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Sounds more like his campaign than the military
Captain Bone Spurs, who knows fuck all about either. >

It's his shtick. He tries to exude strength, when he's really just a sad old obese man. He knows his base has a warped idea of what strength is and are easily confused by blowhards, so he claims he can "make us strong again" with all his great strength.
I mean, imagine what kind of deluded fool was sitting around in his XXXXL underwear with his gut hanging over them and "liking" those silly memes on twitter that imagine him as a great general leading troops into battle holding a flag. Christ. >

It's always a solid idea when running for Commander in Chief to insult the entire armed forces. That's going to inspire confidence and really bring out the military vote. >

And yet, the majority of military folks will vote for him. My husband, a former fighter pilot, cannot understand why the military supports this idiot - who continually runs it down and thinks those who served are losers (especially those who made the greatest sacrifice.) >

In my family it generally comes down to guns and money. Republicans are seen as being more pro-gun (though I've never heard a Democrat say the service members shouldn't have guns, ever) and have convinced many service members that their likelihood of getting pay increases are better under a Republican. While the military budget often gets more green lights under a Republican president, or it seems that way at least, I doubt the increased budget goes to service men. I'm pretty sure that ends up with private military contractors. >

Republicans sure as hell don’t seem to care about veterans, as they’re always depriving resources from the the VA in an effort to “starve the beast.”  The goal is to starve the VA of resources that it needs to function so that it fails.  (Who cares if a few million vets suffer as a result?)  Then when it fails, they can point to the VA and say, “See?  The government can’t do anything right.”  They then advocate for privatization with claims that the private sector is so much more efficient, as if our for-profit healthcare situation doesn’t show that to be the complete opposite. >

This is the plan for public education, too. >

So, let’s skip the middle bits and bookend the whole thing:  if Republicans are put in charge, public education and the VA are guaran-fuckin-teed to collapse. >

And social security, federal lands, SNAP, and the IRS. Pretty much any government services that aren’t writing a check to the incredibly wealthy. >

Oh look, the Putin wing of the Republican Party is trying to undermine the US military. How very odd. >

Weird to double-down on their claims a year ago that the Russian military was full of unbeatable badass mercenaries, and the US military was a bunch of rainbow flag waving social justice geeks. >

You forgot the new right winger catch-all and trigger word... woke. >

Hearing grown ass adults using the word "woke" in any culture wars sense is so uncomfortable and embarrassing >

True, however it's nice to have a clear sign that who you're talking to is a moron. Trump flags only got you so far, but when Janice from HR drops 'woke' in a sentence you know you're in for a treat. >

My personal favorite is anyone mentioning "cancel culture". It's by far the most clear indication of an individual's unmitigated lack of capacity to contribute anything meaningful to any conversation I could possibly have interest in. >

“We need to refocus our military on what it’s supposed to do, which is blow things up and kill people,” Republican Rep. Chip Roy of Texas recently declared.
…dumbest thing I’ve heard in a while >

Ignoring the stupidity of that quote, in Ukraine we are blowing things up and killing the enemy while losing 0 casualties AND winning hearts and minds. 
That is what we're doing in Ukraine, Rep. It is quite possibly our greatest geopolitical victory since 1945. What are they even whining about? >

We need to be like Trump and broker a deal with the enemy so we can just surrender and leave, just like he did in Afghanistan after the US fought the Taliban for over 15 years, spending trillions to just let the enemy take power again and do the same shit they did before, but this time with an increased brutality enabled by the knowledge that not even the largest military force in the world could stop them. >

