Donald Trump under fire over call to a war widow.

This image from video released by ABC shows Myeshia Johnson, La David Johnson's widow, during an interview on "Good Morning America," Monday, Oct. 23, 2017, in New York. (ABC News via AP)

This image from video released by ABC shows Myeshia Johnson, La David Johnson's widow, (ABC News via AP) Source: ABC News via AP

US president Donald Trump has denied claims by war widow Myeshia Johnson that he was being insensitive and disrespectful during a condolence call after her husband died while on military service in Niger, West Africa.


Sergeant La David Johnson was killed with three other US soldiers in Niger, West Africa.  His wife, Myeshia Johnson claims that she was in a car on her way to the airport to meet the plane carrying her husband's body when she received a call from President Donald Trump during which the president said - 'he must have known what he signed up for.' She also told the ABC Network in the US, that the president could not remember her husband's name. Donald Trump has denied the allegations on Tweeter.


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