"It's the equivalent of the congressional Medal of Honor," Trump said of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. "But the civilian version, it's actually much better because everyone that gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they're soldiers."
There is no honor bestowed by the United States that is "the equivalent of the congressional Medal of Honor." It is the ultimate honor, because those who earned it made the ultimate sacrifice. Some survived by a miracle. But all were willing to give it all.
The late, Pam Murphy, the Widow of Audie Murphy-the most decorated soldier of WWII and a Medal of Honor winner, was my employee and friend at the Sepulveda VA Medical Center. She would ask us to pray for God to enlighten Trump and those who diminish the sacrifices made by others that they were not willing to make. Trump is in my prayers, always.