Even when he tries to pretend to care about the American military, Donald Trump, the Vietnam War Draft Dodger, lets slip how he really feels. Still, Trump seems to know that troop deaths are not popular, especially in the middle of his unpopular war. President Peace Prize “handled” that inconvenient truth by telling Americans that 18 deaths are just a drop in the bucket. “We were in Vietnam for 20 years, lost thousands and hundreds of thousands of lives, but thousands and thousands of lives. Trump went on to talk about his “very sad day” the day before when he attended the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base.