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[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 125 points 9 months ago

And they're going to vote for him.

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 40 points 9 months ago

Trump doesn't have much support from military members, but I've seen far too many of my fellow veterans supporting TFG and it needs to stop.

[-] ericisshort@lemmy.world 16 points 9 months ago
[-] ashok36@lemmy.world 23 points 9 months ago
[-] 8BitRoadTrip@lemm.ee 11 points 9 months ago

As a person also wondering about that acronym, thank you for your service. 🫡

[-] AFKBRBChocolate@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Originally it was "the former guy," which is what Biden said when he didn't want to use Trump's name.

[-] Wodge@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago

could be "The Fat Gimp" as well.

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[-] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

And unironically call it patriotism 🤣

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[-] Ertebolle@kbin.social 90 points 9 months ago

If Trump suffers a stroke and ends up in a wheelchair and/or partially paralyzed himself, I think this comment gives everyone permission to feel happy about that.

[-] agitatedpotato@lemmy.dbzer0.com 42 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I've moved on to DnD style ethics, if something bad happens to someone whos evil aligned, that action is a good action. The old ethics were written for the powerful in an attempt to justify their power and demonize any challenges to it. I don't require specifics anymore. Its good and funny when bad things happen to bad people. And the worse the things, the funnier it gets.

[-] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 13 points 9 months ago

Uh hello this is the based department, we're calling about the job opportunity. Unfortunately, you're overqualified.

[-] Jerkface@lemmy.world 9 points 9 months ago

Fuck yeah. I mean, just look at Always Sunny. QED.

[-] onionbaggage@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 9 months ago

It would probably be the stroke suffering Trump.

[-] MegaUltraChicken@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

"Ugh, why'd I have to clot inside this moron?" -Stroke, probably

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[-] TheJims@lemmy.world 66 points 9 months ago

I prefer presidents that don’t pardon war criminals

[-] krush_groove@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago

I prefer presidents that aren't criminals.

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[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 54 points 9 months ago

The headline buries the lead. He calls all soldiers "killers." This an article everyone should read.

[-] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 36 points 9 months ago
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[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 47 points 9 months ago

What's the thing people say they like him for? "He says what we're all thinking?"

Sounds about right for republican patriotism; 100% packaging, 0% substance.

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[-] LEDZeppelin@lemmy.world 44 points 9 months ago

So much for the “ParTY of patRIOTS”

[-] Chariotwheel@kbin.social 29 points 9 months ago

Fuck off for your service.

[-] Weirdfish@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

You know, as a non-combat veteran I would laugh my ass off if someone said this to me.

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[-] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 38 points 9 months ago

Fascism has such weird body issues.

Next Trump admin, look for Liver King stuffed into a Navy crackerjack suit.

[-] conditional_soup@lemm.ee 20 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

The most incredible thing to me is when they paint him as some kind of strong man, when he'd probably shit his pants if he had to pick up some furniture. I'm not going to go on some tirade of dunking on orange man, just look at the guy. He's not healthy, let alone strong. He looks like a package of gummy bears that accidentally get left in the car in July.

To be frank, that's really all Trump has is veneer. Projecting the strong man energy while also having riding around in a golf cart be his most vigorous form of exercise and wearing shitty suit cuts that can't hide his obesity; the spray tan and comb over to project the idea that he's young and outdoorsy, while he's whiter than calling the police and almost 80 years old; acting like he can relate to the common man when the dude eats KFC with a fork and knife on his private jet. Even the charity work the Trump organization has been involved in was little more than a flat out scam. If Trump was a fruit, he'd be all rind.

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[-] fubo@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago

Fascism has such weird body issues.

Always has. The Nazis' first mass-murder victims were children with disabilities.

[-] BeautifulMind@lemmy.world 26 points 9 months ago

If you find yourself confused at how the right is all about those troops on one day and then when Trump shits on those troops they're perfectly okay with that- it's okay, that shit is confusing until you understand they only value the troops as props when it suits them.

It's also probably worth noting that Trump sees soldiers as chumps that weren't special enough to get deferrals like him.

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[-] ForestOrca@kbin.social 25 points 9 months ago

Ya know, it's funny, I suspect the wounded vets would love to look at themselves in the mirror and see that they in fact hadn't been wounded. But for them it's just not that easy.

[-] Syrc@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Wait, wasn’t this already known? I swear I read Trump saying something like this even before the 2020 election. Am I having a Deja vu?

EDIT: Yes, it’s old news but now we have a reliable source and more details. Obviously he denied the claims the first time.

[-] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 14 points 9 months ago

Wait, wasn’t this already known?

To everyone but the people who need to know.

[-] YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world 24 points 9 months ago

Milley had chosen a severely wounded Army captain, Luis Avila, to sing “God Bless America.” Avila, who had completed five combat tours, had lost a leg in an IED attack in Afghanistan, and had suffered two heart attacks, two strokes, and brain damage as a result of his injuries. To Milley, and to four-star generals across the Army, Avila and his wife, Claudia, represented the heroism, sacrifice, and dignity of wounded soldiers.

It had rained that day, and the ground was soft; at one point Avila’s wheelchair threatened to topple over. Milley’s wife, Holly­anne, ran to help Avila, as did Vice President Mike Pence. After Avila’s performance, Trump walked over to congratulate him, but then said to Milley, within earshot of several witnesses, “Why do you bring people like that here? No one wants to see that, the wounded.” Never let Avila appear in public again, Trump told Milley. (Recently, Milley invited Avila to sing at his retirement ceremony.)

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 22 points 9 months ago

It wasn't even a decade ago when the Republican party was all about the wounded vets and veterans in general. They were THE American heroes and were honored extensively. They used them to speak about how the libs didn't give a damn about our soldiers and all that crap.
Then Trump came in with his "I like soldiers who don't get hurt or captured" bullshit and all the POW/MIA flags disappeared and got replaced with the Gadsen flag and the Iron Cross.

[-] SatanicNotMessianic@lemmy.ml 22 points 9 months ago

They don’t have a good faith position. Trump’s attitude towards both the military in general and vets in particular- especially wounded ones - were voiced in public while he was still just a candidate for the Republican nomination. He thinks only an idiot or loser would join the military because they aren’t qualified for anything else.

People - even Putin - thought his campaign was over when he insulted Gold Star families, but the “pro-vet” republicans just supported him even more.

Any position they take is just for optics and can switch at a moment’s notice.

[-] Chainweasel@lemmy.world 10 points 9 months ago

It doesn't really surprise me that that's Trump's stance on things, but it does surprise me that the military loving Republican voters didn't even have to think about it. They just immediately went "yeah! Fuck soldiers!!".
Hell, most of the active military personnel we have are heavily right leaning and even they didn't have a word to say about it. They just lined up, voted for him, and bought more merch.

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[-] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

They use them to look good but they're also the party that cuts the services they most need.

[-] Cobrachickenwing@lemmy.ca 11 points 9 months ago

They weren't even that before Trump. They were busy dismantling the VA and cutting benefits for veterans before him. Jon Stewart had to go to Congress to argue for benefits for veterans exposed to burn pits.

[-] someguy3@lemmy.ca 20 points 9 months ago

If Milley did it right, he would have put the wounded front and centre after a remark like that. Just shove it in his face.

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[-] Rapidcreek@reddthat.com 13 points 9 months ago

Trump is severely wounded on the inside.

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[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 8 points 9 months ago

And the “patriotic” MAGAtarded minions will STILL proudly vote for this piece of shit.

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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

Is anyone shocked by this? It's obvious what donnie thinks of the military.

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