Add it to the list of ways he has shit on the military:
I mean, since we're here anyway...
• trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs
• No trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service
• trump knew since March 2020 that Russia paid bounties to kill American troops, yet he has done nothing
• May 2020, the White House attempted to end National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits
• The trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government
• trump fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after he warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew. The virus subsequently spread amongst the crew
• After Iran's retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. trump dismissed these as "headaches"
• 20/7/2017, in room 2E924 of the Pentagon, trump told a room full of Generals, "You’re a bunch of dopes and babies"
• Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (May&Nov, 2019)
• Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. He threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection
• Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who suffered from Agent Orange
• There is a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility
• Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built
• 10/7/2019, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces
• Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11
• Sept 2019, he made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the U.S. to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there's no U.S. base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn't close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses are losing money, so he's forcing the military to pay for 5-star nights there
• Sept 2019, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, military housing funds, and daycare to pay for Trump's border wall
• Aug 2019, emails revealed that three of Trump's Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. "They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling."
• Veterans graves will be "dug up" for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials he would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property
• Children of deployed US troops are no longer guaranteed citizenship. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019)
• 2/8/2019, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall
• 31/7/2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuted war criminals
• Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his citizenship interview (Reported 17/7/2019)
• Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (4/7/2019)
• Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported 2/7/2019)
• June 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance"
• Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (6/6/2019)
• Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (Bette Midler, of all people) (reported 4/6/2019)
• Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported 4/6/2019)
• 27/5/2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain
• Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (15/5/2019). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (27/5/2019)
• Trump purged 200,000 vets' healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on 13/5/2019)
• Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (16/4/2019)
• 20/3/2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral
• Between 12/22/2018, and 1/25/2019, Trump refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise
• He banned service members from serving based on gender identity (1/22/2019)
• He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published 18/1/2019)
• He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (16/1/2019)
• When a man was caught swindling veterans pensions for high-interest “cash advances," Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1 (Jan 26, 2019)
• He called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth' (Jan 1, 2019)
• He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018)
• He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (Dec 26, 2018)
• He revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (Dec 26, 2018)
• Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise (12/26/2018). He tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't
• He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays
• He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating (Dec 17, 2018)
• He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018)
• He urged Florida to not count deployed military votes (Nov 12, 2018)
• He canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (Nov 12, 2018)
• While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he didn't attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain -- other world leaders went anyway (Nov 10, 2018)
• He used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and made them miss Thanksgiving with their families (Oct-Dec, 2018)
• He stopped using troops as a political prop immediately after the election. However, the troops remained in muddy camps on the border (Nov 7, 2018)
• Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many vets to run out of food and rent. (reported October 7, 2018)
• Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (July 5, 2018)
• Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of April 2018)
• He forgot a fallen soldier's name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (Oct 23-24, 2017)
• He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn't have the guts to do it) (Oct 4, 2017)
• He blocked a veteran group on Twitter (June 2017)
• He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present)
• He deported veterans (2017-present)
• He said he knows more about ISIS than American generals (Oct 2016)
• Oct 3, 2016, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren't strong (note: yes, he said it's 'because they aren't strong.' He didn't say it's 'because they're weak.' This distinction is important because of Snopes)
• Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” (Aug 2, 2016)
• Trump attacks Gold Star families: Myeshia Johnson (gold star widow), Khan family (gold star parents) etc. (2016-present)
• Trump sent funds raised from a Jan 2016 veterans benefit to the Donald J Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities (the foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud) (Jan, 2016)
• Trump said he has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military" because he went to a military-style academy (2015 biography)
• Trump said he doesn't consider POWs heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught (July 18, 2015)
• Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998)
• For a decade, Trump sought to kick veterans off of Fifth Avenue because he found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. 1991 >

Should be posted in r/conservative >

Insta ban, they inexplicably love to support the man who hates our troops >

I pop over there once a week or so to see what they're talking about.  Surprisingly, they're pretty anti-Trump these days (and pro Desantis). >

Hasn’t DeSantis made outright death threats to people? True colors of the right, out in plain sight >

I propose an easy solution. Let Trump rally whatever forces he can to defend Mar A Lago, and the US will send our military to challenge his claim, and we can see who wins. >

1 Rule: Any prisoners taken must be sent to Guantanamo Bay for a minimum of 20 years. >

On a barge floating outside of GitMo* >

Lol okay but why a barge? That would just cost more money.. >

I love that they call him Sleepy Joe as well as painting him as the head of the Biden Crime Family. Joe must plan all his criming before his after-dinner bedtime at 6 pm. >

I still call him Sleepy Joe with deep fondness around my MAGA family members, I'm so grateful he made government boring for 2 years. >

Trump M.O.: verbally abuse so that target seeks approval and to be placed in better light via ass-kissing and “favors.”
Not sure it’s going to work. This time around. >

He got his playbook from the VH-1 pickup artist. >

He's a puppet. >

I'd go with muppet >

You have just insulted the memory of Jim Henson by associating his beloved creations with the Orange Shitgibbon. >

I award him no points, and may God have mercy on his soul. >

The Republican Party is an absurd bunch of racist clowns, repeatedly taking giant shits on the very values and institutions they pretend to hold sacred. If you ask, why are they all still part of the country’s governance? Because a good hunk of White America is an absurd bunch of racist clowns. >

Don’t say the truth out loud, you’ll upset the conservatives lol >

If you really want to upset them grab a book and just read it to yourself in front of them. >

Yet our ancient weapons (in comparison to what is used today by our troops) are kicking the shit out of his biggest donor/sponsor halfway around the world. >

I wish people understood that more. The US has given a tiny fraction of what it has available. >

