Donald Trump either offended traumatized military veterans Monday or showed his commitment to helping them, depending on who you talk to. Critics accused the candidate of implying that vets with PTSD were weak with this comment to a group of vets in Virginia: "When you talk about the mental health problems, when people come back from war and combat and they see maybe what the people in this room have seen many times over, and you’re strong and you can handle it, but a lot of people can't handle it." Trump went on to call for more mental health help for veterans. A round-up of coverage:
- Afghanistan vet Sean Foertsch, who works with wounded troops, tells the Military Times that Trump's remarks weren't terrible, but he used "bad vocabulary." "If we want to destigmatize PTSD, we need to get beyond strength and weakness," he said.
- Paul Rieckhoff, CEO and founder of Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America, tweeted that "every national leader has responsibility to use accurate and appropriate language when talking about mental health" and called for a national dialogue on the issue.
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