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>It was not the first time Trump gave an overtly political speech in a military setting, breaking the tradition of keeping the armed forces separate from partisan politics. He told assembled generals and admirals in September the country was “under invasion from within,” and his visit here in June to mark the Army’s 250th birthday featured a booth selling partisan paraphernalia.
>On Friday, Trump shared the stage with Michael Whatley, a former Republican National Committee chairman now running for Senate who holds no government position. Trump used the platform to boost Whatley, attack Democrats and repeat previously announced military spending plans.
>Defense Department policy prohibits partisan political activity by active-duty service members. “The Army as an institution must be nonpartisan and appear so too,” the Army field manual reads. “Nonpartisanship assures the public that our Army will always serve the Constitution and our people loyally and responsively.”
This would have been career ending for any other commander in chief
sedatedlife on
He has no respect for tradition and norms.
mustachiomegazord on
Do they know he’s trying to cancel mail in voting, the way a great many of them vote?
fairoaks2 on
MAGA doesn’t give a sh*t about tradition despite all the need to return to “great again”.
Disgusting
ILoveHotDogsAndBacon on
Makes sense. No one will go to his rallies anymore so he needs an audience where attendance is mandatory.
Additional_Quiet2600 on
Man this guy does so much illegal shit. Ever heard of the Hatch Act?
Inspectorgadget4250 on
They can’t follow illegal orders.
ezagreb on
Vote for the crazies, give up your rights.
PureSpeckulation on
It’s the only way he can get a captive audience nowadays…they have to be literally ordered to sit through it
CivilMagazine99 on
Crazy when you know you can’t draw a crowd for a rally so you go to military base and force them to come
Panda331988 on
Under invasion from within? Well certainly that kind of rhetoric won’t cause anyone to do anything crazy
Steveonthetoast on
Like a rule, policy or historical president would be followed by the dear leader
GreatVeterinarian615 on
….and it’s only been one year
supertiggercat on
What Hatch Act?
NoIncrease299 on
Was he talking to the suckers or the losers? Or both of them?
Flamboiant_Canadian on
If you pay attention to his track record on Veteran Affairs, he is by far the worst option for service members. The GOP just hate anyone in active service or a veteran.
It’s almost like there’s no aforementioned intelligence in the military? Since they tend to always lean Republican, who actually hate them for serving their country?
It’s very contrast to Nordic countries that are very Liberal and their militaries are supported by the parties.
Academic-Business-45 on
I say release the unredacted Epstein files
kennedyswise on
Unforgivable
CAM6913 on
Sounds more like he ordered them to vote GOP
LegDayDE on
He can’t draw a crowd so he forced his employees to listen to his bullshit rants instead.
imahugemoron on
Yet another day of saying “imagine the meltdown if Biden had said this”
TheMoorNextDoor on
So now the soldiers should see that as an order?
That’s completely and totally against the law.
TheBatemanFlex on
I actually didn’t know CIC could go around campaigning to the military for their party.
He spend most of the speech talking about voting republican, and how democrats wouldn’t have given them money and will rename their base.
Quite disgusting.
foefyre on
Great, now it’s a direct order from their commander in chief and with all their voter data they can remove dissidents for not voting how they were told.
SiltStrider_Mechanic on
The military is full of fucking idiots so they probably will.
Ovaltineyum on
Republicans “help” by giving money to contractors to build more machines of death.
Democrats help by passing protections and budgets for veterans and services for military members.
How the GOP convinced people they were the party that helps the military is beyond me…
AcanthisittaNo6653 on
Just remember what Kelley said, “You can refuse an illegal order.”
SadRow2397 on
So they can keep deporting veterans…
belisario262 on
he’s so Putinesque it’s embarrassing
Dweidmann on
They don’t have to follow illegal orders. Lets hope they are smart enough
njman100 on
Fascist America
Duder_ino on
No thanks, we support and defend the constitution of the US.
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>It was not the first time Trump gave an overtly political speech in a military setting, breaking the tradition of keeping the armed forces separate from partisan politics. He told assembled generals and admirals in September the country was “under invasion from within,” and his visit here in June to mark the Army’s 250th birthday featured a booth selling partisan paraphernalia.
>On Friday, Trump shared the stage with Michael Whatley, a former Republican National Committee chairman now running for Senate who holds no government position. Trump used the platform to boost Whatley, attack Democrats and repeat previously announced military spending plans.
>Defense Department policy prohibits partisan political activity by active-duty service members. “The Army as an institution must be nonpartisan and appear so too,” the Army field manual reads. “Nonpartisanship assures the public that our Army will always serve the Constitution and our people loyally and responsively.”
This would have been career ending for any other commander in chief
He has no respect for tradition and norms.
Do they know he’s trying to cancel mail in voting, the way a great many of them vote?
MAGA doesn’t give a sh*t about tradition despite all the need to return to “great again”.
Disgusting
Makes sense. No one will go to his rallies anymore so he needs an audience where attendance is mandatory.
Man this guy does so much illegal shit. Ever heard of the Hatch Act?
They can’t follow illegal orders.
Vote for the crazies, give up your rights.
It’s the only way he can get a captive audience nowadays…they have to be literally ordered to sit through it
Crazy when you know you can’t draw a crowd for a rally so you go to military base and force them to come
Under invasion from within? Well certainly that kind of rhetoric won’t cause anyone to do anything crazy
Like a rule, policy or historical president would be followed by the dear leader
….and it’s only been one year
What Hatch Act?
Was he talking to the suckers or the losers? Or both of them?
If you pay attention to his track record on Veteran Affairs, he is by far the worst option for service members. The GOP just hate anyone in active service or a veteran.
It’s almost like there’s no aforementioned intelligence in the military? Since they tend to always lean Republican, who actually hate them for serving their country?
It’s very contrast to Nordic countries that are very Liberal and their militaries are supported by the parties.
I say release the unredacted Epstein files
Unforgivable
Sounds more like he ordered them to vote GOP
He can’t draw a crowd so he forced his employees to listen to his bullshit rants instead.
Yet another day of saying “imagine the meltdown if Biden had said this”
So now the soldiers should see that as an order?
That’s completely and totally against the law.
I actually didn’t know CIC could go around campaigning to the military for their party.
He spend most of the speech talking about voting republican, and how democrats wouldn’t have given them money and will rename their base.
Quite disgusting.
Great, now it’s a direct order from their commander in chief and with all their voter data they can remove dissidents for not voting how they were told.
The military is full of fucking idiots so they probably will.
Republicans “help” by giving money to contractors to build more machines of death.
Democrats help by passing protections and budgets for veterans and services for military members.
How the GOP convinced people they were the party that helps the military is beyond me…
Just remember what Kelley said, “You can refuse an illegal order.”
So they can keep deporting veterans…
he’s so Putinesque it’s embarrassing
They don’t have to follow illegal orders. Lets hope they are smart enough
Fascist America
No thanks, we support and defend the constitution of the US.