Myeshia Johnson: Widow of dead soldier hits out at Trump- BBC encore

Mike Pacheco is overcome with emotion as he attends the viewing for U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson at the Christ the Rock Community Church on October 20, 2017 in Cooper City, Florida.~ Miami Herald

Funeral of Sgt.LaDavid Johnson

It's absolutely pathetic and stupid of #realDonaldTrump to make an international incident out of the tragic death of Sgt. LaDavid Johnson, who was killed with three of his Special Forces comrades during operations in the African nation of Niger.

BBCNews- The widow of a dead US soldier says Donald Trump could not remember her husband's name when he phoned to offer condolences, said Meyeshia Johnson.

Myeshia Johnson is the widow of Sgt La David Johnson, killed in the African nation of Niger. She told ABC News the president's "stumbling" had "hurt her the most".

But President Trump said that he had used Sgt Johnson's name "without hesitation" and described the conversation as "very respectful". (#realDonaldTrump should have apologized because his defensiveness is increasing the grief this family is experiencing.)

Sgt Johnson was killed in Niger by Islamist militants this month.

Myeshia Johnson confirmed the statement by Rep. Frederica Wilson's account, that Mr Trump had told her, her husband had known "what he had signed up for" when joining the military.

"The president said that he knew what he signed up for, but it hurts anyways... It made me cry because I was very angry at the tone of his voice and how he said it," she said.

"He had my husband's report in front of him, and that's when he actually said La David. I heard him stumbling on trying to remember my husband's name."