>*The Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the Veterans Affairs home loan program, causing more than 10-thousand veterans to lose their homes to foreclosure since last May.* **And another 90-thousand are heading toward foreclosure.**
For Americans like Leann Ledford, whose husband is a veteran who was injured in Afghanistan, the reality of losing her family’s home is imminent. Leann Ledford and Max Rose join “The Weekend: Primetime” to weigh the impacts of losing this program, and why Ledford says veterans are “low hanging fruit” as they are being hurt by the Trump administration.
glitchgoddesz on
This is heartbreaking—our vets deserve better support, not more setbacks.
chaoslorduk on
In Trumps America your supposed to Die for your Country as you don’t need post-service care if your dead.
StudiesinLamplight on
We need a huge public housing renaissance, everyone deserves a roof over their head, especially veterans.
Choice-of-SteinsGate on
Captain “Bone Spurs” has never cared about our troops.
> “Sadly, there will likely be more before it ends. That’s the way it is. Likely be more.”
This was Trump’s response to service members being killed in action as a consequence of his war of *choice.*
What’s *sad* is that Trump’s groveling supporters will continue to implicitly trust and defend him as he gets more of them killed.
But Trump does not care about the cost, casualties and repercussions of this war outside of how it all impacts his ratings.
Trump has no sympathy for our troops and their families. He’s even insulted our fallen soldiers on multiple occasions.
**His Policies Have Made Life More Challenging For Veterans At Home:**
Let’s start with the Trump administration deporting veterans and the massive VA workforce reductions, funding gaps, and operational disruptions that have led to things like cancelled contracts, program slowdowns and delayed delivery of care/claims.
Trump and house Republicans also backed a CR that zeroed out funding for the Toxic Exposure Fund (TEF), which covers healthcare costs for troops exposed to toxic substances like burn pits.
The VA was one of many agencies hit hard by Trump’s layoffs. Employees received this cruel notice:
> “You have not demonstrated that your further employment at the Agency would be in the public interest.”
Thousands of veterans/VA staff members lost their jobs.
VA layoffs included nurses, doctors, mental health professionals and claims processors; meaning longer wait times for Veterans, significantly reduced outreach, processing backlogs, less access to benefits, and even interruptions in medical screenings.
These cuts also put veterans’ medical care at risk by interrupting life saving cancer trials; by limiting their access to care, and by ending treatment oversight.
Cuts/hiring freezes have also disrupted mental health services for veterans; including lay offs of Crisis Line staff who offer suicide‑prevention resources to them.
Trump has also canceled contracts supporting homeless veterans.
He ended the mortgage assistance program that helped save tens of thousands of their homes.
Then there’s his “warrior dividend” check in the amount of $1776. Another obvious publicity gimmick.
These funds came from an already‑approved housing allowance supplement for veterans.
The money was just redirected and rebranded for political purposes.
**Trump Has Repeatedly Disrespected Our Veterans:**
He referred to veterans killed in action as “suckers” and “losers” and refused to visit a cemetery where American soldiers are buried because it was “filled with losers.”
He insulted POWs and John Mccain when he said, “I prefer people who weren’t captured.”
He downplayed traumatic brain injuries that dozens of military personnel suffered from in Iraq as a result of his provocations in the Middle East.
He minimized the significance of the Medal of Honor.
He’s repeatedly insulted our distinguished military leaders.
Trump’s “Department of War” fired high ranking, black and female military officials with illustrious careers, only to replace them with far less qualified (white) loyalists. So much for “merit.”
His behavior at the Arlington National cemetery during his election campaign was extremely disrespectful.
Trump was so desperate for a photo op that him and his staff violated long standing rules meant to honor and respect fallen soldiers and their families. They even got into a physical altercation with cemetery staff, and all for the sake of politicizing a national shrine.
Trump doesn’t care about veterans. He cares about demonstrating his strength through his unbridled use of themilitary. He cares far more about building grotesque monuments to himself than the lives of our soldiers.
Thegangsterle on
Regardless of affiliation, voters need to understand trump doesn’t care.
HailYurii on
Maybe they’ll stop voting against their interests…. Na better own the libs
QaraKha on
What comes next is that you die on the street.
That’s just the way it is. We didn’t want that for you. YOU wanted that for you.
Or did you just want that for everyone else?
