Today is Trump's continued abuse of the military, either through making them do a job they're not supposed to do, turning them into a political prop, or trying to steal a day to honor for them to make it all about himself.
First, this message. As a Veteran of the US Army, F- this guy!
Word has come out that morale among the troops deployed into LA is pretty low for multiple reasons. As one soldier put it, "We're usually deployed to help a community, and the community comes out to show their gratitude. This time, the community doesn't want us here, and they are not very welcoming." On top of that, the deployment of the troops happened so fast that no one at the Pentagon filed the necessary paperwork to get them paid, healthcare, and the benefits that active duty military are promised. Considering the questionable legality of the deployment, those military employment basics might not be coming to these soldiers anytime soon. And even after photos showed the less-than-ideal living conditions of these deployed troops, they still have yet to get adequate housing/facilities.
Trump doesn't have time to care about those troops. He was off to Fort Bragg to do a political rally with the soldiers. This indeed was a politcal rally because the Trump Administration screened the soldiers that were featured behind the draft dodging anti-Ameirca orange jackass. This whole rally was a "tightly orchestrated effort to curate the optics" of the event. The soldiers behind Trump were picked because of their political leanings and physical fitness. The language of "no fat soldiers" was used to cull the audience. And female soldiers were not welcome. Only a handful of the crowd behind Trump was female, BY DESIGN! Trump feels women can serve and die for this country, but he doesn't want you ruining his photo op.
Army officials vented their frustration about this dog and pony show, as politicizing the military, and the Army in particular, is something that leads to falling public opinion, and lower morale within the ranks.
This leads us to the petulant orange man child's birthday military parade, hardly disguised as a salute to the military. On Saturday, we are going to have a military parade like a third-world dictatorship to make Trump feel like a big boy! One slight problem: they're apparently having difficulty finding enough people who actually want to attend the parade. Someone has found a Craigslist ad for seat fillers for June 14th in DC. Perspective hires are expected to wear Red, White, and Blue, and minorities are "encouraged" to apply, as the ad notes these minorities will be prominently featured in the broadcast (my guess is they'll save the ICE arrest for AFTER the parade).
Parade watching hires will get a free fast food lunch and be paid $1000 in cryptocurrency (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!). But it's one specific line that gives away Trump's real goal of making this salute to the military really about a swearing of allegiance to him and him alone. Every hire will be provided a red hat to wear. My guess is that the hat will bear a Trump slogan, and the right-wing TV networks covering it will insist "the crowd all wore the hat independently in a sign of Trump's appeal. Look, another minority!!!"
...It'd be a shame if a lot of people signed up for that work and wore anti-Trump or pro-Biden shirts under their Red, White, and Blue...
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