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Trump repeatedly boasts about boosting the Pentagon budget, and he enjoys giving speeches before cheering troops or military hardware, but he has been reluctant to visit troops in war zones, reported the New York Times.
His immediate predecessors, George W. Bush and Barack Obama, each made four visits to troops in Afghanistan, the same number of visits Bush made to Iraq, which Obama visited once.
Aides told the newspaper that Trump has not made visits to war zones because he does not really want them serving there in the first place.
They said a presidential visit would validate missions he doesnt truly believe in.
Trump, who got a military deferment for bone spurs during the Vietnam War era, has also not made special trips to visit troops deployed at American bases overseas.
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/11/trump-wont-visit-troops-war-zones-doesnt-believe/
underpants
(182,802 posts)Was there anything else that he actually did there?
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)But keep voting Republican!
eppur_se_muova
(36,262 posts)Way to respect the troops, Coward In Chief.
dameatball
(7,397 posts)That is probably as close as he will ever get to hostile territory....with the gangs, rapists, caravans and small pox carriers.
Squinch
(50,949 posts)Moostache
(9,895 posts)That is astoundingly tone deaf and insulting to military personnel stuck on deployments not of their choosing or comfort either...
If Trump REALLY doesn't believe in the missions, CALL THEM HOME TODAY!!! Do not leave American soldiers and personnel in harm's way because of your own cowardice and lack of fortitude. Sweet Jesus man, I know you have no desire to really BE the president, but for the love of anything decent, do not be such a colossal piece of shit constantly.
Damn I wish his heart would implode already.
Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)I can't believe they can say this outrageous shit, and the media just gives them a pass.
I can't believe a single veteran supports this idiot coward..
msongs
(67,405 posts)WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)backtoblue
(11,343 posts)The only reason he does ANYTHING is when he benefits from it.
Yeah, because he'd rather have a private military that he can profit from...
angrychair
(8,699 posts)I do not support your mission, I dont support you!
That is the takeaway from that statement.
We have troops in harms way. As CIC you have a responsibility to those troops to not just support them in words but in deeds.
That includes visiting then, no matter where they are.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,690 posts)Otherwise he needs to get his fat orange ass to Afghanistan and go through the motions of pretending he gives a damn. Bush at least served up a plastic turkey on Thanksgiving but Orangehole McLittledick can't even be bothered to do that.
Ohiogal
(31,997 posts)Celerity
(43,353 posts)FAKE POTUS
DinahMoeHum
(21,787 posts)n/t