And getting incredible returns for that tiny fraction. It's one of the most economical miltary arrangements in modern history. >

And the stuff was built to take on Russia to begin with. >

Donny 5 deferments, what a complete piece of shit >

I really wish people would stop insulting shit. >

Why doesn't anyone ever tell him to just STFU? >

Ima guess it's the debate video, "will you just shut up, man" >

When Trump knew he had covid and figured it was in his best interest to infect his competition. >

They mocked using the plexiglass, when it was entirely necessary >

And lied about testing beforehand as was agreed to. >

In the Republican mind mutually exclusive claims are totally fine. Somehow they accuse Biden of being a warmonger but also not using the military enough. >

Every time diaper man mentions the military in a negative light, I get a nice little flashback of my father in law telling me that I should be thanking Trump because "he looks out for veterans like me".
Then of course I have to remind him of all the shit he has said previous about the military, then it's thrown back at me as fake news.
My country's infatuation with it's encroaching end is on a level that never ceases to surprise me.
I digress. We saw what becomes of people Trump considers strong. They are either dead or turn into a pariah. >

Military people routinely fall for macho morons. It's a really odd 1-sided infatuation and if history didn't show me the recurrent pattern, I'd expect better from otherwise often keenly intelligent minds 
Russia as always provides a glaring example of the problem. Russian militarists idolize Stalin and Putin, who in reality treat(ed) them like cannon fodder and are their biggest enemies. 
Military people often embrace toxic leadership. It's a strange but predictable behavior >

Who? >

Russian asset. >

Useful idiot. >

Trump has a long history of hating the military (mocking prisoners of war, mocking gold star families, etc)  and yet so many current/former military would gladly get on their knees and gobble-worship cadet bone spurs.   
there is some serious cognitive dissonance going on.
(Edit: changed to 'cadet') >

Cadet, he ain't no Captain, lol. >

oops!
edited. >

The GOP constantly attacks the United States now. Republicans hate the American military, they hate American doctors, they hate American scientists, they hate American schools, they hate American elections, American Social Security, and they definitely hate any hint of American rule of law. >

I guess he wants the military to file lawsuits against everyone until they get tired…like he does. >

A new press release from the Kremlin! A preview of what tucker will parrot later on his show. >

Trump and Trumps family have a contempt for the Armed Forces going back to when his Grandfather Fredrick Trump fled Bavaria to dodge the draft in 1885. >

I love articles like this that show how several members of congress have the same understanding of the military as a 4 year old. >

I never take advice on military matters from a seditionist (traitor) to a country I served 9 years, defending. No American should stand for this man and his attempt to convey Putin’s agenda. You support tRUmp? You need to rethink what country you’re in and why you are here. Don’t like it, get out and join Segal and Snowden. >

… says the guy who told the Taliban when we’d be leaving do they could just wait it out and then kick us in the ass on the way out. 
Fucking clown shoe. >

The media has learned absolutely nothing in the last 6 years. >

Oh they have and they profit from it . The media isn’t about telling or exposing the truth anymore it’s about what ever brings in profits . Now a days hatred brings in profits . >

There is much truth to your statement.  There was a time where the news departments were actually loss leaders by the networks.  The news was consider prestige and lead in to prime time. 
When the networks were bought up by the corporate entities they turned the news into a profit center.  It is no longer about an informed public.  It is about profits. >

Wait, I’m confused. Didn’t he just spending billions and 4 years modernizing our military and making it great again? But now it sucks? Huh, ok… >

The Donald gave military one job. 
Dumb generals refused. 
The Donald is unemployed. 
The Donald's best man friend in the Kremlin not pick his calls. 
The Donald sad. 
The Donald got every right to mess them generals up. 
The Donald will make them pay. 
With Ye, Kim Jong Un and twenty million diabetics in front of him, the Donald can't lose. Be afraid, be very afraid. >

Let me understand this. "Bone spurs" who dodged the draft with 5 deferals is criticizing the military? >

Trump is a traitor and piece of shit… he would side with Putin and Russia over American interests! >

Once again to you vets/active military that support Trump, WAKE TF UP BECAUSE HE DOESN'T GIVE AF ABOUT YOU AND NEVER WILL. He continually shows he's clueless about everything and has disrespected the military over and over >

The draft dodger dpeaks! >

Nothing new here.  He's always held the military in open contempt. >

He attacked Bidens withdrawal from Afghanistan…..a withdrawal he negotiated with terrorist and released, what 500 of their men?
Dude has no self awareness. >

Reporting of that shows 5000 prisoners were released by trump without our Afganistan allies consent. >

