Trump's alleged crude reaction to funeral bill for female US solider who was sexually harassed and murdered

Donald Trump allegedly said 'it doesn't costs $60,000 to hide a f***ing Mexican' erstwhile he heard astir nan ceremonial measure for murdered US worker Vanessa Guillén. 

Guillén, 20, was murdered adjacent nan Fort Hood successful 2020 by chap worker Aaron Robinson. The disparaging remark came aft Trump gathering with Guillén's family successful nan White House and offered to thief salary for nan services.

'Did they measure america for nan funeral? What did it cost?' Trump said, according to a bombshell communicative published Tuesday in The Atlantic.

The adjutant responded by telling him it costs $60,000, which made Trump angry, aggregate group successful attendance successful nan gathering told nan magazine. 

'It doesn't costs 60,000 bucks to hide a f***ing Mexican,' nan president is accused of saying astatine nan time.

'Don't salary it!' Trump reportedly ordered main of unit Mark Meadows.

The Atlantic has claimed that Trump ne'er sent nan family immoderate money to screen ceremonial costs, contempt having publically told Guillén's mother he would when nan family visited him successful 2020.

'There has not been a ceremonial yet? How come?' he asked them astatine nan time. When they said they were told to wait, he replied quickly: 'No. That's nary good.' 

Turning to an aide, he past said: 'We've sewage to return attraction of that.' 

'When would you for illustration to person nan funeral? As soon arsenic possible? We'll make sure that happens. Where will you person nan funeral, do you know?

'If I tin thief you retired pinch nan ceremonial I'll thief you. Financially, I'll thief you. If you request thing we'll return attraction of it. 

'We will make judge she is very respected,' he said. 

Gloria, Vanessa's mother, said successful Spanish and a translator relayed her comments to Trump, professing her gratitude. 

The communicative by editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg cites family lawyer Natalie Khawam, who said that though they sent nan measure to nan White House, costs were only ever covered by nan Army and immoderate charitable donations.

Another personification acquainted pinch Trump's behaviour said he complained astir it again later successful nan day. 

'Can you judge it? F***ing people, trying to rip maine off,' Trump is alleged to person said.

Multiple sources successful nan room that time denied The Atlantic's reporting Trump said that, though nary would opportunity that Trump paid to screen ceremonial costs, only that Trump ne'er ordered Meadows not to salary for it. 

Trump spokesperson Alex Pfeiffer responded to nan communicative pinch respective statements saying that it hadn't happened, arsenic good arsenic praise for nan erstwhile president from Vanessa's sister, Maya Guillén.

'I americium beyond grateful for each nan support President Donald Trump showed our family during a trying time. I witnessed firsthand really President Trump honors our nation's heroes' service. We are grateful for everything he has done and continues to do to support our troops,' Guillén said successful a statement. 

Pfeiffer himself wrote that 'Donald Trump ne'er said' f***ing Mexican. 'This is an outrageous dishonesty from The Atlantic 2 weeks earlier nan election.'

A spokesperson for Meadows and nan main of unit for nan acting caput of defense astatine nan time, Kash Patel, besides denied Trump having said that. 

Patel said Trump 'strongly urged that Spc. Vanessa Guillen's grieving family should not person to carnivore nan costs of immoderate ceremonial arrangements, moreover offering to personally salary himself successful bid to grant her life and sacrifice.'

The communicative leads disconnected a lengthy, antagonistic portion astir Trump by nan wide publication, which includes disapproval from erstwhile staffers.   

Guillen was declared missing connected April 22, 2020 erstwhile her family did not perceive from her aft she went to activity for a displacement successful nan subject base' armory room. The Army designated her arsenic AWOL 2 days aft she vanished. 

Her disappearance sparked a large-scale search, but her dismembered and buried remains were not recovered until June 30 astatine Leon River - 23 miles from wherever she was past seen. 

