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"The Pentagon, in a break with recent tradition, will not host an Armed Forces Farewell tribute to President Donald Trump.
Its a shame, but not a surprise. Trump will leave office in disgrace, one week after the House voted a second time for his impeachment, two weeks after his supporters staged a deadly siege in the Capitol Building, six months after he dragged his Joint Chiefs chairman into a political firestorm, and after four years of nonstop assaults on truth. One of those disgraces is how he is ghosting the U.S. troops that he commanded.
On Wednesday, the White House announced that this weekend Vice President Mike Pence will deliver remarks to sailors on the Trump Administrations historic foreign policy achievements at Naval Air Station Lemoore, and then to the 10th Mountain Division, in Fort Drum, New York. Two senior defense officials confirmed to Defense One on Thursday that no military farewell is being planned for the commander in chief.
Perhaps its for the best. Trump has used the military as a political prop since his first days in office, from signing MAGA hats for troops to giving partisan-fueled speeches in the heart of the Pentagon. Americans soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines have been made to stand at attention for Trumps rants long enough. Besides, presidential visits are an honor and a headache for any military base that hosts them. The last time Trump appeared before troops was the Dec. 12 Army-Navy game at West Point. Before that, there was a brief Oct. 29 private visit with Army special operators at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, as he passed through on the presidential campaign trail."
https://www.defenseone.com/ideas/2021/01/pentagon-wont-throw-traditional-farewell-ceremony-trump/171408/
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)to give national security secrets to putin.
moonscape
(4,673 posts)be no need to pull out their wallet. They know everything already.
still_one
(92,219 posts)yellowcanine
(35,699 posts)Chainfire
(17,549 posts)Maybe he can review the Proud Boys on his way out the door and depart to the shouts of Sieg Heil!
Donny, old boy, actions have consequences. The losers and suckers don't want to give you a party; go figure.
Roisin Ni Fiachra
(2,574 posts)Bravo!
COLGATE4
(14,732 posts)to take place at Andrews as he mounts AF1 for the last time. Red carpet, military panoply, brass band and even a 21 gun salute. Sp, while the military's not going to do it on their own volition they're going to wind up doing it anyway. Pure Trump.
Zambero
(8,964 posts)Mack the Knife, perhaps?
eppur_se_muova
(36,269 posts)... and let Russian troops grab US bases without firing a shot ?
Yeah, others may have forgotten. 45 forgot within the next news cycle. But soldiers haven't forgotten.