The President is honoring an American Hero, don't care what political party he's from.

Attended the medal presentation. It was well done. And it meant a lot that my son's sacrifice on that mountain that day is not forgotten. Gold Star dad

Do you realize the magnitude of this honor? Regardless of who presents the Medal it is about the valorous actions of the recipient not the one bestowing it. You all should stop crying about our President.

Can we just shut up about Trump for once and just honor this Seals service.

If I’m not mistaken, I think I see a navy cross ribbon on top of his stack. Damn, navy cross and the Medal of Honor, what a hero!!!

Don't judge this hero for your political views.... thank you for your service

...and to Air Force Technical Sgt. John Chapman. Your Medal will be given to your family on the 22nd of August. You were that 'one team mate' who lead the way up that hill. You provided the cover so those Navy Seals could safely reposition themselves and you drew fire away from the second group of American QR forces landing on that mountain top before you were killed, fighting for almost a hour, sometimes hand to hand, all by yourself, against overwhelming odds. My God what courage and what a man....may you now rest in peace with the highest honor now yours from a grateful nation....You truly gave the last full measure.

Its not about the president its about the medal of honor recipient, so keep the political comments to yourselves please, regardless of who the president is giving it.

What an amazing hero. Thank you for your distinguished service.

Big congratulations. I feel privileged to have helped treat some of the injured Americans evacuated off the Mountains during Operation Anaconda, at Bagram, alongside Doctors and Medics from the American 274th FST

Thank You for Your Time Service and Sacrifices given to defend this Country. We owe you a Debt of gratitude for which we can never repay. Congratulations & GOD BLESS YOU ALL!!

From a grateful and proud citizen of the United States, I thank you for your bravery and service.

I'm a Canadian. But I have the utmost respect for the brave men and women who serve in the armed forces To our U. S. neighbors down south. I salute you all! In particular, I salute this Brave gentleman!

If you like trump or dislike trump we can all agree that this man is awesome and deserves the utmost respect. Thank you for your service.

Thank you 🙏🏼 gentlemen, I love my brother’s that have laid their live’s and for the families that have sacrificed their loved one’s for our great country.

Welcome home !!! Thank you for your service !

It's amazing to see that just about everyone on this feed took this moment away from this man and made it all about their hatred of President Trump. Grow up. He's a figure head who bestows this honor. That's his ONLY role in this ceremony.

the real hero in this battle was Sgt. John Chapman. look up the video on youtube,

This is so powerful. I almost teared up. Thanks to all the men and women of the armed forces for your incredible sacrifices and services. We love you.

This just instantly puts a smile on my face even tho I’m from germany, thank you for your service

Wow that man stood at position of attention for over 30min.'s after being retired amazing; he is a man of strong character.

Standing there while the president of the United States recounts what happened and the Military aid reads the citation, my heart would have exploded if it were me. A true warrior and the backbone of a grateful nation.

Search up John Chapman. He was a CCT in the Air Force and he died in the Battle of Takur Ghar and apparently saved the lives of many of the SEALs in Britt Slabinski's team

99% - telling us to stop talking about Trump 1% - Actually talking about Trump.

Such a brave man, respect from the UK🇬🇧

You can see him recalling the events in his moving eyes.

From Canada. God bless all of these American heroes! And the greatest honour, to the ones that were lost, and to their families.

Amazing sheer bravery, u can't not sit and sit back in awe after hearing that he ran through 3 directional enemy fire to rescue his team and the sad loss of those killed in battle. He deserves recognition. MOH. Amazing!!

Chapman stayed and died there covering his team leaving and prevented another massacre of another unit.

Lets remember our veterans.There was a canadian veteran that was going to sell his medals for food. How sad . Help financially to them despite the government help. A good samaritan helped financially when he encountered this 101 percent warrior and man. God bless him,the USA and CANADA.

We shouldn’t care about who is giving the medal, we should care about the person receiving the medal and his sacrifices to his country. Bless him.

I as a marine can tell simply by the president squeezing this heros shoulders and patting him after putting the medal on shows this president truly and deeply cares for all the service members. God bless our leader and our service members

I appreciate all the bravest of the brave people like you. God bless you all.

Congratulations sir you deserve this and so much more

This operation took the lives of seven men and wounded over twice as many more. It was ill conceived and started to unravel, literally when it got off the ground. So many things went wrong, yet they forged ahead and blindly blundered into a fortified position, taking many casualties. Then things got worse. Much heroism. Bad leadership.

