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Originally Posted by Jacuzzme
If the President had bone spurs and wasn’t medically cleared to serve, I have no problem with it, it happens all the time for many reasons. My guess is that money and privilege is why he didn’t, but that’s also incredibly common.
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You are correct. Money talks in cases like this.
I had bone spurs and was drafted and served. Bone spurs are not normally debilitating over a long period of time. Pain flares up and then quickly goes away over the period of a few days. I still have bone spurs since they don't simply go away and haven't had a flare-up in many decades.
My opinion -- Trump did not want to serve in the armed forces and got his doctor to sign off on his "condition", whether real or not. I doubt that many people who were classified "1Y" were ever re-examined and had their draft status changed.
I do find it rather hypocritical that Trump says he's done more for the military than almost any other POTUS yet declined to serve his country in the armed forces. But there are many more important issues on which to focus.