Trump Was No Draft-Dodger, and Here's the Timeline That Proves Ithttps://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2026/02/02/trump-was-no-draft-dodger-and-heres-the-timeline-that-proves-it-n4949017"Five-time draft dodger," the "Rich man’s draft dodger," and, of course, "President Bone Spurs." Those are just three of the many slurs used by lefties and TDS sufferers to describe the current commander-in-chief, who was eligible for the draft during the Vietnam War, but somehow never served.
But is there any truth behind the slurs?
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But it's the draft-dodging part that stuck in climate researcher Willis Eschenbach's craw. For whatever reason, Eschenbach chose to lay out the facts in an image, but I've transcribed it for you so you can copy, paste, and send it to all your lefty friends in a desperate and failed bid to break through their reality distortion field.
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Here are the facts, simply laid out by Eschenbach and verified by Yours Truly using both Grok and ChatGPT. A couple of the dates are slightly off, but everything checks out.
* Trump registered for the draft after his 18th birthday on June 24, 1964 (draft dodgers don't register*).
* He was given an S-2 (college) deferment on June 28, 1964 (perfectly legal, not a draft dodger).
* His S-2 status was renewed on Dec 14, 1965 (legal, not a draft dodger), and he was then classified on Nov. 22, 1966, as 1-A (available for service).
* Dec. 13, 1966, his S-2 was again granted to attend Wharton (legal, not a draft dodger). His final deferral was granted on Jan. 16, 1968.
* After graduating from Wharton, he was reclassified 1-A on July 9, 1968. He went to his Armed Forces Physical (something a draft dodger probably would not do) on Sept. 19, 1968, and was categorized as 1-Y, disqualified for service except in war or national emergency (due to bone spurs in both heels).
* He received a high draft lottery number and was never called up. On Feb. 17, 1972, after the abolishment of the 1-Y classification, he was classified 4-F (not qualified for military service).
I'd add — again, confirmed by two LLMs — that in the 1969 draft lottery (implemented for 1970 inductions), Trump's birthdate drew a high number (356 out of 366), which would have likely exempted him from being called up even without the medical classification.
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https://randomservices.org/random/data/Draft.html , Trump's draft numbers were:
For 1970 inductions, 358;
For 1971 inductions, 236;
For 1972 inductions, 328;
For 1973 inductions (none were), 61.
Of course, the mockers focus on Trump's bone spurs. These would have been been shown using Xrays at Trump's September 19, 1968 Armed Forces Physical. For those who believe heel bone spurs, just ask someone who has such bone spurs or plantar fasciitis what happens if they walk just 4 or 5 miles, during and after their walk.
I did a 10K walk (~6.22 miles) that caused a plantar fasciitis flare up. I was barely able to walk at all for several days afterward.
