SectionC3 Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 Another day, another speech in which Joe sounds presidential. In sharp contrast, of course, to the current occupant of the Oval Office. I was particularly impressed with Joe’s measured approach to the allegations of President Trump’s shameful disrespect of our fallen heroes. I can’t wait until we have a president of dignity, honor, and character again, and that means that I can’t wait until Joe Biden is our president! Discuss. 1
VaMilBill Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 Actions speak louder than words. Does no good for Joe to say he respects the military while he and Obama allowed it to crumble making it more susceptible to attack particularly from China 5
bdutton Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 I recently spent a euphoric family sleepover weekend at home with my loved ones. In the middle of a sleepless night, as my loved ones slept, I passed the pile of shoes near the front door and was compelled to photograph them. Proof that although I was stressed and sleepless, love was all around me. The image of my families’ footwear told the story, without my having to say one word. The adult female and male shoes, baby girl shoes, and little boy shoes, helter-skelter in the entranceway was the dead giveaway that a lot of my favorite people were “in the house.” As I recently combed through my phone photos, the family shoe image jumped out causing me to pause and reflect on the whole shoe thing. Shoes can speak volumes about a person and their personality. And shoes can oftentimes speak for themselves. They can also serve as a symbol for family gatherings, historical events, and more. No matter what the situation, shoes will most likely tell a story. Where have your shoes taken you? What do your shoes say about you? If someone were to spend a day in your shoes, what would they experience? Early in my life, I recall feeling horribly embarrassed by my shoes. Many of them had been purchased at the Salvation Army, and because my feet were so big (I still wear close to a size 9), I often wore boys’ shoes. And everyone has heard the old adage: You can tell a man by his shoes. Or a woman. Two starkly different perceptions are conjured up in my head when thinking about shoes: The dark vs. the light visual. The light side first: My babies’ first pair of shoes. (How I wish I would have bronzed them). My daughter’s orthopedic ankle-high boot that attached to a bar brace at night, ballet slippers, tap shoes, and her first pair of heels. My son’s first pair of soccer cleats, ice skates, and wingtips. And all those uber-expensive sneakers the kids insisted they had to have because everyone else was wearing them. My despised but admittedly comfortable saddle shoes I was forced to wear at Saint Ambrose Catholic School for eight long years, my white go-go boots, penny loafers, and Mary Jane’s. My first pair of designer shoes; Manolo Blahnik’s bought in error. After an afternoon of champagne celebrating at the Four Seasons, I saw a gorgeous pair of black bowed heels in a store window. When I tried them on they fit like a glove. I thought the price on the box said $77.00. I charged them in my champagne stupor, and only realized on the train ride home that my receipt said $770.00. Non-refundable. What a difference a 0 can make. If you are a regular reader of my blog posts, you know there will always be the darker, more sinister side of things. The dark side now: I insisted on burying my grandmother in her slippers because she always complained that her bunions were killing her. Except lung cancer killed her in the end. On 9/11, as the towers burned and then crumbled, women yanked off their high-heels so they could flee the cataclysm as quickly as possible. Heels don’t make for fast running. A pink spike here, a black slingback there. Blood-stained, dusty, almost-unrecognizable shoes from that unfathomable Tuesday. One woman got her shoe and foot caught in a piece of twisted steel and thought she would die there. Someone helped to free her foot, and she recovered her shoe. He saved her life but she never found him to offer her thanks. Maybe he died. Others discarded their shoes as they trudged through stairwells flooded with water from fire sprinklers. And the entire floor of the Battery Park tunnel was strewn with shoes from people taking them off to run as fast as fast could run. A grisly photograph sent to me by a colleague of a pile of bloody shoes belonged to victims from a site of a terrorist blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 23, 2016. Some still had bodiless feet and legs attached to them. On a visit to D.C., a lone pair of dirty old boots left at the Vietnam Memorial Wall. And the hundreds of shoes piled high at the Washington, D.C. Holocaust Museum. In a room full of smelly, nauseatingly musty shoes. Heels, flats, sandals, loafers, wide, narrow, old, new, worn, withered, scuffed, colorful, dark, white, leather, cloth. Men’s and women’s shoes. And baby shoes. Lots and lots of baby shoes. A mountain of baby shoes. No missed bronzing opportunities for them. On the wall of the shoe room was the following poem by Moses Schulstein: We are the shoes. We are the last witnesses. We are shoes from grandchildren and grandfathers From Prague, Paris, and Amsterdam. And because we are only made of fabric and leather And not of blood and flesh, Each one of us avoided the Hellfire. 1 3
Westside Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 5 minutes ago, bdutton said: I recently spent a euphoric family sleepover weekend at home with my loved ones. In the middle of a sleepless night, as my loved ones slept, I passed the pile of shoes near the front door and was compelled to photograph them. Proof that although I was stressed and sleepless, love was all around me. The image of my families’ footwear told the story, without my having to say one word. The adult female and male shoes, baby girl shoes, and little boy shoes, helter-skelter in the entranceway was the dead giveaway that a lot of my favorite people were “in the house.” As I recently combed through my phone photos, the family shoe image jumped out causing me to pause and reflect on the whole shoe thing. Shoes can speak volumes about a person and their personality. And shoes can oftentimes speak for themselves. They can also serve as a symbol for family gatherings, historical events, and more. No matter what the situation, shoes will most likely tell a story. Where have your shoes taken you? What do your shoes say about you? If someone were to spend a day in your shoes, what would they experience? Early in my life, I recall feeling horribly embarrassed by my shoes. Many of them had been purchased at the Salvation Army, and because my feet were so big (I still wear close to a size 9), I often wore boys’ shoes. And everyone has heard the old adage: You can tell a man by his shoes. Or a woman. Two starkly different perceptions are conjured up in my head when thinking about shoes: The dark vs. the light visual. The light side first: My babies’ first pair of shoes. (How I wish I would have bronzed them). My daughter’s orthopedic ankle-high boot that attached to a bar brace at night, ballet slippers, tap shoes, and her first pair of heels. My son’s first pair of soccer cleats, ice skates, and wingtips. And all those uber-expensive sneakers the kids insisted they had to have because everyone else was wearing them. My despised but admittedly comfortable saddle shoes I was forced to wear