I was way off, which makes his argument even more absurd. He put fighters on the battlefield, then blames his replacement. >

I remember being in the process of kicking the teeth out of ISIS, the Russians, the Iranians, and Assad in Syria when out of nowhere Mr. Mar-o-Chickenshit tries to order us to surrender. 
Trump's so much of a pussy he regularly grabs himself. >

I'm convinced that Trump and his cronies are all Russian assets.  It's so obvious.  
MTG:  last year encouraged Americans not to enlist in the U.S. military, saying it’s like “throwing your life away.” >

Refused to stand up to Putin when he put a bounty on US troops heads. What more do you need from this Putin boot licker? >

The GOP has been historically awful to the US military and especially vets. >

Draft dodger thinks that he knows anything about the military.  Put a weapon in his hands and show us what he can do.  Odds are that he’ll injure himself before becoming any type of threat. >

Says the man who surrendered Afghanistan to the taliban >

So this is the guy who, if wins, will be running the Military?  Ok. Well done America. DOJ better get their shit together and quick >

This guy insulted pows, gold star families, soldiers and generals yet the self proclaimed "patriots" voted for him in record numbers and continue to defend him. Well, nobody has ever accused the Rs of being smart... >

He’s pissed they wouldn’t back his revolt. >

Keep on waving those Trump flags, Vets! >

What else does this POS have to say so that the 30% realize he is a traitor?? Die already >

Putin must have reminded Cheeto Jesus of peepee tape. >

You’d think this would make him unattractive to military voters, but I bet his military supporters are thinking, “He is right, we do suck. I’m gonna start the best militia ever!!” >

It sounds to me like Trump and his sycophants are becoming increasingly dismayed by the fact that the US military is loyal to the US.  NOT to the GOP. >

Trump is a traitor. Not surprised ar all. >

I bet it’s wild to be a trump supporting military member. 
He’s talking shit about you >

Whether the shit is coming from his mouth or used diaper it is a load of bull. >

Treasonous traitorous sack of shit.  He definitely taught me a good lesson, the Americans who support him are traitors too. >

What the fuck does he know? He’s the most spoiled piece of shit I think I’ve ever seen. Worthless fuck >

Shitting on the military is not exactly a good political move.  And they're way off base.  They freak out about petty things like "CRT" or whatever.  Then somehow translate that to we can't fight or win?   If that's the case they he hell do we spend 800 billion dollars a year on the DoD (it's not the case).   
That said, the DoD is bloated.  But we still have the most formidable military in the world and we could surely treat our vets and active duty people much better (e.g. I read many stories about active duty housing being horrible) >

Donald you forgot to mention genius putin strategies. You wont get your payment this way. >

Fat clown doesn’t know anything about fighting or winning , draft dodging loser trader >

Can we as a society stop using "slams" in every headline? >

Or flaunts >

And a significant portion of them will still drop on knees and beg for the privilege of licking spurred up feet. >

Any fucking time he wants to test that theory with a marine would be a-motherfucking-okay. >

He’s probably forgetting he’s not actually Russian >

He who dodged the draft? Fucking coward. >

Once again he mirrors Russia... sees the mess the Russian troops call fighting in Ukraine and projects it on the American troops...
He does this with just about everything, from wanting to copy the fraudulent Russian "elections" years ago to the adoration of Putin's grip on Russia.
I wonder when it slips out that Trump wants a private army that only answers to him.
Trump wants for the USA all that Russia stands for, and be unhindered to enforce it. >

Wow......how is this buffoon continue to be allowed to get away with stuff like this? Seriously though, Veterans & serving members are listening to him knock them / put them down, and they still bend over and take it????
Here is a fool that has never served, and neither has anyone one his kids or family. This is the same oik who went to North Korea and was saluting Kim Jong's 'generals' first. smh >

Why do people vote for this asshole?  We're literally stymying one of the top 5 armies on the planet by providing our decades-old war surplus to Ukraine.  
And seriously... "as proven in Afghanistan.."  Mother fucker, YOU made the deal for us to withdraw and forced the Afghani people to bend over at the negoitation table because you wouldn't stand behind them and instead supported the Taliban.  We can't "win" a war when the only reason the war is continuing on is our belligerence and we can't forcibly subjugate a foreign country long term against their will.  
Seriously, I hate that fuckin spending five minutes researching ANY of his claims would show how full of shit he is and nobody will fuckin do it. >

Mans lost what little of his goddamn mind was there.
He hit the campaign trail with the intention to burn every bridge he's on. >

He continues being putins puppet even while he’s not the president >

Why is this dipshit still out of prison? >

Fuck this un-American shit bird.  He has never served and has never fought anything that wasn’t drunk and in a skirt. >

