You're referring to Kelly and Mattis, right? Because nothing in the statement by the marine suggests respect for the idiot president -
“I served 33 years in the Marines,” Cortez told Trump in hushed tones.
“Whoa, that’s fantastic,” Trump responded.
“I served with John Kelly and Jim Mattis,” Cortez continued, “and you got two one good ones.”
But of course why bother worrying about about what actually happened, when you can just chalk this up as another win for drumpf!
In fact, it's far more likely he was encouraging the stable genius not to do anything stupid, since it's been widely reported that trump is freezing out Kelly, keeping him out of meetings and decision making, as he's reportedly "tired of being told no" by the adult in the room.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tired-of-being-told-no-sidelines-john-kelly/
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...hief-of-staff-excluded-meetings-a8293041.html