at Saint Ambrose Catholic School for eight long years, my white go-go boots, penny loafers, and Mary Jane’s. My first pair of designer shoes; Manolo Blahnik’s bought in error. After an afternoon of champagne celebrating at the Four Seasons, I saw a gorgeous pair of black bowed heels in a store window. When I tried them on they fit like a glove. I thought the price on the box said $77.00. I charged them in my champagne stupor, and only realized on the train ride home that my receipt said $770.00. Non-refundable. What a difference a 0 can make. If you are a regular reader of my blog posts, you know there will always be the darker, more sinister side of things. The dark side now: I insisted on burying my grandmother in her slippers because she always complained that her bunions were killing her. Except lung cancer killed her in the end. On 9/11, as the towers burned and then crumbled, women yanked off their high-heels so they could flee the cataclysm as quickly as possible. Heels don’t make for fast running. A pink spike here, a black slingback there. Blood-stained, dusty, almost-unrecognizable shoes from that unfathomable Tuesday. One woman got her shoe and foot caught in a piece of twisted steel and thought she would die there. Someone helped to free her foot, and she recovered her shoe. He saved her life but she never found him to offer her thanks. Maybe he died. Others discarded their shoes as they trudged through stairwells flooded with water from fire sprinklers. And the entire floor of the Battery Park tunnel was strewn with shoes from people taking them off to run as fast as fast could run. A grisly photograph sent to me by a colleague of a pile of bloody shoes belonged to victims from a site of a terrorist blast in Kabul, Afghanistan on July 23, 2016. Some still had bodiless feet and legs attached to them. On a visit to D.C., a lone pair of dirty old boots left at the Vietnam Memorial Wall. And the hundreds of shoes piled high at the Washington, D.C. Holocaust Museum. In a room full of smelly, nauseatingly musty shoes. Heels, flats, sandals, loafers, wide, narrow, old, new, worn, withered, scuffed, colorful, dark, white, leather, cloth. Men’s and women’s shoes. And baby shoes. Lots and lots of baby shoes. A mountain of baby shoes. No missed bronzing opportunities for them. On the wall of the shoe room was the following poem by Moses Schulstein: We are the shoes. We are the last witnesses. We are shoes from grandchildren and grandfathers From Prague, Paris, and Amsterdam. And because we are only made of fabric and leather And not of blood and flesh, Each one of us avoided the Hellfire. That was beautiful and bears repeating.
US Egg Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 e The Random Story That Makes No Sense The random story that makes no sense starts off with an ice cream truck, a chef, and a piece of Pluto. The guys that owned the ice cream truck stole the piece of Pluto from the pastry chef who obtained it from the flying elephant. The flying elephant got it from a sumo wrestler who obtained it in the sumo championship on Saturn. They went to Saturn because Jupiter was full of mutant beavcoons. The beavcoons were from Mars where the bubbly bubbles, an ancient gang that was buried in Camelot lived. The bubbly bubbles came back after the clowns resurrected him in an ancient burial spell of magicalness. Then the corndog from Venus lead an attack of canoes onto the Russians who responded by taking away McDonalds from China. Since China didn’t have anymore McDonalds they decided to buy a Pizza hut. The Pizza hut was then stolen by a talking elephant from India. The elephant was The Guru’s and he lived at the Ashram in Los Angeles. The elephant had a pig friend who taught math. The pig exploded one day and left the whole world wondering. Since the pig exploded the King pig blamed the giants. Since the giants hated being blamed they lead an attack on the King and since they were of course much bigger they were victorious. After the giants took control of Greenland they started fighting the Vikings from Iceland. The opponents were equally matched so they ended up destroying each other and they became extinct. Then the gorillas stole Honda Trail 70’s from Tony Soprano the lead gangster from Italy. Tony Soprano actually got the Hondas’ from India anyhow back to the gorillas. The gorillas started causing a ruckus in The Big Apple, actually a big apple, where they ran over Billy Joe and Eileen. Since the football players were chasing them the gorillas hopped into the giant peach with James who was escaping his evil parents. The story ends there I’m sorry to say but oh well hey, hey, hey. 2 1
DrDawkinstein Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 15 minutes ago, VaMilBill said: Actions speak louder than words. Does no good for Joe to say he respects the military while he and Obama allowed it to crumble making it more susceptible to attack particularly from China • In May 2020, the White House ended National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits • The Trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government • Trump fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after he warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew. The virus subsequently spread amongst the crew. • After Iran's retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as "headaches" • On July 20, 2017, in room 2E924 of the Pentagon, Trump told a room full of Generals, "You’re a bunch of dopes and babies" • Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (May&Nov, 2019) • Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. He threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection • Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who suffered from Agent Orange. • There is a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility • Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built • On Oct 7, 2019, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces. • Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11 • In Sept 2019, he made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the U.S. to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there's no U.S. base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn't close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses are losing money, so he's forcing the military to pay for 5-star nights there. • In Sept, 2019, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, military housing funds, and daycare to pay for Trump's border wall. • In Aug, 2019, emails revealed that three of Trump's Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. "They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling." • Veterans graves will be "dug up" for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials he would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property • Children of deployed US troops are no longer guaranteed citizenship. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019) • On Aug 2, 2019, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall • On July 31, 2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuted war criminals • Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019) • Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (July 4, 2019) • Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported July 2, 2019) • In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance" • Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019) • Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (Bette Midler, of all people) (reported on June 4th, 2019) • Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported June 4th, 2019) • On May 27, 2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain • Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (May 15, 2019). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (May 27, 2019) • Trump purged 200,000 vets' healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on May 13, 2019) • Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (April 16, 2019) • On March 20, 2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral • Between 12/22/2018, and 1/25/2019, Trump refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise • He banned service members from serving based on gender identity (1/22/2019) • He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published Jan 18, 2019) • He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (Jan 16, 2019) • When a man was caught swindling veterans pensions for high-interest “cash advances," Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1 (Jan 26, 2019) • He called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth' (Jan 1, 2019) • He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018) • He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (Dec 26, 2018) • He revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (Dec 26, 2018) • Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise (12/26/2018). He tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't. • He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays • He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating (Dec 17, 2018) • He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018) • He urged Florida to not count deployed military votes (Nov 12, 2018) • He canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (Nov 12, 2018) • While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he didn't attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain -- other world leaders went anyway (Nov 10, 2018) • He used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and made them miss Thanksgiving with their families (Oct-Dec, 2018) • He stopped using troops as a political prop immediately after the election. However, the troops remained in muddy camps on the border (Nov 7, 2018) • Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many vets to run out of food and rent. (reported October 7, 2018) • Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (July 5, 2018) • Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of April 2018) • He forgot a fallen soldier's name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (Oct 23-24, 2017) • He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn't have the guts to do it) (Oct 4, 2017) • He blocked a veteran group on Twitter (June 2017) • He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present) • He deported veterans (2017-present) • He said he knows more about ISIS than American generals (Oct 2016) • On Oct 3, 2016, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren't strong (note: yes, he said it's 'because they aren't strong.' He didn't say it's 'because they're weak.' This distinction is important because of Snopes) • Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” (Aug 2, 2016) • Trump attacks Gold Star families: Myeshia Johnson (gold star widow), Khan family (gold star parents) etc. (2016-present) • Trump sent funds raised from a Jan 2016 veterans benefit to the Donald J Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities (the foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud) (Jan, 2016) • Trump said he has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military" because he went to a military-style academy (2015 biography) • Trump said he doesn't consider POWs heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught (July 18, 2015) • Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998) • For a decade, Trump sought to kick veterans off of Fifth Avenue because he found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. 1991 • Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs. • No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service 1
US Egg Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) 17 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said: • In May 2020, the White House ended National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits • The Trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government • Trump fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after he warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew. The virus subsequently spread amongst the crew. • After Iran's retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as "headaches" • On July 20, 2017, in room 2E924 of the Pentagon, Trump told a room full of Generals, "You’re a bunch of dopes and babies" • Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (May&Nov, 2019) • Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. He threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection • Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who suffered from Agent Orange. • There is a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility • Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built • On Oct 7, 2019, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces. • Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11 • In Sept 2019, he made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the U.S. to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there's no U.S. base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn't close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses are losing money, so he's forcing the military to pay for 5-star nights there. • In Sept, 2019, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, military housing funds, and daycare to pay for Trump's border wall. • In Aug, 2019, emails revealed that three of Trump's Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. "They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling." • Veterans graves will be "dug up" for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials he would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property • Children of deployed US troops are no longer guaranteed citizenship. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019) • On Aug 2, 2019, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall • On July 31, 2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuted war criminals • Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019) • Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (July 4, 2019) • Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported July 2, 2019) • In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance" • Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019) • Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (Bette Midler, of all people) (reported on June 4th, 2019) • Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported June 4th, 2019) • On May 27, 2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain • Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (May 15, 2019). