Trump administration 2024-2028

[KevinB]

As a soldier you are not supposed to be cheering for the inflammatory rhetoric and personal attacks against rival politicians. We are above politics when the uniform goes on. I'm sure @KevinB can confirm the same applies in the States. Hopefully their chains of command are tracking who brought dishonor to their uniforms.

The unfortunate aspect is that the CoC is effectively hamstrung by the fact the CinC is egging this shit on.

Every 0-6 to 0-9 needs to be very careful to pick their battles, as it’s often better to not fight a battle and to be ready for a more important one, than to fall on one’s sword and not be around for when actually needed to give command leadership.

 

[PrairieFella]

The unfortunate aspect is that the CoC is effectively hamstrung by the fact the CinC is egging this shit on.

Every 0-6 to 0-9 needs to be very careful to pick their battles, as it’s often better to not fight a battle and to be ready for a more important one, than to fall on one’s sword and not be around for when actually needed to give command leadership.

Fair enough, but all it would take to have avoided this embarrassment would be to have the various First Sergeants and Master Sergeants threaten them with the smoking of a lifetime if they did anything political. They should have been ordered to sit there in silence and look pretty for the cameras.

 

[KevinB]

Fair enough, but all it would take to have avoided this embarrassment would be to have the various First Sergeants and Master Sergeants threaten them with the smoking of a lifetime if they did anything political. They should have been ordered to sit there in silence and look pretty for the cameras.

And then one MAGA guy complains to the organizers and the E-7 thru 9 crew is in the shitter.

It sucks and the current Administration is absolutely deplorable for how they are acting.

 

[HavokFour]

Not boding well, for anyone.

Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’

Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary

www.theguardian.com

Marines deployed near LA have not completed training on use of force, nonlethal weapons

 

[QV]

As a soldier you are not supposed to be cheering for the inflammatory rhetoric and personal attacks against rival politicians. We are above politics when the uniform goes on. I'm sure @KevinB can confirm the same applies in the States. Hopefully their chains of command are tracking who brought dishonour to their uniforms.

Yes, correct. Remain non-political. But where were your comments and the uproar here when Biden did something similar?

Now if the soldiers remained non-reactionary I can almost read the headlines now: "Trump speaks to military audience who defied him with their silence, staring ahead, it's obvious no military support Trump and all loathed to be present."

Not boding well, for anyone.

Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’

Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary

www.theguardian.com

Marines deployed near LA have not completed training on use of force, nonlethal weapons

Conservative estimate: 70% of these headlines are medial bullshit lies/embellishments. History has demonstrated this when it comes to anything and everything Trump. The establishment continuously works hard to undermine in everyway.

 

[PrairieFella]

Yes, correct. Remain non-political. But where were your comments and the uproar here when Biden did something similar?

Extraordinary claims, extraordinary evidence. Show me the clips of Biden calling an opponent scum and having the troops jeer at his opponent. Your quest for "both-side"isms must be exhausting dawg.

Now if the soldiers remained non-reactionary I can almost read the headlines now: "Trump speaks to military audience who defied him with their silence, staring ahead, it's obvious no military support Trump and all loathed to be present."

Now you're just making stuff up. Is that the headline in the bazillion other press conferences where troops are in the background across a variety of countries and years? Nonsense.

Conservative estimate: 70% of these headlines are medial bullshit lies/embellishments. History has demonstrated this when it comes to anything and everything Trump. The establishment continuously works hard to undermine in everyway.

Such a bleak and nihilistic outlook. Is the "establishment" in the room with us now? The MAGA persecution complex is fascinating. Like guys, you won. Now you can start treating scores of people like shit unmolested, surely that will bode well for domestic support.

 

[HavokFour]

So the plan is to alienate all their allies?

Hegseth: Hold my beer.

Hegseth jokes about US allies doing nothing in Afghanistan – despite hundreds dead

‘Don’t try and make it look like I don’t care’, insisted secretary after saying he saw a ‘lotta flags’ but not a lot of effort from US partners

www.independent.co.uk

 

[KevinB]

Not boding well, for anyone.

Troops and marines deeply troubled by LA deployment: ‘Morale is not great’

Several service members told advocacy groups they felt like pawns in a political game and assignment was not necessary

www.theguardian.com

Marines deployed near LA have not completed training on use of force, nonlethal weapons

It shouldn’t be a shock to anyone.