Fuck him, his dog, the plane he flys in on, his maids, his businesses, and his family. He doesn’t know anything but how fuck everything up. He just a con man who ran for president and honestly, he isn’t even a good con man and was a sub par president. Good thing is he has been around for 80 years almost so you know the maker is waiting for his exit from this world. >

Weren’t you a commander-in-chief for 4 sad, worthless years? Really? Shut the hell up, man. >

C’mon USA, don’t fall for THIS….. again! Sheesh! He’s not even changing his M.O. >

Says the draft dodger who knows fuck all about military service or combat. I’d like to see this asshole in his prime attempt to fight a single current military member who simply passed basic training. >

Fk him. Why is the being covered? And secondly why is he being allowed to run for president. He conducted a coup against our country. Seriously. >

Remember when he talked shit about a gold star family to their faces on national TV?
Pepperidge Farms remembers. >

stop bashing America... >

My opinion on this is simple:  If someone like the Russians, Chinese, North Koreans, etc. shoot a nuclear ICBM at North America and the most able and qualified person to control the missile defense equipment to shoot it down is trans, I sure as shit hope that they're employed by the military in that position. >

This orange stain can’t get be scrubbed >

Someone need to tell Trump to fuck off... This guy literally bought his way out the army >

If this was just Trump, the thing to do would be to view this as a con and to step back and look for the con.  Trump is trying to trick us.  So what's the play.  Here it would seem just to be the age-old trick of the snake-oil salesman to sell you first on the idea that you have a problem so that he can sell you the solution to this previously unknown problem.
But... the article does a good job underscoring this is not just Trump.
The con remains a significant part of what's going on here.
But the actual issues are deeper a bit more profound.  The more problematic issue isn't that the GOP is evil and trying to lie to you.  It's that they're stupid, locked into hyper-simplistic modes of reasoning.  This dovetails with the red herring ideas about wokeness and anything similar.  But it's more akin to chasing some fever dream of a past ideal. >

Another page from the Fascist playbook.
I suggest we recreate the House Un-American Activities Committee to investigate, excise, and cauterize the growing FASCIST cancer within GOP and our nation. >

Republicans love to bash the military when they aren't in power. I remember people making similar claims when Clinton and Obama were in office. Somehow the moment a republican takes power the military is the GREATEST thing ever and anyone saying otherwise is a traitor. >

We need a real-time application through which this shit is broadcast with alerts and tallies for every lie told. At the end of it, we then have a total count of these ass-hats and their disinformation and a direct report-out on the impact of those lies. 
Bury these MF’rs in their own garbage and vitriol. >

He says this for two reasons.  The first is to undercut Biden and support Putin.  The second is to give him or any republican the advanced path to replace generals and the command structure with their cronies if they get power. 
They are setting it up to justify routing out the officers who will defend the constitution and be loyal to the seditionists. >

You mr trump are a degenerate disgrace.  Shut the fuck up you moronic pond scum >

It's starting to feel like Trump is running a scam like The Producers, where he is raising as much money as he can, but he doesn't really want to win.
He shit on evangelicals, now he shits on the military, who does he thinks votes for him? >

Shit talking your military! Super patriotic! >

70% of the military supports this clown, not really comprehending he shit on them regularly >

says the draft dodger. >

I'm very okay with the Trump and GOP hating on our military. It's anathema to a lot of Americans to do that, plus how the fuck are you supposed to pull off a coup to end a government without having the backing of your nation's armed forces? Especially when you would be up against the U.S. military? Absolutely incoherent of the GOP, and I love it. >

It’s crazy how he can say things that go against his supporters’ deeply held beliefs and they just shrug and keep on supporting him. Sunk cost is nuts. >

This sure is a bizarro world when Republicans are shitting on the military, talking about cuts to Defense spending, and not wanting to stand up to unchecked Russian aggression. How much money can Putin possible have to bribe the GOP? >

I don't give a rat's ass what Trump thinks... and neither should anybody else. >

There is a certain ironic logic to this.
If our military is really the strongest in the world, we certainly don't need to increase funding for it. If it is the strongest, now is a good time to evaluate what works best and what is waste. Now is a good time to sell older equipment to allies and spend our efforts training everyone on modern equipment. A budget needs to be the highest during growth, but if we are the best, it is best to reduce the budget and focus on efficiency while maintaining the same standard of quality.
So if we really are the strongest, how do we support "necessary" increases to the budget? We don't. So we can't be the best. We need to be weak, because having a weak military is something people fear. It will keep people pushing to increase the military budget despite cutting social programs and raising taxes on the lower and middle class. Trump's supporters will literally ruin themselves because they fancy it heroic to be in poverty as long as we have a strong military to support and protect the American Dream.
Trump and the far-right are no longer about actual values; they are about theater and fear to stay in power. This farce is just one example. >

