Medal Mess: Trump Says Civilian Award Is ‘Much Better’ Than Medal Of Honor
Anderson Cooper 360 · CNN Podcasts
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Show Notes
Former President Donald Trump said the Presidential Medal of Freedom, which honors civilians, “is actually much better” than the Medal of Honor, because service members who receive the nation’s highest military decoration are often wounded or awarded it posthumously. Anderson Cooper speaks to two former Republican congressman, Navy SEAL Scott Taylor and current Lieutenant Colonel in the Wisconsin Air National Guard Adam Kinzinger, about Trump's comments. Plus, CNN's Nick Paton Walsh inside Russia, with Ukrainian forces who've been letting Vladimir Putin know what it's like to be invaded.
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