Slab, my Brother, it was an Honor to have served with you. I will never forget the lessons you taught me with your leadership. I am eternally grateful; thank you.

Cowards can recognize bravery and they have the ability to destroy the freedoms provided by our heroes. Although it is a sad situation, our legal system now needs protection. Mr. Slabinski, we are all proud of your valor and I thank you for your service.

Firstly get over Trump( not my President as Im an Aussie), but he won an election by the people of the USA. Good or bad he is the President of the United States and that position alone should be shown respect... As for this post, all I can say about the Medal of Honour... RESPECT !!!!!!!

Congratulations Brit and thank you for standing on the wall.

Every time I see a MH presented, I can't keep dry. Respect to all recipients that ever got one.

Thank you for your service, & Thank you for the servicemen who should be awarded the CMH, but no one lived to tell of there heroism, because everyone was dead😔‼️

If y'all are wondering why this man's MOH is controversial then watch "The First Medal of Honor Ever Recorded" here on KZfaq and you'll see the footage of what happened during the battle of Robert's Bridge.

RESPECT Britt Slabinski from a veteran in the UK GOD BLESS YOU.

Thank god for all those who have the courage to make the ultimate sacrifice . Never forget. 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

No politics, just honor.

Thank you for your service, and God bless you and your family ! God bless the United States of America !

To look at Britt you'd never imagine how highly trained he is, very humble and has nothing to prove than carry out his duty to it's highest level.

Our Potus honors all vets and current military service men and women with respect and even those who are no longer with us this is a true American patriot and thank you to all who have served or given all to our country...................

Wow I give Trump props, recognition of sacrifice, we'll spoken and recognition that the medal of Honor was for not just him but for those that served and had given the highest sacrifice. I don't care what politics side you share on but to know Trump understands that it's not about just the recipient but to carry for those who didn't make it. Thumbs up trump

Is this the guy that left John Chapman to die on that hill?

Fantastic video! Such men should be honoured... regardless of politics.👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🎖🎖🎖

Fun Fact: This man fought in the same battle that John Chapman did, who was the first medal of honour to be recorded.

Thank you brave soldiers

I gotta say, Trump has an excellent memory. He easily remembers all the details of this brave Man, Brit. But that is beside the point. Brit is a brave, courageous Man, and he deserves respect. He earned it.

It has no idea about one thing he is reading.This medal is well earned and I'm grateful for your sacrifice. Thank You.

Well done. I'm only leaving a comment here for this brave soldier as its the first platform I saw this on. Normally wouldn't go near CNN as this soldier was fighting the very bastards and ideology that mainstream media seems to defend for some reason. Keep up the fight and it is actually nice to see the President take it very personally and give genuine support to the Armed Forces. I'm ex Army but not from US, so love to see a comrade in arms getting just deserves, bravo, stay safe and keep up the good fight....true champion.

Chapman's story in that fight is very amazing as well I encourage you to check his story out as well much respect to all that die for their country.

This is the Master Chief? Wow, been waiting a long time for this reveal. About time this hero got a medal to his name.

Thank you is so small a statement. Admiration and love is better, but still doesn't satisfy the enormity of it all.... We are forever in your debt and lovingly so.

Weeping.....sigh God bless these men!

The amount of liberals in the comments is incredible. You know nothing of honor..

this seal left his comrade john Chapman left to die :( seals keep a promise to never let a seal behind but didnt know what the situation was so cant say

Deep respect for these brave men, they protect us and guard us (even with there lives) so whe can live in freedom, peace and can go quietly sleep at night, Hooyah from the Netherlands for these heroes.

Once again he shows his inability function properly in a given situation. Service is an honor we chose. I thank them for theirs.

Mr. President. This must be your favorite part of your job. Thanks for honoring our great military.

these seals abandoned sgt chapman to die on the mountain that day while he stood and fought. this man doesn’t deserve the medal of honor.

Thank you! ✌

Proud of you, you represent the best we have to offer thank you.

Long Live the SEALS! And, God Bless America! Well done men.

Damn much respect

BRAVO! BRAVO!! HEROES ONE AND ALL!! WE LOVE OUR MILITARY!! GOD BLESS THEM ALL!!

As a Canadian, those guys are my brothers.I'm part of that rare breed of sensible human beings who can put politics aside.

