Tom Davies, Author at Greenfield Recorder

ADDS TRUMP'S RESPONSE TO REP. WILSON - In this Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2017, frame from video, Myeshia Johnson cries over the casket of her husband, Sgt. La David Johnson, who was killed in an ambush in Niger, upon his body's arrival in Miami. President Donald Trump told the widow that her husband "knew what he signed up for," according to Rep. Frederica Wilson, who said she heard part of the conversation on speakerphone. In a Wednesday morning tweet, Trump said Wilson's description of the call was "fabricated." (WPLG via AP)

Solace or silence? Not all families of fallen get Trump call

by Calvin Woodward Associated Press, and Tom Davies Associated PressOctober 18, 2017

WASHINGTON — Some got sympathy and solace. Some got silence. One got a promise of cash.Relatives of people who died in military service have recounted varied interactions with President Donald Trump in the difficult days and weeks after their loved…