During his rally in Philadelphia Saturday evening, Trump dissed his former Chief of Staff General John Kelly by claiming his "sucker and losers" comments about soldiers who died in war was a lie. He must be worried about the erosion of support from veterans. In September of 2020, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic wrote an article describing Trump's refusal to go to Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Paris in 2018 to honor those who perished during war.