Trump urged Palin to talk about son

Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says he encouraged Sarah Palin to talk about her son’s domestic violence charge to foster a dialogue about the trauma faced by veterans returning home.

{mosads}“I thought it was good for many other sons and daughters coming back from the Middle East, where they have traumatic problems, and I suggested it,” Trump said Wednesday night on CNN.

At a rally in Tulsa, Okla., on Wednesday shortly after she endorsed Trump, Palin linked the domestic violence allegations against her son, Track Palin, to President Obama’s treatment of veterans.

“It’s a shame that our military personnel even have to question, have to wonder if they’re respected anymore,” Palin said at the rally. “It starts from the top.”

Trump echoed the former Alaska governor and GOP vice presidential candidate’s remarks, saying the president should be held responsible for the poor quality of veterans’ care in the country.

He pointed to the 2014 Department of Veterans Affairs scandal as an example of  the president’s failings.

“Everything starts at the top, and he’s the president,” he said on CNN. “All you have to do is look at the Veterans Administration and look at the bad, the horrible care our veterans get.”

“Take a look at the Phoenix Veterans Administration in Phoenix, Ariz. It’s a disgrace,” he added. “It’s a cesspool. It’s dishonest and corrupt in every way and incompetent. You have to say ultimately it’s the president’s charge.”

The billionaire businessman also called Palin’s endorsement a “powerful thing.”