure also contributed to the outrage among those who have served.Naveed Shah, political director for Common Defense and an Army veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom, said he is “disgusted and genuinely alarmed” by Trump’s “increasingly unhinged rhetoric.”Read more at The Daily Beast.