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1.) This is a thread about just SOME of the times that candidate & President Trump has disrespected the military, fumbled military responses & praised dictators. I know that it won't change minds of die-hards who don't even believe any of this is true. The *ONE hope I have from
2.) people who refuse to believe that it's true - tells me that they don't want it to be true because they know it's wrong. Maybe, MAYBE there's hope for them. (Sadly, I doubt it.) Then there are people who have been so brainwashed that they don't CARE if it's true as many
3.) Americans now have the same radical views that Trump does -and try to frame people like me as "rah-rah-military-and-war" while they brainwashed-ly don't see the problem with Putin. Anyway. If anyone reading this is undecided - or anyone reading this just wants a lot of facts
4.) in one place - here you go. I know there is even more than I am putting here. Obviously we have all seen The Atlantic story from this week. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/ But let's look at the other times Trump has said and done TRAITOROUS things.
5.) At a rally in Denver, July 2016, after saying that his kids had star power - he ranted about General John Allen. "You know who he is? He’s a failed general. He was the general fighting ISIS. I would say he hasn't done so well, right?” Trump said. https://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/donald-trump-general-john-allen-226462
6a.) “Trump belittled the parents of a slain Muslim soldier who had strongly denounced Mr. Trump during the DNC, saying that the soldier’s father had delivered the entire speech because his mother was not “allowed” to speak.” - July 2016
6b.) She didn’t speak because she was too emotional & couldn’t - while Trump implied that it was because of Islam that she was not ‘allowed’ to speak. https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-khizr-khan-wife-ghazala.html
7.) Trump told the wife of slain (by Isis in Niger) Sergeant La David Johnson, in a phone call that her husband "knew what he signed up for" and didn't appear to know his name. https://www.businessinsider.com/sgt-la-david-johnson-funeral-trump-wilson-controversy-2017-10
8.) Trump called West Point Cadets back to Campus at the height of the Coronavirus (as they were spread across the USA) to use as political props during a speech. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/24/us/politics/coronavirus-trump-west-point.html
9.) Trump compares his life in business to that of a war veteran, as he tells the father of a fallen solider, “I’ve made a lot of sacrifices.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tamerragriffin/trump-responds-to-father-of-slain-soldier
10.) In a total break from tradition & reality, Trump refers to the military as “MY generals and MY military…” which upsets lifelong military members who understand that the military belongs to the nation, not the president. https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-my-generals-my-military-2017-10
11.) Trump bans transgender soldiers from the military calling them “unfit.” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/06/us/politics/trump-transgender-rights.html
12.) President Trump wants budget cuts that slashes programs that veterans and their families rely on. https://budget.house.gov/publications/report/president-trump-s-extreme-budget-cuts-hurt-veterans
13.) Trump says to a room full of war veterans, that soldiers with PTSD “aren’t strong.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/emaoconnor/trump-ptsd
14.) A controversial Navy Seal who was accused of war crimes & described as “toxic & evil” by fellow military, was hosted by Trump at Mar-A-Lago https://nypost.com/2019/12/22/navy-seal-eddie-gallagher-meets-with-trump-at-mar-a-lago/?_ga=2.148153527.1064726569.1599232765-1567272168.1599232765
15.) Trump is afraid of being killed when visiting Troops overseas and says, “I don’t think it’s overly necessary.”While adding, “I have done more for the military than any president in many, many years…” https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2018/10/17/top-senate-democrat-urges-trump-to-visit-troops-fighting-overseas/
16.) Trump lied and said that he was “extremely busy” on Veterans Day and couldn’t visit the Arlington Cemetery. (Although his schedule - which is public - was empty that day.) https://www.vox.com/2018/11/17/18100208/donald-trump-arlington-veterans-day
17.) Trump wouldn’t visit the graves of over 2,000 soldiers in France who died in WWI because it was raining. https://www.axios.com/trump-wwi-cemetery-visit-cancelled-over-weather-88722706-ac6e-4543-8186-54a0addc597c.html
18.) Trump said that retired Navy Admiral William McRaven, who served for 37 years and organized the Osama Bin Laden raid, “should have gotten Bin Laden sooner.” https://www.axios.com/donald-trump-interview-fox-news-sunday-b63096ef-0a44-4f0f-aea7-5e9f4e74b4cf.html
19.) Lt. Col. Alexander S. Vindman, a decorated Iraq war veteran who served on the staff of the White House National Security Council who should have been promoted had to retire due to a campaign of intimidation and retaliation from Trump. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/08/us/politics/vindman-trump-ukraine-impeachment.html
20.) Trump addresses members of the Wounded Warrior Project and says that he will only call them “warriors” and not “wounded”. https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefings-statements/remarks-president-trump-2019-wounded-warrior-project-soldier-ride/
21.) Candidate Trump - who got five deferments (both medical & student) for Vietnam claims that John McCain - Vietnam Vet is “not a war hero because he was captured.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/andrewkaczynski/donald-trump-on-john-mccain-hes-not-a-war-hero#.wjRKBKPPz
22.) Trump praised President Xi of the People’s Republic of China as being a King. "President Xi, who is a strong man, I call him King, he said, 'But I am not King, I am president.' I said, 'No, you're president for life...."
