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What Does "Cadet Bone Spurs" Mean?
Trump's Nickname Was Coined By Sen. Tammy Duckworth
By MONICA HUNTER-HART
Feb 7, 2018
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) has found the perfect way to castigate President Trump. Democrats refused to stand or clap for most of the president's State of the Union speech, which is an annual tactic that opposition parties use show their disapproval, but not one to which he took kindly. When Trump called the act "treasonous," Sen. Duckworth [responded] by calling Trump "Cadet Bone Spurs" on Twitter. But it isn't the first time she's used the nickname.


The label references Trump's reported avoidance of the Vietnam War draft. In 1968, at the age of 22, he received a diagnosis for bone spurs in his heels that he used to obtain a 1-Y medical deferment from military service. Bone spurs are projections that form on bones, particularly in the joints. Trump later received four additional deferments for being enrolled in school.

Some have questioned the validity of Trump's diagnosis. When speaking to C-SPAN in October, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) suggested that some people bribed medical professionals to avoid the draft. "We drafted the lowest income level of America," he said, "and the highest income level found a doctor that would say they had a bone spur."

Duckworth has recently started using this history to disparage Trump by labeling him "Cadet Bone Spurs." She's taken to using the name often on Twitter, most recently in response to the president's comments that Democrats were "treasonous" for refusing to clap more frequently during the State of the Union.




"We don't live in a dictatorship or a monarchy," she wrote on Monday. "I swore an oath — in the military and in the Senate — to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, not to mindlessly cater to the whims of Cadet Bone Spurs and clap when he demands I clap."

If anyone deserves to make this critique of Trump, it's Duckworth. She lost both of her legs while serving as a Black Hawk helicopter pilot in the Iraq War in 2004. She was the conflict's first U.S. female double amputee. The injury occurred when her vehicle was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade and nearly cost her one of her arms, too.

"I spent my entire adult life looking out for the well-being, the training, the equipping of the troops for whom I was responsible," Duckworth said on the floor of the Senate last month, in response to Trump's claim that the Democrats were harming members of the military by making them work without pay during weekend-long government shutdown. "I will not be lectured about what our military needs by a five-deferment draft dodger."

Taking a cue from Duckworth, Stephen Colbert parodied the idea of a "Cadet Bone Spurs" with a fake advertisement on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday. The cadet would "love to charge bravely into battle. It’s just that he has this thing with his heel, which causes occasional minor foot pain." The clip markets "Cadet Bone Spurs" as "Hasbro's Newest G.I. Joe Character" and shows him relaxing in a hammock with a drink while other soldiers charge into the fray.

Making fun of Trump's Vietnam War exemption seems to be in fashion this week. The New Yorker's famous satirist, Andy Borowitz, wrote a joke essay about the president's bid for a military parade. "Military Refuses to Participate in Trump’s Parade, Citing Bone Spurs," he wrote.

The phrase also seems to have caught on with "The Resistance," with many using it to criticize Trump on social media after Duckworth's viral tweet.




Trump is known for giving his opponents unflattering nicknames, from "Crooked Hillary" to "Sloppy Steve" to "Lyin' Ted" to "Little Rocket Man." It's only fitting that he receives a catchy one in return.


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Former Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis
roasts Donald Trump:
'I earned my spurs on the battlefield'

Oct 17, 2019, 10:14 PM ET
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PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, center, delivers the keynote address during the 74th Annual Alfred E. Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in New York.
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COMING UPIran ‘trying to craft a foreign policy that pushes others around’: Mattis
Former Defense Secretary James Mattis roasted his former boss at the Alfred E. Smith dinner in New York City on Thursday night.
Mattis took the stage at the annual dinner -- an opportunity to crack jokes about local and national politics -- with an introduction from comic legend Martin Short.

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"According to the president he’s the 'most overrated general,'" Short cracked in his intro. "I think he’s an American hero."
(MORE: Silence about Trump 'not going to be forever': Former Defense Secretary James Mattis)
Mattis received a standing ovation as he stepped to the dais.

The rebuttal came a day after President Donald Trump called Mattis “the world’s most overrated general” during a meeting with lawmakers about the situation in Syria.
PHOTO: Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, center, and Happy Warrior Award Recipient Mary Ann Tighe react to opening remarks during the 74th Annual Alfred E. Smith Dinner, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in New York.
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Former U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, Cardinal Timothy Dolan, center, and Happy Warrior Award Recipient Mary Ann Tighe react to opening remarks during the 74th Annual Alfred E. Smith Dinner, Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019, in New York.more +
Mattis had said in an interview in August that his silence about Trump was "not going to be forever.”
One of the general's most biting jokes came in relation to Trump's infamous deferment of military service in Vietnam over alleged bone spurs in his feet.
"I earned my spurs on the battlefield; Donald Trump earned his spurs from the doctor," Mattis said.
(MORE: 'Coherent strategy' with allies needed on Iran: Former Defense Secretary Mattis)
Mattis, a retired Marine Corps four-star general, served as Trump's first defense secretary, but resigned in December 2018 over policy differences, particularly Trump's plans to pull out American troops from Syria, writing in his resignation letter that Trump should have a defense secretary "whose views are better aligned" with his own.
The former secretary of defense directly referenced the "most overrated general" comment in a crack comparing himself to three-time Oscar-winning actress Meryl Streep.
"I'm not just an overrated general. I’m the world’s greatest overrated general," he joked. "I'm honored to be called that by Donald Trump, because he also called Meryl Streep an overrated actor. So I guess I’m the Meryl Streep of generals."
PHOTO: President Donald Trump pauses while speaking as James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, June 21, 2018.
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President Donald Trump pauses while speaking as James Mattis, Secretary of Defense, listens during a Cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington, June 21, 2018.more +
He went on to say, "Between me and Meryl, at least we’ve had some victories."
Mattis, who has been critical of many of Trump's foreign policy decisions since leaving office, also got serious for a moment Thursday, mentioning the U.S.'s Kurdish allies in Syria. He called for the U.S. to again back the population, which has been attacked by Turkey.
"Let us restore trust in one another," Mattis said.
The president was onstage in Dallas at the same time as Mattis' keynote, delivering a campaign speech to a packed crowd at American Airlines Center.
 

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NEW: Former Defense Secretary Gen. James Mattis roasts Pres. Trump: "I earned my spurs on the battlefield."

His rebuttal came a day after Pres. Trump called Mattis “the world’s most overrated general” during a meeting with lawmakers about the situation in Syria. https://abcn.ws/2IZF0Xz



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