It’s not an issue of the recipient’s skin color nor ignorance so much as intent and perhaps grief. When that “he knew what...” quote is taken in its full context (which Wilson/ilk conveniently left out), it talks to the soldier’s heroism and nation’s thanks. Now Trump is oft tone deaf and bumbly, but he’s not one to show blatant disrespect to a fallen soldier’s widow and I’m more inclined to believe Gen. Kelly’s testament than a so-called congresswoman that’s been out to get Trump anyway she can.
First of all, I don’t think Trump is either tone deaf or bumbling. Quite the opposite, in fact. And secondly, long experience with African-Americans in the workforce has convinced me that they are thin-skinned and often ignorant of ordinary terminology, expressions or words. Think of their blatant ignorance with words such as “niggardly,” “jewelry” and sometimes “picnic.”