Wasn't it basically 2 years ago he was claiming that he completely fixed and overhauled the military, and that we had the greatest military on earth once again after years of being ruined by democrats?
This fascist fuck needs to go away already. >

As a vet, Idgaf about the orange draft dodging pussy opinion on the military unless he's willing to put on a uniform and a rife to go to the front of the battalion to show us how it's done. >

He's just pissed that the military didn't back his attempted coup. >

I fucking love the Rights take on the US Military. It shows their stupidity, and propaganda brain just isn't made for todays world.
Under Bush? To them, the Armed forces were one of the greatest in the world!
But the second a Democrat takes leadership, the Military literally turns into incompetent teenagers with no leadership or rules or standards. But the second a Republican is re-elected, they turn back into the macho killing machines we pay them to be.
A part of Ur-Fascism - The enemy is both weak and strong. “[…] the followers must be convinced that they can overwhelm the enemies. Thus, by a continuous shifting of rhetorical focus, the enemies are at the same time too strong and too weak.”

Dems are too weak! They won't let the Military do Military things! They make rules to limit how we treat bad guys! Weak bull shit!

simultaneously holding the belief of:

Dems are too strong! Able to rig an entire election against us (with no evidence of it being rigged), and turn Military from a powerhouse into a kindergarten in JUST a few hours! >

If there's one guy who's an expert at not winning, it's trump >

Coming from the President of draft dodgers. The incel hero. >

Hmmm.....putins lap dog speaks on command. >

Part of his “America First” mantra huh? Whoever and whatever country is paying him the most money will always be first with him and I can guarantee it’s not the US. >

Coming from tiny hands 🙌 who used “bone spurs” to avoid the military this has a lot of credibility >

Okay there draft dodger, tell me moar about it. >

Says the draft dodger... >

Trump should STFU about things he knows nothing about such as America's amazing military and its members.
He has shown our great service members nothing but disrespect since he has entered the political stage, and any soldier who supports him is misinformed or needs to reassess their priorities.
Remember his statements about John McCain?  Or how about his treatment of gold star families?  Or when he didn't go to the World War one ceremony when he was in Europe.
He is the very definition of a capitalist pig. >

Nice try ' President Russian Shill' >

Let's have Seal Team 6 storm Mar a Lago and prove him wrong.  :) >

So… he’s alienating the only base he has left I see… bold move cotton >

Traitorous scumbag pile of hot fucking garbage. Fuck him and his opinions.. stop reporting his garbage and erase his stain from history. Fuck. >

We’re kicking Russia’s ass with our surplus equipment and we ain’t even fighting. 
Trump is full of shit. >

I have never despised a person more. I’m afraid he opened Pandora’s box of hate and it became fun for Fox fans to flaunt bigotry and racism and made it clear that nothing has changed the mind or heart of the white man since MLK. The right cares about money and nothing else. This dude started this shit of civil unrest and hate filled division.  Now some other moron like Desantis can take his place. Thank god we can just run around and shoot people whenever we want. Theses twats will be the death of us. >

This is conservatism now. Sad. >

dodges draft five times >

How would this draft dodging pos know he has never been in any kind of fight his whole life.. >

He’s always shitting on the military, considering that his veteran base believes that he holds their best interests in mind. But then he does this shit. He didn’t even pay respect on Veterans Day because it was raining. He also called McCain a loser for being a POW. >

He's like a never-ending fart. >

This coming coming from the coward who’s daddy paid a doctor to say he had bone spurs! He is a bone spur! >

This from Cadet Bonespurs. >

Ten, twelve years ago such a statement by any politician would have crashed their career.
But if you're Republicans (or maybe just Trump), you get to say such insane shit and Republicans don't care. 
This an other things besides really shows how far the Republican Party has come. >

As long as there are stupid people in this country to listen to his pointless drivel ,  he will keep talking. >

That’s funny. Trump can’t win or fight either. More projections. >

King Bone Spur is certainly an expert on the topic. >

Why is anyone giving him publicity?  The guy "who knows more than all the generals.".   Probably thinks Sun Tzu is a Chinese sun screen.. >

We do know even the Russians confirm Trump is a Russian Asset, right? This should not surprise us, and should not be published for click bait—silence the traitor. >

Old man yells at cloud. >

He offended generals pows and military family members and still had record votes both times. It is sad. >

