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THREAD: Why veterans and servicemen and women don’t trust Trump to be their commander in chief for 4 more years. There's the obvious from the Atlantic, now confirmed by multiple news sources. 1/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/09/trump-americans-who-died-at-war-are-losers-and-suckers/615997/
Trump defended Russia for arming the Taliban against US Troops, saying the US did that once. 2/ https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-appears-to-defend-russia-arming-the-taliban-against-us-troops
Trump knew since Feb 2020 that Russia paid bounties to kill American troops, yet he has done nothing. he was briefed on options such as sanctions yet his admin has taken no action against russia for paying bounties for killing American and NATO troops. 3/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html
In May 2020, the White House was planning to end National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits, but after the massive public outcry, they backtracked and let Guard members continue on their orders. 4/ https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/20/trump-administration-extending-national-guard-deployments-272156
The Trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government 5/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/coronavirus-fema-medical-supplies.html
Trump's admin fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after he warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew. The virus subsequently spread amongst the crew. 6/ https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/02/826317152/uss-roosevelt-commander-removed-after-criticizing-handling-of-coronavirus-outbre
After Iran's retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as "headaches". 7/ https://apnews.com/eabf6766d717a2dd518a3c6319bb2430
Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (May&Nov, 2019). 8/ https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/11/16/trump-grants-clemency-to-troops-in-three-controversial-war-crimes-cases/
Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. He threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection. Sent opposition research to the Pentagon to derail Lt. Col. Vindman's promotion. 9/ https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-nsc-dirt-alexander-vindman-allegations-2020-7
Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who suffered from Agent Orange. 10/ https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2019/10/23/white-house-responsible-for-delayed-decision-on-new-agent-orange-diseases-documents-show/
There is a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility. 11/ https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/deployed-then-deported-how-us-vets-who-served-their-country-get-kicked-out-11390471
Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built. 12/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-russia/russia-lands-forces-at-former-u-s-air-base-in-northern-syria-idUSKBN1XP0XN
On Oct 7, 2019, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Erdogan. Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces. 13/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-to-pull-troops-from-northern-syria-as-turkey-readies-offensive/2019/10/07/a965e466-e8b3-11e9-bafb-da248f8d5734_story.html
In Sept 2019,he made an Air Force crew stop in Scotland to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay at a Trump property. 14/ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/09/07/c-17-crew-stops-at-trumps-scottish-golf-resort-en-route-to-kuwait/
In Sept, 2019, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, military housing funds, Ukraine defense, and daycare to pay for Trump's border wall. 16/ https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-pentagon/pentagon-pulls-funds-for-military-schools-daycare-to-pay-for-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN1VP2VY
In Aug, 2019, emails revealed that three of Trump's Mar-a-Lago pals in private medicine were ghost-running the department of veterans affairs. 17/ https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/25/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-crowd-va-emails/index.html
Trump instructed aides to seize private property some of which contain military service member remains. 18/ https://apnews.com/ad6f6247154548c3b28db33ae6a5eae9
Children of deployed US troops are no longer guaranteed citizenship. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019). 19/ https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/28/children-us-troops-born-overseas-will-no-longer-get-automatic-american-citizenship.html
On Aug 2, 2019, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall. 20/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/military-retirement-trump-wall/
On July 31, 2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuted war criminals. 21/ https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/07/31/trump-nixes-nams-for-4-prosecutors-tied-to-seal-case/
Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019). 22/ https://thehill.com/homenews/news/453225-marine-corps-veteran-denied-entry-to-us-for-citizenship-interview
Trump had the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (July 4, 2019). 23/ https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-office-presidency-2020-reelection-20190703-story.html
In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence. 24/ https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/06/06/active-duty-troops-spend-month-painting-border-wall.html
Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019). 25/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-mueller-made-such-a-fool-of-himself-in-last-weeks-public-appearance/2019/06/06/96dd8f9c-885f-11e9-a491-25df61c78dc4_story.html
Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported June 4th, 2019). 26/ https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-prenup-melania-everything-we-know-2019-4#the-agreement-also-stipulated-that-trump-would-stop-the-100000-child-support-payments-for-maples-young-daughter-tiffany-when-she-turned-21-or-if-she-got-a-full-time-job-enlisted-in-the-military-or-joined-the-peace-corps-11
