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Trump hates the military.
What does it matter? He has their unwavering support. He could have killed them himself and not lost the military's support.
That's not really true. He has the unwavering support of really old veterans who got the same fox news pill as the other boomers. The serving military voted blue in 2020. The Military Times elected not to do a poll in 2024...
There are very vocal service members who support him but the military as a whole does not and is not a fan of Hegseth fucking around in the DoD either. For example one published plan has us divesting our only mobile firepower platforms (strykers), just as the war in Ukraine is making everyone else want them. And F-47 did not go unnoticed either. The Air Force went from a study wondering if we needed NGAD to selecting a vendor without a flyoff and naming it. That thing is going to get ditched January 21st 2029. Then Hegseth is fucking around with physical fitness tests which is actually promotions, schools, and unit qualifications. This is making the most deadly parts of military dislike him. For example we've had women working with Delta for 20 years. First of all Delta isn't giving them up, 20 years ago women were officially banned from combat and that didn't stop them. Second it just conditions them to be anti-administration. So when they get ordered to go get an American "insurgent" who held a sign outside a Tesla dealership one too many times, they may just refuse.
Nearly 60% of active duty voted for him for his second term. This is not much change from the percentages for 2016 and 2020.
They may be regretting their choice but I see no indication they wouldn't make the same choice.
I'd love to see a source for that. Afaik nobody did an active duty poll this time. And in 2020 the military voted blue.
military members are notoriously conservative, additionally they source thier fodder from rural and red areas, and usually are mostly white. 2ndary targets are disadvantaged POCs areas, especially the ones that cant pay for colleges.
They also require a high school degree and an entrance exam. And officers are sourced solely from University graduates.
This is not your grandpa's military.
Yea officer different path, either academy, ROTCS, or officer candidate school. ROTC is where they are mostly sourced, academy needs like "Grad degree-like qualifications, LORS, congressional reccomendation,,,etc.
Soldiers refusing to follow orders because they do not like the government? Sorry but that sounds delusional. Sure they might be slightly less harsh, but that is it.
It's already happened, last time Trump was president. The Joint Chiefs told him no to his face.
What does that have to do with actual soldiers doing the dirty work? And isn't he also replacing people left and right for the same reason?
Somebody has to give them orders. It's not like it happens magically. And we've spent 70 years building an officer corps willing to tell presidents no. And at the lower levels I'm not going to deny he'll find people willing to do his dirty work. The military is a reflection of society. But that works both ways and there's a giant difference between a military willing to act as a whole and having to find people willing to follow orders.
I'm not sure. Certainly, the weirdos who make the military their whole personality back him, but I haven't seen any evidence that he's outstandingly popular with the rank and file and his plans to completely gut the officer corps can't have made him popular there.
Hopefully they remember that when the time comes to make choices.
We knew this from the last time around
Evidence suggests they do not make the correct choice
Idk. The military did not go along with the coup attempt. That is a win in my book.
Also my understanding was that Gen. Milley didn't go along with troops on the streets during the pandemic/protests when Trump wanted it. Hence the stripping of the general's security detail and clearance by our whiny bitch president on his return.
That's good for us. Now he plays for our team.
Do people who make good choices decide to join the violence industry in the first place?
This is an oversimplification of the situation. The US built everything so degrees are practically mandatory then makes the poors choose between life crushing debt or getting an education through the military. They prey on children of poor families. Obviously 'not all marines' and whatnot but come on a lot of times it isn't actually a comparable choice and even when it is they're still kids who often don't know better
I served as a Medic. We carried weapons. And I used my GI Bill twice. I'm still working as a civilian Paramedic. That was a good choice for me.
I hate Cheeto Chimp and all of the MAGAts. So, some can make smart decisions.
Trump only cares about his daughter and other chicks he wants to fuck. He has no use for anyone else.
So trump wants to fuck Putin? …oh. Yeah, that tracks.
Probably literally.
I think "cares" is too strong a word. It would imply that it matters to him if they live or die.
Trump hates everything that is not Donald J. Trump.
Hey, that's not fair. He's also weirdly into Ivanka Trump.
stop trying to make trump sound good
Trump likes the part where the military conquers other countries. He hates service members, veterans, and all humans.
What did he call soldiers that die? Losers?
Especially soldiers who "got captured".
I hate suckers and losers, too, that's why I avoid interacting with MAGA Nazis.
trump also doesnt like when they are captured or dead,.
That's the big difference. I like MAGA Nazis best when they're dead.