Father of fallen soldier slams Trump over Arlington stunt

The father of a US Army soldier killed in 2004 and buried in Arlington National Cemetery is questioning what Donald Trump hoped to gain by visiting the venerated final resting place of US service members.

Khizr Khan’s son, 27-year-old Army Captain Humayun Khan, was killed while serving in the Army and was awarded a Bronze Star for his actions.

The Gold Star parent spoke with The Daily Beast, offering his opinions on Trump's controversial visit to the cemetery.

Trump and an entourage toured the cemetery on Monday where he posed with the family members of Marines who died in combat for photos at their loved ones' graves. Khan believes the former president only paid the visit to the cemetery to use the photo op to boost his 2024 presidential campaign — which, if true, violated federal law prohibiting using the cemetery for campainging.

It wasn't Trump's first time at the cemetery. Marine General John Kelly, who served as Trump's homeland security secretary and later as his White House Chief of Staff, confirmed to CNN that in 2007 the former president openly questioned why military members were willing to risk their lives.

“I don’t get it. What was in it for them?” Trump reportedly asked.

Kelly also confirmed that Trump called the American Marines who died in France during World War I «losers' and „suckers“ during a European visit. Trump reportedly did not want to visit the soldiers' gravesites.

The former president has denied ever making any of the comments.

Khan does not believe him.

“He has proven his disrespect,” Khan told The Daily Beast. “Somebody needs to ask him, ‘You have shown that contempt multiple times and yet again, you go there.’”

This isn't the first time Khan has called out Trump for his reported