"As president, I wanted to give myself the Congressional Medal of Honor, but they wouldn't let me do it…they said that would be inappropriate," Trump said on July 23 at the Turning Point USA summit, whose "mission is to identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of freedom, free markets, and limited government."
The Congressional Medal of Honor, which is typically presented by the president in the name of Congress, represents values of "bravery, courage, sacrifice [and] integrity," and is only awarded for military valor in action.
The Congressional Medal of Honor, which is typically presented by the president in the name of Congress, represents values of "bravery, courage, sacrifice [and] integrity," and is only awarded for military valor in action.