Outside of units at high readiness for specific tasks, UoF training isn’t common for Military units. ROE’s aren’t UoF ‘continuum’ training, nor is Less Lethal training common.

 

[PrairieFella]

Hegseth: Hold my beer.

Hegseth jokes about US allies doing nothing in Afghanistan – despite hundreds dead

‘Don’t try and make it look like I don’t care’, insisted secretary after saying he saw a ‘lotta flags’ but not a lot of effort from US partners

www.independent.co.uk

God this guy is such a prick. Shitting on the fighting spirit and thus the war dead of your allies in Congress certainly was a decision.

 

[KevinB]

God this guy is such a prick. Shitting on the fighting spirit and thus the war dead of your allies in Congress certainly was a decision.

He’s a fuckstick.
#notaranger

 

[HavokFour]

There may be another pivot in the making. This definitely sounds like a softening on his current 'policy'.

 

[PrairieFella]

There may be another pivot in the making. This definitely sounds like a softening on his current 'policy'.


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Steven Miller in shambles.

 

[QV]

Surely there's a process for being denied entry which doesn't involve pushing and shoving?

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Democratic Congresswoman for ‘Forcibly Impeding’ Federal Law Enforcement | National Review

The charges against McIver are tied to her involvement in a confrontation with law enforcement.

www.nationalreview.com

“Today a federal grand jury seated in Newark, New Jersey returned a three-count indictment charging U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver with forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers,”

Seeing as it was a grand jury we must all have trust and faith in the justice system to deal with these miscreants... am I right?

 

[QV]

There may be another pivot in the making. This definitely sounds like a softening on his current 'policy'.


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I'm glad to see this administration doing something but also willing to adjust when necessary.

 

[Remius]

He’s a fuckstick.
#notaranger

A lot of people defended his appointment. I’m sure they still think he’s the bestest.

 

[KevinB]

A lot of people defended his appointment. I’m sure they still think he’s the bestest.

Well more than a lot of people are colossally stupid...

 

[QV]

Terry Glavin: We're not Los Angeles yet, but it might be coming

Despite Carney's vow to scale back immigration, the numbers keep going up — not counting those living here illegally

nationalpost.com

In the article it states Trump is polling well on his immigration stance... suggests Canada would show similar polling favorability with higher immigration enforcement efforts.

 

[KevinB]

Federal Grand Jury Indicts Democratic Congresswoman for ‘Forcibly Impeding’ Federal Law Enforcement | National Review

The charges against McIver are tied to her involvement in a confrontation with law enforcement.

www.nationalreview.com

“Today a federal grand jury seated in Newark, New Jersey returned a three-count indictment charging U.S. Representative LaMonica McIver with forcibly impeding and interfering with federal law enforcement officers,”

Seeing as it was a grand jury we must all have trust and faith in the justice system to deal with these miscreants... am I right?

From that article:
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka (D), a state gubernatorial candidate, was arrested around the time of the scrum as he attempted to gain access to the ICE facility. Habba later dropped a trespassing charge against Baraka and he is now suing her for false arrest, malicious prosecution, and defamation.

Now the odd thing is the Mayor has zero authority to conduct oversight unlike Rep McIver..

 

[The Bread Guy]

There may be another pivot in the making. This definitely sounds like a softening on his current 'policy'.


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Wonder how POTUS47's hotel & leisure businesses are doing? Also, am I the only one finding it interesting how the farmers rate "protection" from cheap, foreign labour, but not the hospitality biz?

 

[Czech_pivo]

I'm glad to see this administration doing something but also willing to adjust when necessary.

'Adjust when necessary'

Please, this administration is the absolute winner of implement something with ZERO analysis, planning, or ability to see the bigger picture and thne be amazed that there isn't fall out or repercussions or what the knock-on effects are.

Anyone with an IQ over 90 could have seen what impact this would have on the Farmers/Hospitality industries in the US. Who f*ck does the actual manual labour in the US now? It's sure as shit not the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5+th generation Americans (ALMOST the same here in Canada but not quite) working in the strawberry fields in California or picking those almonds in California so those white, kept housewives in Alpharetta or Chapel Hill or Highland Park or Lakewood can have their almond milk.

Just like all the firings and then quick re-hirings during the DOGE fiasco, this is no different.

Useless tools.