>The letter said, “…he ‘advised’ our unit members and their families to join him and his wife and children for a showing of that new documentary called ‘Melania’ at an off-base movie theater… When he said ‘advised’, we know what that meant.
No-Post4444 on
My sympathies to the soldiers who were forced to watch this abomination. I hope they will be able to recover one day.
mjconver on
This sounds like one of those “illegal orders” things
Edit: forgot the /s
wrhnj on
If they were Prisoners of war, this would be against the Geneva convention.
Rambaz_69 on
I don’t know what the situation is like in other European countries, but in Austria it’s like this:
After flopping at domestic cinemas over the weekend with only 193 viewers, market leader Cineplexx is now removing the Trump documentary from its program. There will be no more screenings starting Friday!
CanCaliDave on
Does the 8th amendment not apply to the military??
Harkoncito on
*They knew what they signed up for*
hifumiyo1 on
Mandatory “fun”.
Front-Beat1575 on
No suprise, the entire trump era has been him hoeing out the American tax payer to line his families pockets
Julian_Thorne on
“oh and by the way, you’ll have to buy your own ticket. and leave a good review”
cup-of-tea-76 on
Torture training
tcoh1s on
It’s modern water boarding
30mil on
This is just training to help them cope with possible torture situations
toddywithabody on
“I would rather go to war” was probably the top review from military personnel.
bkdotcom on
Geneva convention anyone?
Banes_Addiction on
This is why they have to lock the grenades up.
Dr_Retch on
No question, a War Crime. But, I’ll bet a swarm of Ukrainian drones could drop some tonnage of DVDs and stop Putin in his tracks.
square600 on
Torture training – interesting approach
Cool-Mom-Lover on
Is this one of those ways to launder money into trumps coffers?
Force the military to watch the movie…. us gov buys tickets to the movie… ticket sales go to trump
Tokie-Dokie on
Our tax dollars being pumped back into the Trump ego. Again.
Linuxxx on
I believe the term is “mandatory fun day”, except for this one time, Lol.
NinjaJehu on
Gotta love being voluntold to participate in mandatory fun. Unfortunately, leadership in the military likes to do this kind of shit every once in a while and it sucks.
Old_Channel44 on
That’s not all they’re pressured to do…wait until people read what they’ve done in the Middle East
TheLarusArgentatus on
The desperation is high. Love to see them act like this, yet working on themselves to make shit better is no option.
EdSGuard on
So… a self inflicted war crime?
guyonlinepgh on
Tell me you didn’t see this coming
TheElbow on
Third world country shit
psadee on
I think, I remember something like that from documentaries about soviet communist times. It’s funny how things tends to repeat in history. Or maybe not so funny?
No-Flounder-9143 on
>In a statement to the Daily Beast, the Department of Defense said that there “is no Department of War [sic] directive requiring service members to see this film, though the film is fantastic.”0
The grift that extends from TheRump to his entire family circle in unprecedented and inexcusable.
The “Bezos bribe” isn’t even coming out of his pocket, it is being footed by Amazon shareholders.
_cryisfree_ on
If they can sit through Melania they can handle waterboarding or whatever else is thrown at them.
ChronicCactus on
This is a pretty transparent bribery scheme. We can all agree on that right?
Pretend_Meet_88 on
I was wondering where the hell the 7 million bucks in sales came from. Now we know.
thegreenmushrooms on
Something I would expect from North Korea
A_Unqiue_Username on
Don’t our armed service members do enough for the country without having to be exposed to this?
OdinzSun on
This is some North Korean bullshit
Atopos2025 on
Imagine the opposition Republicans would have had if Obama had a documentary made for Michelle and forced service members to watch it during his presidency.
They would have lost their goddamn minds.
ResponsibleAd2404 on
We are seeing corruption on a scale we have never seen before. I wish someone would actually make an authentic documentary about her, instead of that fluff piece.
Oceanbreeze871 on
Zero sympathy for the “just following illegal orders” crowd.
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>The letter said, “…he ‘advised’ our unit members and their families to join him and his wife and children for a showing of that new documentary called ‘Melania’ at an off-base movie theater… When he said ‘advised’, we know what that meant.
My sympathies to the soldiers who were forced to watch this abomination. I hope they will be able to recover one day.
This sounds like one of those “illegal orders” things
Edit: forgot the /s
If they were Prisoners of war, this would be against the Geneva convention.
I don’t know what the situation is like in other European countries, but in Austria it’s like this:
After flopping at domestic cinemas over the weekend with only 193 viewers, market leader Cineplexx is now removing the Trump documentary from its program. There will be no more screenings starting Friday!
Does the 8th amendment not apply to the military??
*They knew what they signed up for*
Mandatory “fun”.
No suprise, the entire trump era has been him hoeing out the American tax payer to line his families pockets
“oh and by the way, you’ll have to buy your own ticket. and leave a good review”
Torture training
It’s modern water boarding
This is just training to help them cope with possible torture situations
“I would rather go to war” was probably the top review from military personnel.
Geneva convention anyone?
This is why they have to lock the grenades up.
No question, a War Crime. But, I’ll bet a swarm of Ukrainian drones could drop some tonnage of DVDs and stop Putin in his tracks.
Torture training – interesting approach
Is this one of those ways to launder money into trumps coffers?
Force the military to watch the movie…. us gov buys tickets to the movie… ticket sales go to trump
Our tax dollars being pumped back into the Trump ego. Again.
I believe the term is “mandatory fun day”, except for this one time, Lol.
Gotta love being voluntold to participate in mandatory fun. Unfortunately, leadership in the military likes to do this kind of shit every once in a while and it sucks.
That’s not all they’re pressured to do…wait until people read what they’ve done in the Middle East
The desperation is high. Love to see them act like this, yet working on themselves to make shit better is no option.
So… a self inflicted war crime?
Tell me you didn’t see this coming
Third world country shit
I think, I remember something like that from documentaries about soviet communist times. It’s funny how things tends to repeat in history. Or maybe not so funny?
>In a statement to the Daily Beast, the Department of Defense said that there “is no Department of War [sic] directive requiring service members to see this film, though the film is fantastic.”0
Brother, what?
>*Melania herself is expected to personally pocket $27 million from the Amazon deal,* [*sparking claims*](https://variety.com/2026/film/news/jimmy-kimmel-melania-documentary-bribe-amazon-1236643268/) *that the entire project is, in fact, a massive bribe paid by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos to curry favor with the Trump family.*
The grift that extends from TheRump to his entire family circle in unprecedented and inexcusable.
The “Bezos bribe” isn’t even coming out of his pocket, it is being footed by Amazon shareholders.
If they can sit through Melania they can handle waterboarding or whatever else is thrown at them.
This is a pretty transparent bribery scheme. We can all agree on that right?
I was wondering where the hell the 7 million bucks in sales came from. Now we know.
Something I would expect from North Korea
Don’t our armed service members do enough for the country without having to be exposed to this?
This is some North Korean bullshit
Imagine the opposition Republicans would have had if Obama had a documentary made for Michelle and forced service members to watch it during his presidency.
They would have lost their goddamn minds.
We are seeing corruption on a scale we have never seen before. I wish someone would actually make an authentic documentary about her, instead of that fluff piece.
Zero sympathy for the “just following illegal orders” crowd.
Indoctrination much