Donald Trump Under Fire for Comparing Himself to Fallen Soldiers on Memorial Day

The tournament drew criticism from families who lost loved ones on September 11, 2001, as well as families who lost loved ones in the wars against Afghanistan, Iraq, and Syria in the years following the September 11th attacks.

“But it’s tremendous economic development, a tremendous number of jobs, just for an event like this – it’s a big event,” Trump told reporters during the golf tournament in Virginia on Saturday regarding the backlash.