Alwaystired254 on
That’s unfortunate, oh well
InsideAside885 on
Just a point to note…..Majority of vets voted for Trump in the last election by a wide margin.
Voters of the Leopards Eating Faces Party cry when the Leopards they voted for eat their faces
Sierranymph on
Disgusting, President Bone Spurs!
tjeastman on
We don’t have a housing crisis. Get rid of all them illegals. /s
IamTheElectionDenier on
Suckers and losers
Single-Song7466 on
Are they going to reconsider their votes for Republicans the next time? No, of course not. Better to live in a cardboard box and die in the cold under an overpass than consider changing your mind.
JakeInTheJungle on
“I didn’t think the face-eating leopard would eat my face!”
havenoir on
I mean they are all suckers and losers so…
MilkiestMaestro on
There needs to be VA housing like there’s a VA Hospital. It is shameful that we do not take care of our veterans.
Also everything needs to be managed a lot better, obviously.
CurrentElectrical736 on
Trump is destroying the real estate industry.
Particle_Rain1199 on
Yeah, but we need a new $200M ballroom.
MyLife4Aiur14 on
I know what comes next. Veterans will vote republican in the next election then wonder how this could happen to them.
Maoleficent on
Some of the Felon’s cabinet are staying in class A military housing-Miller, Rubio and at some point Bondi, Noem and others.
The fact that these traitors are living in luxury military residences while vets go homeless needs to be widely known. Rubio, Miller, et al are not ‘serving our country’ so that makes them welfare cheats living in public housing.
Needle_Bearings on
Did he vote for Trump?
Poison_the_Phil on
Sorry, veterans programs are “woke DEI”
YouAggressive8549 on
What comes next?
You homeless, that’s what.
Hope that clears it up.
thechicapanzy on
I literally just gave a homeless vet near my home a tent and some food this weekend. No one who serves our country should be homeless.
RLewis8888 on
Thanks MAGA
Sturdily5092 on
They voted for a party that opposes “handouts” soooo…. Yeah, this was going to happen
Historical_Creme_125 on
My father is MAGA. He made a post on Facebook about how Trump is the only person that cares for veterans in the United States. When I pointed out to him about their loss of housing BECAUSE of Trump, he denied it and said that it was Biden’s fault. These people are actually fucking delusional.
michiganstrange on
It was almost 70% of veterans that voted and if they didn’t vote, they’re just as bad.
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>*The Trump administration shut down a key safety net in the Veterans Affairs home loan program, causing more than 10-thousand veterans to lose their homes to foreclosure since last May.* **And another 90-thousand are heading toward foreclosure.**
For Americans like Leann Ledford, whose husband is a veteran who was injured in Afghanistan, the reality of losing her family’s home is imminent. Leann Ledford and Max Rose join “The Weekend: Primetime” to weigh the impacts of losing this program, and why Ledford says veterans are “low hanging fruit” as they are being hurt by the Trump administration.
This is heartbreaking—our vets deserve better support, not more setbacks.
In Trumps America your supposed to Die for your Country as you don’t need post-service care if your dead.
We need a huge public housing renaissance, everyone deserves a roof over their head, especially veterans.
Captain “Bone Spurs” has never cared about our troops.
> “Sadly, there will likely be more before it ends. That’s the way it is. Likely be more.”
This was Trump’s response to service members being killed in action as a consequence of his war of *choice.*
What’s *sad* is that Trump’s groveling supporters will continue to implicitly trust and defend him as he gets more of them killed.
But Trump does not care about the cost, casualties and repercussions of this war outside of how it all impacts his ratings.
Trump has no sympathy for our troops and their families. He’s even insulted our fallen soldiers on multiple occasions.
**His Policies Have Made Life More Challenging For Veterans At Home:**
Let’s start with the Trump administration deporting veterans and the massive VA workforce reductions, funding gaps, and operational disruptions that have led to things like cancelled contracts, program slowdowns and delayed delivery of care/claims.
Trump and house Republicans also backed a CR that zeroed out funding for the Toxic Exposure Fund (TEF), which covers healthcare costs for troops exposed to toxic substances like burn pits.
The VA was one of many agencies hit hard by Trump’s layoffs. Employees received this cruel notice:
> “You have not demonstrated that your further employment at the Agency would be in the public interest.”
Thousands of veterans/VA staff members lost their jobs.
