Today in “ridiculous things Eric Trump says” we have this gem: Donald Trump’s middle son is claiming that his father, who avoided service in the Vietnam War thanks to a doctor’s claim that he suffered from bone spurs, has somehow “fought” for the U.S. even though he’s never spent one single day in the military.

The younger Trump, who is the executive vice president of the embattled Trump Organization, made this bizarre claim in a video dropped on social media by attorney Ron Filipkowski, according to The Independent. In the clip, Eric Trump tells an interviewer “My father fought for this country. Tom Brady always fought and played for his team.” He adds that dear old dad is “playing for Team America.”

No, I do not know if Eric Trump consumed any intoxicants before saying this. And I will point out that like Eric’s dad, Tom Brady has faced his share of legal challenges although they are minuscule compared to Donald Trump’s.

If being on “Team America” means being impeached twice, regularly eviscerating (verbally, of course) your political opponents, critics, and journalists, and your allies include members of the right-wing media who believe that “fighting” for the U.S. entails using governmental authority to take an ax to liberal policy positions, including support for LGBTQ rights, well then, Donald Trump, welcome to your idea of Team America.

Trump has really not set one toe on military grounds. The closest he’s ever come to military service is when his father, Fred Trump Sr. sent him to spend a few years at a military school in New York.

And frankly, Donald Trump has no soul. He’s a selfish, insensitive clod who has compared his own life to that of military veterans. He’s even gone so low as to describe his efforts to avoid sexually-transmitted diseases during the dating scene of the 1970s and 80s as his “personal Vietnam.”

He famously attacked the late Republican Sen. John McCain (Arizona), who was an actual prisoner of war for five-and-a-half years in North Vietnam by saying things like “I like people who weren’t captured.”

In a 2015 report, Politico noted Trump made an appearance at the Family Leadership Summit in Ames, Iowa that year, where he told the audience:

“He’s not a war hero,” he said in reference to McCain. “He was a war hero because he was captured. I like people who weren’t captured.”

Right after that Trump tried to deny that he said McCain isn’t a war hero. Which is amazing, since he said just that in front of an audience.

“If somebody’s a prisoner, I consider them a war hero,” he said.

I never was a fan of McCain or the military, but the fact that Trump can be this cruel speaks volumes about who he is as a human being. Eric Trump is wrong or delusional. I don’t know which, but the only team his father is playing for is himself.

Do I really have to say more?

Eric Trump: “My father fought for this country. Tom Brady always fought and played for his team. My father’s playing for Team America.” pic.twitter.com/dfc21jJm2b

— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) November 24, 2022