Widow of soldier killed in Niger says Trump forgot her husband’s name

The pregnant widow of a US soldier killed in Niger says US President Donald Trump forgot her husband’s name during a now-controversial condolence phone call he made earlier this month.

“He couldn’t remember my husband’s name,” says Myeshia Johnson, whose husband La David was killed in an ambush in the African nation, during an interview on ABC’s Good Morning America.

“That’s what hurt me the most because my husband is out there fighting for our country and he risked his life for our country. Why can’t you remember his name? That’s what made me upset and cry even more,” she says.

Johnson confirms Trump said that her husband “knew what he signed up for, but it hurts anyway.”

Trump initially denied that he’d made the comment, but his chief of staff John Kelly later said the comment was taken out of context.