VA layoffs included nurses, doctors, mental health professionals and claims processors; meaning longer wait times for Veterans, significantly reduced outreach, processing backlogs, less access to benefits, and even interruptions in medical screenings.
These cuts also put veterans’ medical care at risk by interrupting life saving cancer trials; by limiting their access to care, and by ending treatment oversight.
Cuts/hiring freezes have also disrupted mental health services for veterans; including lay offs of Crisis Line staff who offer suicide‑prevention resources to them.
Trump has also canceled contracts supporting homeless veterans.
He ended the mortgage assistance program that helped save tens of thousands of their homes.
Then there’s his “warrior dividend” check in the amount of $1776. Another obvious publicity gimmick.
These funds came from an already‑approved housing allowance supplement for veterans.
The money was just redirected and rebranded for political purposes.
**Trump Has Repeatedly Disrespected Our Veterans:**
He referred to veterans killed in action as “suckers” and “losers” and refused to visit a cemetery where American soldiers are buried because it was “filled with losers.”
He insulted POWs and John Mccain when he said, “I prefer people who weren’t captured.”
He downplayed traumatic brain injuries that dozens of military personnel suffered from in Iraq as a result of his provocations in the Middle East.
He minimized the significance of the Medal of Honor.
He’s repeatedly insulted our distinguished military leaders.
Trump’s “Department of War” fired high ranking, black and female military officials with illustrious careers, only to replace them with far less qualified (white) loyalists. So much for “merit.”
His behavior at the Arlington National cemetery during his election campaign was extremely disrespectful.
Trump was so desperate for a photo op that him and his staff violated long standing rules meant to honor and respect fallen soldiers and their families. They even got into a physical altercation with cemetery staff, and all for the sake of politicizing a national shrine.
Trump doesn’t care about veterans. He cares about demonstrating his strength through his unbridled use of themilitary. He cares far more about building grotesque monuments to himself than the lives of our soldiers.
Regardless of affiliation, voters need to understand trump doesn’t care.
Maybe they’ll stop voting against their interests…. Na better own the libs
What comes next is that you die on the street.
That’s just the way it is. We didn’t want that for you. YOU wanted that for you.
Or did you just want that for everyone else?
That’s unfortunate, oh well
Just a point to note…..Majority of vets voted for Trump in the last election by a wide margin.
You reap what you sow.
Well you should’ve voted for Trump
[https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/30/military-veterans-remain-a-republican-group-backing-trump-over-harris-by-wide-margin/](https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/09/30/military-veterans-remain-a-republican-group-backing-trump-over-harris-by-wide-margin/)
Voters of the Leopards Eating Faces Party cry when the Leopards they voted for eat their faces
Disgusting, President Bone Spurs!
We don’t have a housing crisis. Get rid of all them illegals. /s
Suckers and losers
Are they going to reconsider their votes for Republicans the next time? No, of course not. Better to live in a cardboard box and die in the cold under an overpass than consider changing your mind.
“I didn’t think the face-eating leopard would eat my face!”
I mean they are all suckers and losers so…
There needs to be VA housing like there’s a VA Hospital. It is shameful that we do not take care of our veterans.
Also everything needs to be managed a lot better, obviously.
Trump is destroying the real estate industry.
Yeah, but we need a new $200M ballroom.
I know what comes next. Veterans will vote republican in the next election then wonder how this could happen to them.
Some of the Felon’s cabinet are staying in class A military housing-Miller, Rubio and at some point Bondi, Noem and others.
The fact that these traitors are living in luxury military residences while vets go homeless needs to be widely known. Rubio, Miller, et al are not ‘serving our country’ so that makes them welfare cheats living in public housing.
Did he vote for Trump?
Sorry, veterans programs are “woke DEI”
What comes next?
You homeless, that’s what.
Hope that clears it up.
I literally just gave a homeless vet near my home a tent and some food this weekend. No one who serves our country should be homeless.
Thanks MAGA
They voted for a party that opposes “handouts” soooo…. Yeah, this was going to happen
My father is MAGA. He made a post on Facebook about how Trump is the only person that cares for veterans in the United States. When I pointed out to him about their loss of housing BECAUSE of Trump, he denied it and said that it was Biden’s fault. These people are actually fucking delusional.
It was almost 70% of veterans that voted and if they didn’t vote, they’re just as bad.