Remember when Republicans where pro troops? >

He slams US military because he’s investing in the Russian army. >

MAGA nuts love to talk about how much they love the military before saying how much they hate it. Probably why they they were high fiving over denying vets care over the burn pits, cause fuck vets. >

Like Cadet Bonespurs  over here would know. >

he must really hate the military and the servicemen and women. Very unpresidential. Very un-American. >

Trump says all kinds of stupid sht. He graduated from Wankmaggots University. >

Russian asset at work. >

This is rich coming from a pussy who had a deferral 5 times due to daddy. >

If anyone would know....it's Private Bonespurs >

"Obese 80-year old man with no military experience complains about military" >

I guess the latest check from Moscow cleared. 
Oh wait, sorry, the payments are coming from NFTs now. >

You can just see the patriotism coming out of his every pore. 
Sorry - that's a constant stream of bullshit spewing from his Putin hole. >

Look at major burn spurs here. military genius >

Mr. Bone Spurs! >

That from a draft dodger that can’t fight or win at anything anymore without cheating. Trump is the definition of loser. >

He only likes winners so he must not like himself. Two time popular vote loser. >

I'm pretty sure they have a better track record than Mr one term president >

Thats a great way to get the troops on your side. 
Tell me again, Donnie dipshit, what was the thing that eventually ended the J6 threat?
Oh yeah, it was the fucking military. >

Why are we amplifying what he says again? >

As a Vet who served under Trump. He can go suck big foots dirty balls. >

Move to Russia you orange piece of traitor shit. >

Sounds like something someone who hates America would say >

This coming from a guy who dodged the draft and who's father did too? 
I still don't understand how any current or former service members can support this man.
Like I can't count how many times I've gone to the VFW bar we have here and seen guys argue to defend this turd. >

Never seen a former president hate America this much. >

Once again, he made all of this very clear when he was important…  he could give a shit about the military, but for some reason, they support his treasonous ass.
He wouldn’t even lay a wreath in the rain >

You had 4 years. What did you do to fix it? Asshole. >

He doesn’t “fix” things… everything he touches turns to shit. He’s never fixed anything in his life, only made things worse… every fucking time. >

So pissed the army didn't back their coup. That's all this is. Seriously. That's it. >

Well, the ones he sent to attack the US Capitol and overthrow democracy for him  failed- thank God. 
Hopefully the remaining radicalized military, who share Donalds sentiment,  get weeded out before they attempt a Trump/Putin/Netanyahu inspired global joint military unite the right operation. 
Never thought we’d see a US president pushing military to turn against each other and doubt their training while mocking our troops and training on the world stage. 
Trump is purposely making them and the US look like weak sitting ducks. Trump’s buddies Putin and MBS must love it. 
If he disagreed with military training he had the top seat. He was the man who could have changed it for the better. So, even if it was true ( it’s not) Donald failed to use his genius to fix what he claims is broke( he incorrectly uses the word woke) if it truly was causing weakness. >

He never won a fight unless it was someone who worked for him (including his family). >

This guy is blatantly Un-American >

This is just the opening salvo. They are testing the water because they want to come after veterans benefits soon. The VA is a huge percentage of the national budget. GOP has been trying to privatize it for years. >

Remember this next time Republicans say they support the troops. >

Here's the biggest difference between 45 years ago, when I was a kid, and today; back then, if we had someone who was so obviously an idiot, and who kept trying their hardest to convince everyone they were some sort of genius, we would avoid them, we would trip them up in their own words and humiliate them, we would do whatever it took to convince them we weren't buying what they were selling, and we didn't appreciate and would not tolerate their bs. Today, we have the same thing in Dumbold Rump, who is one of 'those' kids who grew older but never grew up and, sadly, fully 15% or more of our country is following him, thinking he's some kind of god. Can anyone, anywhere, find me any example of a group of people who commit to following a half-wit and have it turn out 'perfect' for them? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? >

Correct me if I’m wrong, but wasn’t it Trump who negotiated the withdrawal from Afghanistan and released the taliban leader and thousands of his fighters from prison as part of that deal? I mean it could definitely have gone a lot smoother, but ultimately Biden was just following through on a promise made by Trump. >

Yes. There was 2500 combat troops left in country when Biden took over, far too few to organize any semblance of an organized withdrawal.
It was by design. They played with American service members lives to put it on the democrats.
The only solution, would have been to re-commit thousands of troops to Afghanistan. 
It is despicable, insidious, and then they railed about Biden’s pullout, as if it wasn’t Trumps doing.
Drives me nuts. >

Come on MSBNC, at least get the quote correct....
"Those stupid lazy ugly weak guys and girls, who aren't as hot as my daughter Ivanka, cant fight or win" >

