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Private Bone Spurs wants to beef up the draft--just in case he needs a bigger army in Iran

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J.C. Bruce
Apr 10, 2026
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Donald Trump is taking a lot of flak over the news his Selective Service System wants to scour federal databases to find young men who have failed to register for the draft.

The irony is obvious:

During the Vietnam War, Trump dodged the draft himself at least five times—mostly claiming college deferments and finally, in 1968, claiming that bone spurs in h…

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