President Trump: Chickenhawk

Draft dodger Trump in 1968: His first deferment

Letter to the editor in today's Chronicle:

Draft-avoiding leader’s military appreciation

Regarding “Trump’s parade” (News of the Day, Nation, Feb. 7): I choked on my breakfast cereal this morning when I read in the News of the Day about Donald Trump wanting an elaborate parade to show appreciation for the military. 

I suppose he appreciated the military by deftly avoiding it with five deferments during the heat of the Vietnam War, thereby not subjecting dedicated soldiers to his bullying and narcissism.

Holly Hadlock

Mill Valley

See also Trump is a "chickenhawk," Donald Trump, Baby Boomer and Chickenhawk in Chief.