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1904/03/cg.02.html
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/1904/03/cg.02.html
23.) Trump sides with Turkey over our allies - The Kurds - and refuses to support them as they faced a Turkish military assault. Senior US Military officials were furious. https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/15/politics/us-troops-syria-anger/index.html
24.) Trump praised Turkish Pres Erdogan (sued by Swedish authorities for genocide & crimes against humanity) "It's my honor to be with a friend of mine, somebody I've become close to in many respects, & he's doing a very good job: the President of Turkey." https://tinyurl.com/y6lgfh23
25.) Candidate Trump criticized Obama praising Putin instead. "The man has very strong control over a country....but certainly in that system, he's been a leader. Far more than our president has been a leader." https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=T50EGndMJnM
26.) Trump has praised North Korea’s dictator Kim Jung Un many times. "Kim Jong Un has been somebody that I've gotten to know very well and respect, and hopefully -- and I really believe that, over a period of time, a lot of tremendous things will happen.” https://tinyurl.com/y4b8l48o
27.) Information on the human atrocities committed under dictator Kim Jong Un. A 2014 UN report cited, “extermination, enslavement, torture, rape, persecution based on religious, political grounds, starvation, disappearing people” and more. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/11/world/asia/north-korea-human-rights.html
28.) While speaking at a rally in West Virginia, Trump said that he and murderous dictator Kim Jong Un “fell in love” https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/09/30/trump-kim-jong-un-fell-in-love-west-virginia-rally-bts-vpx.cnn
29.) As President Trump praised Putin & slammed NATO. “NATO has not treated us fairly…” while making misleading statements about how countries “pay into it.” “Frankly, Putin may be the easiest of them all.” https://www.nbcnews.com/video/trump-praises-putin-blasts-nato-uk-ahead-of-europe-trip-1273722435668
30.) President Trump revealed highly classified info to the Russian foreign minister& ambassador in a meeting at the White House, revealing more info to them than we have shared with our allies. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-revealed-highly-classified-information-to-russian-foreign-minister-and-ambassador/2017/05/15/530c172a-3960-11e7-9e48-c4f199710b69_story.html
31.) Candidate Trump said, "Putin has done a really great job of outsmarting our country. He was so nice. He is really very much of a leader. He said nice things about me. I like him because he called me a genius. Putin did call me a genius.” https://www.reuters.com/video/watch/exclusive-us-drones-hacked-by-russia-in-id368403586
32.) President Trump wants Putin to join the G7 despite the protesting of our allies. (Russia was expelled from the Group of 8 in 2014 after annexing Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula) https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/01/us/politics/trump-putin-g7.html
33.) Trump wanted to hand back two diplomatic compounds (near NYC & Maryland) to Russia that it’s officials were ejected from due to 2016 election interference. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-moves-to-return-russian-compounds-in-maryland-and-new-york/2017/05/31/3c4778d2-4616-11e7-98cd-af64b4fe2dfc_story.html
34.)Trump has spoken privately with Putin at least 16 times. (File under: unprecedented) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/10/04/trump-has-spoken-privately-with-putin-least-times-heres-what-we-know-about-conversations/
35.) This is bigly.
Trump defended Putin claiming he gave an “extremely strong and powerful” denial that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ahead-of-putin-summit-trump-faults-us-stupidity-for-poor-relations-with-russia/2018/07/16/297f671c-88c0-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html
Trump defended Putin claiming he gave an “extremely strong and powerful” denial that Russia interfered in the 2016 election. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ahead-of-putin-summit-trump-faults-us-stupidity-for-poor-relations-with-russia/2018/07/16/297f671c-88c0-11e8-a345-a1bf7847b375_story.html
36.) THIS JUST IN: Trump today - while denying that he called fallen soldiers "losers" has for no reason shut down the since Civil War newspaper for the troops - Stars & Stripes. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/09/04/trump-and-stars-and-stripes-attacking-american-icon-column/5706859002/
37.) Again as I said this thread is only SOME of Trump's words/actions re: the US military. I will throw some bullet points below in a last (but not totally comprehensive list) and you can Google.
*August 2017, Trump called Sen. Richard Blumenthal "a phony Vietnam con artist."
*August 2017, Trump called Sen. Richard Blumenthal "a phony Vietnam con artist."
38.) *Jan 2019, Trump said retired 4-star General Stanley McChrystal was fired by former President Barack Obama "like a dog."
*Aug 2019, Trump told Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton, (formerly served as a US marine in Iraq) "You remain a frickin' coward."
*Aug 2019, Trump told Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton, (formerly served as a US marine in Iraq) "You remain a frickin' coward."
39.) *Oct 2019, Trump called his former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis (retired 4-star general) "the world's most overrated general."
*Oct 2019, Trump called Bill Taylor US's chief envoy to Ukraine, a "Never Trumper" then said that, "Never-Trumpers" were human scum.
*Oct 2019, Trump called Bill Taylor US's chief envoy to Ukraine, a "Never Trumper" then said that, "Never-Trumpers" were human scum.
40.) *June 2020, Trump brought active military to the streets against the American people.
I think that's a good ending spot for now.
I think that's a good ending spot for now.
41.) How could I have excluded the most important one. Trump is siding with 
and the Taliban. He doesn’t GAF that Putin put bounties to have the Taliban kill US soldiers. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/us/politics/trump-putin-bounties.amp.html
and the Taliban. He doesn’t GAF that Putin put bounties to have the Taliban kill US soldiers. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2020/07/29/us/politics/trump-putin-bounties.amp.html
