Trump fundraising email uses photo from soldiers' dignified transfer and promises 'private national security briefings'

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trump fundraising off our dead troops is truly disgusting

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https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/13/politics/trump-fundraise-email-soldier

A fundraising email from President Donald Trump’s political action committee has a provocative pitch: using an image from Saturday’s dignified transfer honoring six fallen US soldiers, it promises access to the president’s “private national security briefings.”

The email, sent by Never Surrender, Inc., promotes what it calls a “National Security Briefing Membership” and urges recipients to “claim your spot” with multiple links to donate, in what it describes as an exclusive group receiving updates about national security threats.

It promises that members will “receive my private national security briefings, unfiltered updates on the threats facing America. The straight truth on border invasions, foreign adversaries, deep state sabotage, and every danger the fake news hides.”

The message includes an official White House photograph showing Trump saluting during a dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base, a solemn military tradition honoring fallen US service members. Trump attended alongside members of his administration.

A flag-draped transfer case, which is used to transport soldiers’ remains, is visible in the photo.

“I’m the strong commander who stares down tyrants, obliterates terrorists, and never backs down,” the fundraising email continues. “This is for patriots ready to stand with that kind of unbreakable strength. Not for the weak or the wavering.”

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1. Donald Trump is using photos from the dignified transfer of soldiers who died in Iran war in a fundraising email.

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2. Just when you think they are at the bottom,

you see there is yet another lower level to which they sink

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6. remember: no low TOO low

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3. Despicable pos draft dodger saluting our heroes with his campaign hat on grifting off the occasion

He makes me sick. I cannot accept that there is no accountability for this behavior

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4. MS NOW-Trump fundraising pitch features U.S. soldiers killed in Iran war

The email solicitation to benefit Trump’s PAC also offers donors “private national security briefings.”

Trump fundraising pitch features U.S. soldiers killed in Iran war; The email solicitation to benefit Trump’s PAC also offers donors “private national security briefings.”
MS NOW: apple.news/A9muJfuGHSdy...
😡no respect for our dead, but by god if he can make a buck on it let the good times roll💩🖕🐷

— CVJ (@enuffsaysv.bsky.social) 2026-03-15T00:25:24.355Z

https://www.ms.now/news/trump-fundraising-pitch-features-u-s-soldiers-killed-in-iran-war

President Donald Trump’s political action committee this week sent a fundraising email promising donors “private national security briefings” by the president himself and featuring a photo from the dignified transfer for U.S. service members killed in Kuwait.

“For the first time ever, I’m opening up spots on the National Security Briefing Membership,” reads the email, from Trump’s Never Surrender Inc. PAC.

“As a National Security Briefing Member, you’ll receive my private national security briefings, unfiltered updates on the threats facing America. The straight truth on border invasions, foreign adversaries, deep state sabotage, and every danger the fake news hides,” it continues. “You’ll get the inside scoop DIRECT from me, President Trump, the leader who’s rebuilt the greatest military in history, and put America First like no one else.”

The email includes a black-and-white version of an official photo taken by the White House showing the president in a white “USA” baseball cap saluting a transfer case during the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware on March 7.

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....But the use of a photo from the dignified transfer of U.S. troops who died in the line of duty to raise funds is notable.

“To have that imagery used for partisan advertising and fundraising, that’s a bridge, you know, a new bridge that we’re crossing,” Weiner said. “But it’s more of a question of norms.”

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5. Just when you think this useless orange fuck, can't get any lower, he drops down 10 floors.

Disgusting garbage of a human being.

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11. There is no bottom with him

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7. Look up the word CRASS and you'll find his picture

or should.

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8. MaddowBlog-As Democrats slam fundraising related to the war in Iran, Trump offers a weak defense

To hear the president tell it, he’s been good to the armed forces, so he’s entitled to exploit a flag-draped coffin when begging for cash.

As Democrats slam fundraising related to the war in Iran, Trump offers a weak defense

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— Mike Walker (@newnarrative.bsky.social) 2026-03-16T14:22:12.488Z

https://www.ms.now/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/as-democrats-slam-fundraising-related-to-the-war-in-iran-trump-offers-a-weak-defense

That prescheduled event, however, was not directly related to the war; it just coincided with the start of the military offensive. Almost two weeks later, however, war-related Republican fundraising began in earnest. MS NOW reported:

President Donald Trump’s political action committee this week sent a fundraising email promising donors ‘private national security briefings’ by the president himself and featuring a photo from the dignified transfer for U.S. service members killed in Kuwait.

Meidas Touch Network published the entirety of the fundraising appeal on Thursday, which was sent to prospective donors as an “announcement from Donald J. Trump.” The message, filled with links to a donation page, claims that the president is “opening up spots on the National Security Briefing Membership” — some kind of undefined entity, which almost certainly does not exist.

“As a National Security Briefing Member, you’ll receive my private national security briefings, unfiltered updates on the threats facing America. The straight truth on border invasions, foreign adversaries, deep state sabotage, and every danger the fake news hides,” the Never Surrender fundraising letter continued. “You’ll get the inside scoop DIRECT from me, President Trump, the leader who’s rebuilt the greatest military in history, and put America First like no one else.”.....

On Sunday night, after the latest in a series of weekend trips to Mar-a-Lago, a reporter asked Trump about the propriety of such efforts.

Q: Your PAC put out a fundraising email and it's being criticized for using photos of you at the dignified transfer--

TRUMP: Well, I was at the dignified transfer, unlike a lot of people

Q: Do you think it's an appropriate email?

TRUMP: Yeah, I do. There's nobody better to the military than me

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2026-03-16T01:09:30.389Z

The Republican’s initial defense was that he was on hand for the dignified transfer, “unlike a lot of other people.” That didn’t make a lot of sense: Presidents don’t get credit for simply showing up at such a ceremony; there was no reason for unnamed “other people” to be there; and none of this had anything to do with the underlying question.

Pressed further, Trump defended the fundraising practice by saying, “There’s nobody that’s better to the military than me.”

Putting aside the inconvenient fact that Trump’s record related to military service members is actually quite atrocious, there’s still a disconnect between the defense and the allegation. To hear the president tell it, he’s been good to the armed forces, so he’s entitled to exploit a flag-draped coffin when begging for cash.

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9. That's rich considering HE doesn't care about receiving security briefings.

And TACO sez what?

“I’m the strong commander who stares down tyrants, obliterates terrorists, and never backs down,” the fundraising email continues. “This is for patriots ready to stand with that kind of unbreakable strength. Not for the weak or the wavering.”

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10. He disgusts me.

He will sell the US to the highest bidder. Shame, shame, shame on anyone who voted for this monster in 2024.