--- title: Donald Trump's Remarks to Veterans: Read the Transcript description: Donald Trump spoke to a veterans group Monday, addressing PTSD and suicides among those coming home from war canonical: https://time.com/4517279/trump-veterans-ptsd-transcript/ author: Daniel White article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-10-03T21:36:22.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-23T00:59:07.296Z article:section: Politics og:title: Read Donald Trump's Remarks to a Veterans Group og:description: He spoke to the Retired American Warriors PAC og:url: https://time.com/4517279/trump-veterans-ptsd-transcript/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc693986175ab7fa5/6988a887e20a87b812a92a43/trump-charity.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens to a question as he appears at the "Retired American Warriors" conference during a campaign stop in Herndon og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Read Donald Trump's Remarks to a Veterans Group twitter:description: He spoke to the Retired American Warriors PAC twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc693986175ab7fa5/6988a887e20a87b812a92a43/trump-charity.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Read Donald Trump's Remarks to a Veterans Group by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 3, 2016 9:36 PM UTC  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens to a question during a campaign stop in Herndon, Va., on Oct. 3, 2016. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens to a question during a campaign stop in Herndon, Va., on Oct. 3, 2016.Mike Segar—Reuters by [Daniel White](https://time.com/author/daniel-white/) ## Daniel White Oct 3, 2016 9:36 PM UTC Donald Trump spoke to a veterans group Monday, addressing PTSD and suicides among those coming home from war. Trump was answering questions during a panel by the Retired American Warriors PAC in Herndon, Va. Read the full transcript below. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4517279/trump-veterans-ptsd-transcript/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4517279/trump-veterans-ptsd-transcript/"},"headline":"Read Donald Trump's Remarks to a Veterans Group","datePublished":"2016-10-03T21:36:22.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:59:07.296Z","description":"He spoke to the Retired American Warriors PAC","url":"https://time.com/4517279/trump-veterans-ptsd-transcript/","keywords":["2016 Election","Military","2016 Election topic","Veterans","Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc693986175ab7fa5/6988a887e20a87b812a92a43/trump-charity.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Daniel White","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/daniel-white/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc693986175ab7fa5/6988a887e20a87b812a92a43/trump-charity.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens to a question as he appears at the \"Retired American Warriors\" conference during a campaign stop in Herndon","caption":"Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump listens to a question as he appears at the \"Retired American Warriors\" conference during a campaign stop in Herndon, Virginia, U.S., October 3, 2016. REUTERS/Mike Segar - RTSQKJJ","creditText":"Mike Segar—Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4517279/trump-veterans-ptsd-transcript/","name":"Read Donald Trump's Remarks to a Veterans Group"}}]}] ```