He uses people. You're not any different.
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He also pointed blame at the media for its coverage of the USS Abraham Lincoln, saying outlets " are trying to paint our warriors as victims. Not only is that dishonest, but it takes away the focus on the enemy and the threat it poses against our nation, people, and way of life."
Which enemy? Trump? Because I have yet to see any evidence that Iran would have been a threat to our nation, people, or our way of life if President Pedo hadn't just left Obama's deal in place.
Yeah, but that deal was put into place while Obama was being black, so....
This clown said the deployment was "not nearly long enough"
Spoken like someone who's truly been on the decks or in the trenches.
Spoken like someone who, despite several (alleged) attempts on his life, still doesn't fear the population one bit.
Perhaps that should change.
I wish one of these generals always standing behind him would just take out their service weapon and do us all a favor.
And go down in history as the one who stopped pedo Hitler
Biden had a chance during the debate.
But did you hear, I heard Trump, in a show of solidarity, is going to spend two weeks as a grunt on the USS Abraham Lincoln! Yes, he is going to go and eat the same rations as them, and do all the normal 5:30 AM - 10 PM work, and it's going to be great because it will prove to all the haters that Trump really cares about service members and is truly one of them who would never shirk service! Yep, that's what I heard!
And if everyone on social media repeats that very real news, then in the very unlikely chance that is untrue, the White House will have to clarify that he has no intention whatsoever of setting foot on the USS Abraham Lincoln because he couldn't last five minutes living in the abject conditions he's imposing on service members! Boy, that would be strange, though, considering he's definitely going to do it. So we should all spread the word!
Hey! I heard that as well (just now, from you, but that counts). Spread it around!
Could you imagine him coming out and saying that he messed up, that it caused suffering, that he was going to fix it and not let it ever happen again? Holy crap, I think I just blew my own mind.
Great job, "Commander in Chief"
Total failure of the entire upper command structure
"Trump ignores the suffering his behavior causes because he doesn't give a fuck about anyone but himself."
Trump is every nightmare we've ever had about the wealthy, all rolled into one person.
If given the chance, the overwhelming majority of those sailors would happily vote for a third Trump term.
Given how placid the average democratic is, I'm pretty confident they will be given the chance.
“Suckers and losers”
Predictable. He cares about no one but himself. Zero empathy. Just like all billionaires.
Shocking(ly predictable). What a vile excuse for a human
So are all the spineless pieces of shit in leadership position who are “just following orders” to mentally torture their own people.
He's not even pretending to give a fuck is he
Never has. News coverage is all fucked up. More than usual.
I guess the one positive thing about this is that his stupidity is really pushing the military towards a coup against his administration.
Most military people I've met support him...so I dunno.
Depending on your neck of the woods, I guess. I’ve read about 50% are starting to hate him.
I'm sure an election on that ship now would be against.
I'd love to believe that's true… :(
The reality is that most military members are lazy and stupid, no different from the rest of Americans
I mean the Navy publicly stated that the conditions are normal. This is just his they normally treat their workers.
What are they going to do, form a union?
They're poor people. Why would he care?
Hey, look here, admiral general Aladeen Bonespurs has an oPiNiOn.
Doesn't affect donnie J, so we all good!
Seriously, do any of you care either?
Broken clocks are right twice a day. We don't have a draft; they all signed up to be there, unlike the Iranian school girls they're bombing. Not sure why the former get more sympathy than the latter.
Edit: this isn't rhetorical, can someone downvoting this tell me why I should give a fuck that volunteer war criminals are going hungry? Maybe if conditions are bad enough and they all realize they're abandoned cannon fodder for the Epstein class, enlistments will drop and we can do 1% less imperialism next time Trump needs a distraction.