Every time his name is front and center on this sub for some bullshit he said is another chest compression for his dying political career. Everyone says they don't give a shit, yet everything he says makes it to the front page and continues his relevance. I don't get it >

but hold on, Trump must be the only person who can help the military, that he’s lifelong despised, “fight or win.” Fascist demagoguery is Trump’s love language. >

Right, because he would know more than anyone.  What a schmuck. >

Ironic, coming from someone who hid from service.  Seems like he doesn't have a bone spur to stand on. >

He must need another lone from his Daddy Putin. >

Trump was to scared to fight in a war. He got doctor note for questionable bone spurs. Where does he get off mocking our military? >

Like this orange sack of shit knows anything about our military. >

Why are you even posting about this loser? Just asking being a Canadian. >

It really shows why it is important to study history. 
British 1842 forced retreat from Afghanistan: 4,500 troops killed
Russian 1989 forced retreat from Afghanistan: 523 troops killed
United States scheduled end of operations in Afghanistan: 13 killed
The key takeaway is that 13 is a very low number and those were from a roadside bomb planted by terrorists Trump let out. In military history the military withdrawal from Afghanistan was extremely successful when historically such a withdrawal would have meant hundreds of dead troops. >

Tell me how much you hate, America, Trump, without saying you hate America.
Trump:  Armed forces “can’t fight or win”.  
Of course, we knew just how horrible Trump was when he stood in front of the CIA Memorial Wall that honors agents who died in the line of service, and Trump took that moment to rail against the media and lie about his crowd size at his inauguration.  He also disparaged those serving in the military, particularly service members who had been wounded or killed, calling John McCain a loser. >

Says the guy that rushed us out of Afghanistan. >

Just a few days before the 2022 midterm elections, Sen. Josh Hawley tried to rally GOP voters in Arizona with a curious message. “We’ve got a military that is more interested in pronouns than winning wars,” the Missouri Republican complained.
It echoed related rhetoric from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who last year encouraged Americans not to enlist in the U.S. military, saying it’s like “throwing your life away.” The Georgia Republican added that she believes military training is too “woke.”
The Repubs want a fascist, Christian, white supremacist, goosestepping military. Although they might compromise on the goosestepping. >

Who cares What the draft dodger with bone spurs has to say? I don't! >

Great way to win over the vet vote there, Agent Orange. >

shut the fuck up donnie you're out of your fucking element >

Why do I still see posts about this clown here everyday? Stop giving him attention, folks. This is not news worthy. >

Just like when he insulted John McCain for being a POW, total silence from the VFW, American Legion and other Veterans groups. The POW / MIA flag is the second most flag flown in the US. >

Wasn’t he like JUST in charge of them? Why didn’t he make them better? >

you mean like a gameshow host who can't win a fair fight in an election?  like the last one he lost by seven million votes and tried to steal? like that kind of can't win or different? >

What would he know about either? Unless you count cheating to ‘win’ elections >

Remember when the republicans were the “support our troops” party? >

I am a member of the military and have been in a total of 21 years, Army and Air Force, 10 year break between the two. It's these "woke" programs that have lessened the acceptance of sexual harassing behavior, being more mindful of the mental health of our troops, and not tolerating racist behavior. I guess people like Elise, Chip, MTG, and Trump would rather go back to a time like I experienced when I was an 18 year old soldier doing KP and a fat, sweaty buggy eyed First Sergeant said seeing me in a T-Shirt made his tongue hard (among other things said to me over the course of my career) or working with guys who had nudey calendars on their walls....or ignoring mental health issues until someone snaps on themselves or others, or better yet, racial slurs and jokes being dropped in common conversation. 
Fuck them. What they want is the same old shit and to cater to their old, racist, sexist base of ignorant halfwits. I'll take this "woke" military over what I entered into in 1990 , thank you very much! >

I’d pay big bucks to watch an 18 yo female Army private stomp him… >

What the fuck did that orange grifter ever do for the US military?  He sure spent a lot with nothing to show for it. >

The unfortunate thing is so many in the armed forces support this guy. Sigh.. >

Not if we sign peace treaties with out enemies without consulting our allies…wait a minute >

Sounds like something Putin would say about us >

But I thought he said he rebuilt the military? >

Donald Trump is a national disgrace. >

Trump shit on the military his whole term. Why any of his voters call themselves 'patriotic' is confounding. Half of them literally stopped flying the American flag and started flying the Trump flag. Just leave the country. >

I’ve downvoted this because I don’t care what Trump says and I don’t support giving him free media coverage.