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (May 27, 2019) • Trump purged 200,000 vets' healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on May 13, 2019) • Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (April 16, 2019) • On March 20, 2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral • Between 12/22/2018, and 1/25/2019, Trump refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise • He banned service members from serving based on gender identity (1/22/2019) • He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published Jan 18, 2019) • He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (Jan 16, 2019) • When a man was caught swindling veterans pensions for high-interest “cash advances," Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1 (Jan 26, 2019) • He called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth' (Jan 1, 2019) • He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018) • He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (Dec 26, 2018) • He revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (Dec 26, 2018) • Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise (12/26/2018). He tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't. • He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays • He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating (Dec 17, 2018) • He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018) • He urged Florida to not count deployed military votes (Nov 12, 2018) • He canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (Nov 12, 2018) • While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he didn't attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain -- other world leaders went anyway (Nov 10, 2018) • He used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and made them miss Thanksgiving with their families (Oct-Dec, 2018) • He stopped using troops as a political prop immediately after the election. However, the troops remained in muddy camps on the border (Nov 7, 2018) • Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many vets to run out of food and rent. (reported October 7, 2018) • Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (July 5, 2018) • Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of April 2018) • He forgot a fallen soldier's name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (Oct 23-24, 2017) • He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn't have the guts to do it) (Oct 4, 2017) • He blocked a veteran group on Twitter (June 2017) • He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present) • He deported veterans (2017-present) • He said he knows more about ISIS than American generals (Oct 2016) • On Oct 3, 2016, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren't strong (note: yes, he said it's 'because they aren't strong.' He didn't say it's 'because they're weak.' This distinction is important because of Snopes) • Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” (Aug 2, 2016) • Trump attacks Gold Star families: Myeshia Johnson (gold star widow), Khan family (gold star parents) etc. (2016-present) • Trump sent funds raised from a Jan 2016 veterans benefit to the Donald J Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities (the foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud) (Jan, 2016) • Trump said he has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military" because he went to a military-style academy (2015 biography) • Trump said he doesn't consider POWs heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught (July 18, 2015) • Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998) • For a decade, Trump sought to kick veterans off of Fifth Avenue because he found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. 1991 • Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs. • No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service Source for each ? Edited September 4, 2020 by I am the egg man
DrDawkinstein Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 3 minutes ago, I am the egg man said: Source ? Sure. • Trump knew since MAR20 that Russia paid bounties to kill American troops, yet has done nothing https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html • MAY20, the White House attempted to end National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/20/trump-administration-extending-national-guard-deployments-272156 • The Trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-admin-seizing-ppe/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/coronavirus-fema-medical-supplies.html • Trump fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew. The virus subsequently spread amongst the crew https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/02/826317152/uss-roosevelt-commander-removed-after-criticizing-handling-of-coronavirus-outbre • After Iran's retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as "headaches" https://apnews.com/eabf6766d717a2dd518a3c6319bb2430 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/world/middleeast/trump-iraq-brain-injuries.html • 20JUL17, in room 2E924 of the Pentagon, told a room full of Generals, "You’re a bunch of dopes and babies" (Reported 17JAN20) https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/01/17/trump-blasted-top-military-generals-as-a-bunch-of-dopes-and-babies-according-to-new-book/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/youre-a-bunch-of-dopes-and-babies-inside-trumps-stunning-tirade-against-generals/2020/01/16/d6dbb8a6-387e-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html • Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (MAY & NOV19) https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/11/16/trump-grants-clemency-to-troops-in-three-controversial-war-crimes-cases/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/us/trump-pardon-military.html • Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-gop-slam-vindman-wearing-army-uniform-impeachment-hearing-2019-11 • Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who suffered from Agent Orange https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2019/10/23/white-house-responsible-for-delayed-decision-on-new-agent-orange-diseases-documents-show/ • There's a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/deployed-then-deported-how-us-vets-who-served-their-country-get-kicked-out-11390471 • Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-russia/russia-lands-forces-at-former-u-s-air-base-in-northern-syria-idUSKBN1XP0XN https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/world/middleeast/kurds-syria-turkey.html • 07OCT19, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-to-pull-troops-from-northern-syria-as-turkey-readies-offensive/2019/10/07/a965e466-e8b3-11e9-bafb-da248f8d5734_story.html https://www.npr.org/2019/10/07/767904589/shocking-trump-is-criticized-for-pulling-troops-from-syrian-border • Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/world/middleeast/troops-defense-saudi-pentagon.html • SEP19, made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the U.S. to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there's no U.S. base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn't close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses are losing money, so he's forcing the military to pay for 5-star nights there https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/09/07/c-17-crew-stops-at-trumps-scottish-golf-resort-en-route-to-kuwait/ https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/06/air-force-trump-scottish-retreat-1484337 • SEP19, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, military housing funds, and daycare to pay for Trump's border wall https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-pentagon/pentagon-pulls-funds-for-military-schools-daycare-to-pay-for-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN1VP2VY • AUG19, emails revealed that three of Trump's Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. "They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling." https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/25/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-crowd-va-emails/index.html https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/22/digital-health-platform-mar-a-lago-members-1676335 • Veterans graves will be "dug up" for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property https://apnews.com/ad6f6247154548c3b28db33ae6a5eae9 • Children of deployed US troops are no longer guaranteed citizenship. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (28AUG19) https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/28/children-us-troops-born-overseas-will-no-longer-get-automatic-american-citizenship.html • 02AUG19, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/military-retirement-trump-wall/ • 31JUL19, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuted war criminals https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/07/31/trump-nixes-nams-for-4-prosecutors-tied-to-seal-case/ https://www.npr.org/2019/08/01/747144221/navy-rescinds-awards-to-prosecutors-in-case-of-seal-acquitted-of-murdering-capti • Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his citizenship interview (Reported 17JUL19) https://thehill.com/homenews/news/453225-marine-corps-veteran-denied-entry-to-us-for-citizenship-interview https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-07-17/marine-vet-denied-entry-us-scheduled-citizenship-interview • Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (4JUL19) https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-office-presidency-2020-reelection-20190703-story.html https://www.npr.org/2019/07/03/738139123/on-july-4-trump-could-continue-pattern-of-politics-in-unexpected-places https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/trump-july-fourth-rally-hatch-act-violation.html • Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported 02JUL19) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-demands-us-military-chiefs-stand-next-to-him-at-4th-of-july-parade/ar-AADJGbc • JUN19, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance" https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/06/06/active-duty-troops-spend-month-painting-border-wall.html • Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (06JUN19) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-mueller-made-such-a-fool-of-himself-in-last-weeks-public-appearance/2019/06/06/96dd8f9c-885f-11e9-a491-25df61c78dc4_story.html • Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (reported 04JUN19) https://time.com/5601079/donald-trump-bette-midler-washed-up-psycho/ • Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported 4JUN19) https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-prenup-melania-everything-we-know-2019-4#the-agreement-also-stipulated-that-trump-would-stop-the-100000-child-support-payments-for-maples-young-daughter-tiffany-when-she-turned-21-or-if-she-got-a-full-time-job-enlisted-in-the-military-or-joined-the-peace-corps-11 • 27MAY19, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain https://www.businessinsider.com/uss-john-mccain-sailors-were-turned-away-from-trump-speech-2019-5 • Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (15MAY19). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (27MAY19) https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/446076-white-house-asked-for-uss-john-mccain-to-be-out-of-sight-during • Trump purged 200,000 vets' healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on 13MAY19) https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/06/07/trump-admin-va-applications/ • Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (16APR19) https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2019/04/15/ice-deports-gonzalez-spouse-u-s-soldier-killed-afghanistan/3477332002/ • 20MAR19, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47642335 • Between 22DEC18, and 25JAN19, Trump refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-continues-retreat-on-government-shutdown-threat-pledges-to-renew-border-control-battle-in-2019/2018/12/20/3143a752-0457-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/trump-appointees-giant-raises-during-shutdown • banned service members from serving based on gender identity (22JAN19) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/us/transgender-troops-ban.html • denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published 18JAN19) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/politics/court-trump-birth-control.html • tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (16JAN19) https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/686188335/ice-tried-to-deport-this-u-s-citizen-and-marine-veteran • When a man was caught swindling veterans pensions for high-interest “cash advances," Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1 (26JAN19) https://static.theintercept.com/amp/cfpb-mulvaney-discount.html • called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth' (01JAN19) https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/01/trump-mcchrystal-syria-troops-1077365 • increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018) https://psmag.com/social-justice/privatizing-the-v-a-is-not-cheap https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-plots-costly-private-care-expansion-for-veterans • finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (26DEC18) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/us/politics/trump-iraq-troops-visit.html • revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (26DEC18) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-s-reveal-seal-team-iraq-could-endanger-its-members-n952521 • Trump lied to deployed troops that gave them a 10% raise (26DEC18). https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2018/12/27/in-iraq-visit-trump-makes-false-claim-about-military-pay-again/ • Tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/politics/trump-didnt-give-troops-first-raise/index.html • fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays. https://time.com/5485126/lawsuit-air-force-discharge-hiv-positive-members/ https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/va_20181219_trump-quietly-starts-firing-service-members-living-with-hiv • tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating. This means disabled veterans could have seen their annual disability benefits fall from around $35,000 to around $13,000 under Donald Trump's budget proposal to cut "individual unemployability" for disabled veterans who were old enough to receive Social Security payments. (17DEC18) https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-disabled-veterans-cuts/ • called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018) https://www.denverpost.com/2018/11/22/trump-troops-thanksgiving/ • urged Florida to not count deployed military votes (12NOV18) https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-military-votes-florida/ • canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (12NOV18) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-decision-cancel-veteran-s-cemetery-france-visit-creates-n934796 • While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, didn't attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain -- other world leaders went