Regardless of your opinion of President Trump this isn't the time or place to voice opinions about him, I respectfully request that all negative opinions about the President be deleted! We're here to honor a true American hero, a man who's courage under fire, bravery, and outstanding valor have once again made our country quite proud! Not only did MCPO Slabinski make his country proud but there's a code among those in uniform that says "never leave a man behind" and he definitely lived up to it! MCPO Slabinski, sir as I write this I speak for all my family and friends when I say well done, your made your country proud, did your duty, and there are no words that we as Americans could say to thank you for the sacrifices you've made to ensure that our freedoms and liberties prevail! I wish you joy and fulfillment throughout the rest of your life and in pursuit of your future endeavors, we are here for you if you need any help now and well into the future, Hooyah Sir, I salute you!

God's amazing Grace! Congratulations to you and your team! Amen

You can see the horror in his eyes when he tells this mans story while he continues to put on a smile like he was trained to do war never changes

Wow! thank you

HOLY GEZZ! An incredible group of badasses!

This MOH recipient LEFT John Chapman. They. Navy fought Chapmans MOH for almost 20 years because the SEAls left him. Chapman singlehandedly saved ALL of them. This dude is no hero.

Thank you to all these warriors.

Much respect senior chief, god bless and I hope you live in peace knowing you did what’s best to preserve the life honor and tradition of the United States armed forces and all those serving past and present

God Bless him and his family🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽❤️❤️

How could there be 113 dislikes...stupid freedom haters. Any ways what an honor to the great warriors of our nation.

Well deserved and a more than earned award master chief! So much respect for this guy

1000 yard stare every time the story gets told again. must be hell of a memory :(

A real man

lol the Seal's allegedly attempted to block Chapman's Medal of Honor, as that would result in an admission that they left Chapman behind. When it became apparent that it could not be blocked, it was further alleged that they put the commander of the operation, Britt Slabinski, up for the Medal of Honor, which he received in May 2018. Here's the truth

Respect,,, I SALUTE you, idol, From,,Manila Philippines

Thank you Mr. President for recognizing our brave men's and women's that serve our country for our democracy. May the Lord bless you and your family.

John A Chapman is the hero! Marines will always look up to you as we are never impressed by seals

Thank you. Mr. President

A president who recognise and appreciate the brave men! These guys deserve all the respect and thanks for their many sacrifices.

What a man thank you 🙏🏻

wow CNN actually reports real news for 5 seconds a new record.

Heros dosn´t wear caps but dogtags

Wow! Congratulations!

Thanks.

This guy is a liar who took credit for someone else's bravery. That MOH isn't his! Don't get me wrong he served and deserves respect for that, but the battle in question he didnt do anything! especially not anything deserving of a MOH. John Chapman on the other hand was an absolute savage that day and it's disgusting how the navy has tried to tarnish Johns name and fought tooth and nail for years to stop him getting a MOH, yet give this guy one for doing the lesser of the two men.

I've heard a lot of CMOH citations over the years and this one is a bit light on the standard. Should've probably been a navy cross and not upgraded but from the stories about this award in particular, it seems politics played a part in it. The USAF Technical Sergeant Chapman was most assuredly going to posthumously receive the highest award for his actions but the Navy tried to block the recommendation. This would be because there was no initial recommendation for any of the Seals and it would look embarrassing for them to have an operator from a perceived softer branch of military be the most valiant among the men that day. They couldn't get the block or the downgrade so they had to choose one of their own to have an upgrade to be on equal valor status as an Air Force NCO. Don't get me wrong, all the men on that mountain were heroes that day and deserve respect and admiration but the sad truth is that the branches are competitive and politics do happen. The Seals are a world renown elite group of operators but all branches have equally skilled personnel in the SPEC OPS community. The Pararescue training for Airman is as grueling and stringent as the Seals training but is longer and more comprehensive than the Navy's, but because their mission is to rescue rather than assault it isn't perceived to be as sexy. Ask any Special Forces operator from any branch and they will say that no matter who they are working with, be it airman, marines, army or navy operators, they are all exemplary professionals who are quite capable of their respective roles and specialties, enlisted, commissioned and warrant officers alike. There is more inter branch mission teams used than ever before and that's a good thing but sadly some senior brass of some branches still want a preferred "pecking order" as to which operational groups get the the lion's share of glory.

May God bless veterans like yourself.

That history was amazing. Finally real news from CNN.