Trump thinks the Medal of Freedom is better than the Medal of Honor | Cartoons

That's a sentence I never thought I would write.

Former President Donald Trump has come under criticism from veterans groups for calling the Presidential Medal of Freedom “much better” than the military’s Medal of Honor.

“It's actually much better because everyone gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, so the soldiers – they're either in very bad shape because they've been hit by bullets so many times, or they're dead,” he said, speaking of the Medal of Freedom he awarded in 2018 to Dr. Miriam Adelson, a prominent Republican Party donor.

Trump awarded West the Medal of Freedom in 2019. The basketball legend died in June at the age of 86.

The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian award. The Congressional Medal of Honor is the nation's highest award for military valor in action. To date, 3,519 people have been awarded the Medal of Honor.