anyway (10NOV18) https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/10/trump-cancels-ww1-memorial-at-us-cemetery-in-france-due-to-rain-sparking-twitterstorm.html • used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and made them miss Thanksgiving with their families (OCT18-DEC18) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/thousands-of-us-troops-celebrating-thanksgiving-at-the-border/2018/11/21/b6987c00-edd4-11e8-9236-bb94154151d2_story.html • Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many vets to run out of food and rent. (reported 7OCT18) https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/12/7/18129508/forever-gi-bill-student-veterans-housing-wilkie • Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (05JUL18) https://www.newsweek.com/trump-doubled-rejection-rate-veterans-requesting-family-deportation-1010571 https://www.npr.org/2019/06/27/736362986/trump-wants-to-withdraw-deportation-protections-for-families-of-active-troops • Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of APR18) https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/01/as-many-as-11800-military-families-face-deportation-issues-group-says/ • forgot a fallen soldier's name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (23-24OCT17) https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2017/10/23/fallen-soldiers-widow-nothing-to-say-to-trump/ • sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn't have the guts to do it) (04OCT17) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/17/world/africa/niger-ambush-american-soldiers.html https://apnews.com/cb0d6c63f3ed4415a0bd19e98175f792 • blocked a veteran group on Twitter (JUL17) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-blocks-national-veteran-group-twitter-n771601 • ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present) https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/626773440/u-s-army-is-discharging-immigrant-recruits-who-were-promised-citizenship • said knows more about ISIS than American generals (OCT16) https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2016/09/trump-vs-generals/131938/ • 03OCT16, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren't strong https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trump-veterans-ptsd-not-strong-229050 • Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” (02AUG16) https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-purple-heart-226565 • Trump attacks Gold Star families: Myeshia Johnson (gold star widow), Khan family (gold star parents) etc. (2016-present) https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-khizr-khan-wife-ghazala.html • Trump sent funds raised from a JAN16 veterans benefit to the Donald J Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities (the foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud) (JAN16) https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/07/trump-ordered-to-pay-2-million-to-settle-trump-foundation-suit.html • Trump said has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military" because went to a military-style academy (2015 biography) https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-military-training-quote/ • Trump said doesn't consider POWs heroes because they were caught. said prefers people who were not caught (18JUL15) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=541Cg2Jnb8s • Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5SqQhqpNm8 • For a decade, Trump sought to kick veterans off of Fifth Avenue because found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. (1991) https://www.factcheck.org/2016/02/trump-vs-veteran-vendors/ • Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/02/27/trumps-lawyer-no-basis-for-presidents-medical-deferment-from-vietnam/ • No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service http://www.nowaytrump.com/?p=427 1
US Egg Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 1 minute ago, DrDawkinstein said: Sure. • Trump knew since MAR20 that Russia paid bounties to kill American troops, yet has done nothing https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/26/us/politics/russia-afghanistan-bounties.html • MAY20, the White House attempted to end National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits https://www.politico.com/news/2020/05/20/trump-administration-extending-national-guard-deployments-272156 • The Trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-admin-seizing-ppe/ https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/06/us/politics/coronavirus-fema-medical-supplies.html • Trump fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew. The virus subsequently spread amongst the crew https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/02/826317152/uss-roosevelt-commander-removed-after-criticizing-handling-of-coronavirus-outbre • After Iran's retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as "headaches" https://apnews.com/eabf6766d717a2dd518a3c6319bb2430 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/world/middleeast/trump-iraq-brain-injuries.html • 20JUL17, in room 2E924 of the Pentagon, told a room full of Generals, "You’re a bunch of dopes and babies" (Reported 17JAN20) https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2020/01/17/trump-blasted-top-military-generals-as-a-bunch-of-dopes-and-babies-according-to-new-book/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/youre-a-bunch-of-dopes-and-babies-inside-trumps-stunning-tirade-against-generals/2020/01/16/d6dbb8a6-387e-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html • Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (MAY & NOV19) https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/11/16/trump-grants-clemency-to-troops-in-three-controversial-war-crimes-cases/ https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/16/us/trump-pardon-military.html • Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-gop-slam-vindman-wearing-army-uniform-impeachment-hearing-2019-11 • Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who suffered from Agent Orange https://www.militarytimes.com/pay-benefits/2019/10/23/white-house-responsible-for-delayed-decision-on-new-agent-orange-diseases-documents-show/ • There's a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/news/deployed-then-deported-how-us-vets-who-served-their-country-get-kicked-out-11390471 • Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built https://www.reuters.com/article/us-syria-security-russia/russia-lands-forces-at-former-u-s-air-base-in-northern-syria-idUSKBN1XP0XN https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/world/middleeast/kurds-syria-turkey.html • 07OCT19, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-to-pull-troops-from-northern-syria-as-turkey-readies-offensive/2019/10/07/a965e466-e8b3-11e9-bafb-da248f8d5734_story.html https://www.npr.org/2019/10/07/767904589/shocking-trump-is-criticized-for-pulling-troops-from-syrian-border • Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11 https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/26/world/middleeast/troops-defense-saudi-pentagon.html • SEP19, made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the U.S. to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there's no U.S. base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn't close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses are losing money, so he's forcing the military to pay for 5-star nights there https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2019/09/07/c-17-crew-stops-at-trumps-scottish-golf-resort-en-route-to-kuwait/ https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/06/air-force-trump-scottish-retreat-1484337 • SEP19, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, military housing funds, and daycare to pay for Trump's border wall https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-pentagon/pentagon-pulls-funds-for-military-schools-daycare-to-pay-for-trumps-border-wall-idUSKCN1VP2VY • AUG19, emails revealed that three of Trump's Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. "They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling." https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/25/politics/trump-mar-a-lago-crowd-va-emails/index.html https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/22/digital-health-platform-mar-a-lago-members-1676335 • Veterans graves will be "dug up" for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property https://apnews.com/ad6f6247154548c3b28db33ae6a5eae9 • Children of deployed US troops are no longer guaranteed citizenship. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (28AUG19) https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/08/28/children-us-troops-born-overseas-will-no-longer-get-automatic-american-citizenship.html • 02AUG19, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/military-retirement-trump-wall/ • 31JUL19, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who were prosecuted war criminals https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/07/31/trump-nixes-nams-for-4-prosecutors-tied-to-seal-case/ https://www.npr.org/2019/08/01/747144221/navy-rescinds-awards-to-prosecutors-in-case-of-seal-acquitted-of-murdering-capti • Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his citizenship interview (Reported 17JUL19) https://thehill.com/homenews/news/453225-marine-corps-veteran-denied-entry-to-us-for-citizenship-interview https://www.pri.org/stories/2019-07-17/marine-vet-denied-entry-us-scheduled-citizenship-interview • Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (4JUL19) https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-office-presidency-2020-reelection-20190703-story.html https://www.npr.org/2019/07/03/738139123/on-july-4-trump-could-continue-pattern-of-politics-in-unexpected-places https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2019/07/trump-july-fourth-rally-hatch-act-violation.html • Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported 02JUL19) https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/trump-demands-us-military-chiefs-stand-next-to-him-at-4th-of-july-parade/ar-AADJGbc • JUN19, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance" https://www.military.com/daily-news/2019/06/06/active-duty-troops-spend-month-painting-border-wall.html • Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (06JUN19) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-mueller-made-such-a-fool-of-himself-in-last-weeks-public-appearance/2019/06/06/96dd8f9c-885f-11e9-a491-25df61c78dc4_story.html • Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (reported 04JUN19) https://time.com/5601079/donald-trump-bette-midler-washed-up-psycho/ • Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported 4JUN19) https://www.businessinsider.com/donald-trump-prenup-melania-everything-we-know-2019-4#the-agreement-also-stipulated-that-trump-would-stop-the-100000-child-support-payments-for-maples-young-daughter-tiffany-when-she-turned-21-or-if-she-got-a-full-time-job-enlisted-in-the-military-or-joined-the-peace-corps-11 • 27MAY19, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain https://www.businessinsider.com/uss-john-mccain-sailors-were-turned-away-from-trump-speech-2019-5 • Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (15MAY19). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (27MAY19) https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/446076-white-house-asked-for-uss-john-mccain-to-be-out-of-sight-during • Trump purged 200,000 vets' healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on 13MAY19) https://www.snopes.com/news/2019/06/07/trump-admin-va-applications/ • Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (16APR19) https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/politics/immigration/2019/04/15/ice-deports-gonzalez-spouse-u-s-soldier-killed-afghanistan/3477332002/ • 20MAR19, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-47642335 • Between 22DEC18, and 25JAN19, Trump refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/trump-continues-retreat-on-government-shutdown-threat-pledges-to-renew-border-control-battle-in-2019/2018/12/20/3143a752-0457-11e9-b6a9-0aa5c2fcc9e4_story.html https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/01/trump-appointees-giant-raises-during-shutdown • banned service members from serving based on gender identity (22JAN19) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/13/us/transgender-troops-ban.html • denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published 18JAN19) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/us/politics/court-trump-birth-control.html • tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (16JAN19) https://www.npr.org/2019/01/17/686188335/ice-tried-to-deport-this-u-s-citizen-and-marine-veteran • When a man was caught swindling veterans pensions for high-interest “cash advances," Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1 (26JAN19) https://static.theintercept.com/amp/cfpb-mulvaney-discount.html • called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth' (01JAN19) https://www.politico.com/story/2019/01/01/trump-mcchrystal-syria-troops-1077365 • increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018) https://psmag.com/social-justice/privatizing-the-v-a-is-not-cheap https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-plots-costly-private-care-expansion-for-veterans • finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (26DEC18) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/26/us/politics/trump-iraq-troops-visit.html • revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (26DEC18) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-s-reveal-seal-team-iraq-could-endanger-its-members-n952521 • Trump lied to deployed troops that gave them a 10% raise (26DEC18). https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2018/12/27/in-iraq-visit-trump-makes-false-claim-about-military-pay-again/ • Tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/01/politics/trump-didnt-give-troops-first-raise/index.html • fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays. https://time.com/5485126/lawsuit-air-force-discharge-hiv-positive-members/ https://www.lambdalegal.org/news/va_20181219_trump-quietly-starts-firing-service-members-living-with-hiv • tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating. This means disabled veterans could have seen their annual disability benefits fall from around $35,000 to around $13,000 under Donald Trump's budget proposal to cut "individual unemployability" for disabled veterans who were old enough to receive Social Security payments. (17DEC18) https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-disabled-veterans-cuts/ • called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018) https://www.denverpost.com/2018/11/22/trump-troops-thanksgiving/ • urged Florida to not count deployed military votes (12NOV18) https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-military-votes-florida/ • canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (12NOV18) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/white-house-decision-cancel-veteran-s-cemetery-france-visit-creates-n934796 • While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, didn't attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain -- other world leaders went anyway (10NOV18) https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/10/trump-cancels-ww1-memorial-at-us-cemetery-in-france-due-to-rain-sparking-twitterstorm.html • used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and made them miss Thanksgiving with their families (OCT18-DEC18) https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/thousands-of-us-troops-celebrating-thanksgiving-at-the-border/2018/11/21/b6987c00-edd4-11e8-9236-bb94154151d2_story.html • Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many vets to run out of food and rent. (reported 7OCT18) https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/12/7/18129508/forever-gi-bill-student-veterans-housing-wilkie • Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (05JUL18) https://www.newsweek.com/trump-doubled-rejection-rate-veterans-requesting-family-deportation-1010571 https://www.npr.org/2019/06/27/736362986/trump-wants-to-withdraw-deportation-protections-for-families-of-active-troops • Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of APR18) https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-military/2018/04/01/as-many-as-11800-military-families-face-deportation-issues-group-says/ • forgot a fallen soldier's name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (23-24OCT17) https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2017/10/23/fallen-soldiers-widow-nothing-to-say-to-trump/ • sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn't have the guts to do it) (04OCT17) https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/17/world/africa/niger-ambush-american-soldiers.html https://apnews.com/cb0d6c63f3ed4415a0bd19e98175f792 • blocked a veteran group on Twitter (JUL17) https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-blocks-national-veteran-group-twitter-n771601 • ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present) https://www.npr.org/2018/07/09/626773440/u-s-army-is-discharging-immigrant-recruits-who-were-promised-citizenship • said knows more about ISIS than American generals (OCT16) https://www.defenseone.com/policy/2016/09/trump-vs-generals/131938/ • 03OCT16, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren't strong https://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/trump-veterans-ptsd-not-strong-229050 • Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” (02AUG16) https://www.politico.com/story/2016/08/trump-purple-heart-226565 • Trump attacks Gold Star families: Myeshia Johnson (gold star widow), Khan family (gold star parents) etc. (2016-present) https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/31/us/politics/donald-trump-khizr-khan-wife-ghazala.html • Trump sent funds raised from a JAN16 veterans benefit to the Donald J Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities (the foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud) (JAN16) https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/07/trump-ordered-to-pay-2-million-to-settle-trump-foundation-suit.html • Trump said has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military" because went to a military-style academy (2015 biography) https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/donald-trump-military-training-quote/ • Trump said doesn't consider POWs heroes because they were caught. said prefers people who were not caught (18JUL15) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=541Cg2Jnb8s • Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5SqQhqpNm8 • For a decade, Trump sought to kick veterans off of Fifth Avenue because found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. (1991) https://www.factcheck.org/2016/02/trump-vs-veteran-vendors/ • Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/02/27/trumps-lawyer-no-basis-for-presidents-medical-deferment-from-vietnam/ • No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service http://www.nowaytrump.com/?p=427 Copy and paste is a wonderful thing.
DrDawkinstein Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 10 minutes ago, I am the egg man said: Copy and paste is a wonderful thing. Sure is. Especially when that's all you have left to say because every single point in that post is true and can be proven.
Deranged Rhino Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said: Sure is. Especially when that's all you have left to say because every single point in that post is true and can be proven. But they're not all true 1
bdutton Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 15 minutes ago, I am the egg man said: Copy and paste from the Democratic Underground is a wonderful thing. Fixed. 2 1
US Egg Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, DrDawkinstein said: Sure is. Especially when that's all you have left to say because every single point in that post is true and can be proven. Well, actually I was going to say, much like the Russia/Trump accusers, news media can print or say anything without an actual source, but I didn't want to appear like a snarky superior know it all.
DrDawkinstein Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 Just now, I am the egg man said: Well, actually I was going to say, much like the Russia/Trump accusers, news media can print or say anything without an actual source, but I didn't want to appear like a snarky superior know it all. So why do you care for sources if you arent going to believe them anyways? Just state upfront that you dont care for reality and go back to pasting your silly story spam since that's all you have to offer.
Deranged Rhino Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 Just now, DrDawkinstein said: So why do you care for sources if you arent going to believe them anyways? Just state upfront that you dont care for reality and go back to pasting your silly story spam since that's all you have to offer. Because most of those sources you linked cite anonymous sources as the backup to their central thesis. What have we learned about news articles that rely on anonymous sources over the past several years? They're 99% bullshite. 2
GG Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 It's good to include the dates of the speech to remind Biden what century he's in. 1
DrDawkinstein Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Deranged Rhino said: Because most of those sources you linked cite anonymous sources as the backup to their central thesis. What have we learned about news articles that rely on anonymous sources over the past several years? They're 99% bullshite. Says the resident Qultist 🤣🤣🤣 And MOST do not. But again, you guys dont care about reality down here. Edited September 4, 2020 by DrDawkinstein
Deranged Rhino Posted September 4, 2020 Posted September 4, 2020 1 minute ago, DrDawkinstein said: Says the resident Qultist 🤣🤣🤣 Not sure why that's funny? Q doesn't use anonymous sources, Q shares information which can be vetted on its own so the reader can make their own determination as to its validity. Which is what journalists are supposed to do, yet all the links you provided go out of their way NOT to do. Might want to check your cognitive dissonance. It's on the fritz
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