Cecily Aguilar was nan only fishy arrested successful nan decease of Guillen, who was killed astatine Fort Cavazos, formerly known arsenic Fort Hood, adjacent Killeen, Texas.

Authorities opportunity Guillen was killed by Aguilar's alleged fellow – service master Aaron Robinson – aft she saw a photograph of nan past 20-year-old connected his phone.

Aguilar, who was joined to different soldier, helped Robinson dispose of Guillen's dismembered assemblage aft he bludgeoned her to death, burying her remains successful a agrarian area adjacent nan base.

Robinson committed termination connected nan time Guillen's assemblage was found, aft escaping officers who had detained him for her murder. 

Aguilar successful 2022 pleaded blameworthy to a azygous count of accessory to execution and 3 counts of making mendacious statements.

She was sentenced to 30 years successful situation for her portion successful nan crime, pinch Guillen's sidesplitting sparking a activity of reporting intersexual maltreatment successful nan military.

Aguilar's condemnation came aft hours of grounds from attorneys, experts and Guillen's family, and was nan maximum reward Aguilar could receive.

A scientist called arsenic a witnesser for nan defense testified Monday that Aguilar has reactive attachment disorder, meaning she did not shape patient affectional bonds pinch her parents aliases caregivers.

But Doctor Jon Matthew Fabian said nan information wouldn't support Aguilar from knowing correct aliases wrong.

A criminal title revealed that Aguilar said that she and Robinson disposed of Guillen's assemblage by dismembering her and hiding her remains successful nan woods.

Authorities impeach Robinson of bludgeoning Guillen to decease astatine nan guidelines earlier asking Aguilar for her thief to dispose of her body.

'He told her he was worried astir getting successful problem for violating nan Army's fraternization rules since Aguilar was still joined to different worker and he deed Guillen successful nan caput pinch a hammer,' investigators pinch The Texas Department of Public Safety said past year.

Initially, Aguilar claimed she was astatine location pinch Robinson nan nighttime Guillen disappeared, but his telephone pinged successful Belton, Texas, by a span adjacent nan Leon River successful nan early hours of nan morning. 

Investigators noted that Robinson and Aguilar shared aggregate telephone calls nan nighttime of Guillen's disappearance, which Aguilar said was because she couldn't find her phone. 

Robinson was nan past personification to speak to Guillen, who vanished aft telling her family that she had been sexually harassed connected base. 

On June 30, hours aft investigators discovered Guillen's dismembered body, Army officials astatine Fort Hood detained Robinson.

However, he managed to flight and was later spotted by Army and civilian constabulary successful nan metropolis of Killeen, conscionable extracurricular of Fort Hood, earlier he yet changeable himself.

Two weeks aft Guillen's assemblage was found, Aguilar pleaded not blameworthy to conspiracy charges, pinch a judge later dismissing her attorney's attempts to propulsion retired her confession.

She claimed that she had not been publication her Miranda authorities astatine nan clip her connection was taken, but nan bid was dismissed.

Guillen´s family has said they judge she was sexually harassed during her clip astatine nan Texas subject base.

Army officials said they do not judge Robinson harassed Guillen, but admitted successful a study a twelvemonth later that Guillen was harassed by different worker astatine nan base.

After her death, her family's claims of intersexual harassment astatine nan Texas guidelines ignited a activity connected societal media of erstwhile and progressive work members who shared their experiences astatine subject bases passim nan state utilizing nan hashtag #IAmVanessaGuillen.

Then-U.S. Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said during a sojourn to nan Texas guidelines that it had 1 of nan highest rates of murder, intersexual battle and harassment successful nan Army.

He added that nan patterns of unit were a nonstop consequence of 'leadership failures. '

State and national lawmakers passed authorities successful 2021 honoring Guillen that removed immoderate authority from commanders and gave survivors much options to study maltreatment and harassment.

Army officials disciplined 21 commissioned and non-commissioned officers successful relationship pinch Guillen's death.