Naveed Shah, an Army veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and a director of advocacy group Common Defense, told the Daily Beast that he was offended by the message. “Trump has demonstrated over and over again that he hates the troops,” he said, before listing specific examples. “From calling the troops who died in WWI ‘suckers and losers,’ to mocking John McCain’s 5 years as a POW, to attacking the Gold Star Khan family, all the way back to 2016 when he lied about donating to Veterans groups. He has never missed a chance to dishonor the people he was never brave enough to stand beside.