Trump says military may consider disciplinary action against Vindman

[babylonsister]

Trump says military may consider disciplinary action against Vindman
The comments came days after the star impeachment witness was ousted from the White House.
By MYAH WARD
02/11/2020 05:40 PM EST


President Donald Trump on Tuesday said the military will likely look at disciplinary action against Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, just days after the National Security Council official was ousted from the White House after giving damaging testimony during the House impeachment hearings.

“That’s going to be up to the military, we’ll have to see, but if you look at what happened, they’re going to certainly, I would imagine, take a look at that,” Trump said in response to a follow-up question about what he meant when he said, “the military can handle him.”

Trump also said he wasn’t “happy” with Vindman and his twin brother Yevgeny, who served as a senior NSC lawyer and was also recalled on Friday despite not being a witness in the president’s impeachment hearings. Trump, without providing evidence or specific examples, said Alexander Vindman reported “very inaccurate things” about the “perfect” call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

“It turned out that what he reported was very different,” Trump said. “And also when you look at the person he reports to, said horrible things, avoided the chain of command, leaked, did a lot of bad things. And so we sent him on his way to a much different location, and the military can handle him anyway they want.”

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https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/11/trump-military-disciplinary-action-vindman-114161

[calimary]

1. That fuckwad! The mPEACH-colored fuckwad, to be exact.

[Freedomofspeech]

2. What?

For being honest? Well, of course.

[BusyBeingBest]

3. We're no longer a nation of laws.

Punishing a man who did his duty honorably, AND is active-duty so can't fight back. We are in deep shit as a country.

[spanone]

4. don trump is a sick motherfucker.

[James48]

5. We have become

THE Banana Republic.

[Hekate]

6. Christ on a trailer hitch

[LuvLoogie]

7. The media never challenges him.

They just egg him on with leading questions

[underpants]

8. In right wing world they have been convinced Yevgeny leaked the Bolton book info

It's legend and lore there.

[babylonsister]

17. I hadn't heard that. I wonder who planted

that idea, and if it was before or after they were marched out of the wh. Convenient scapegoat?

[underpants]

18. By suggestion

He works at the NSC. Book details were leaving from the NSC clearance shop. Do you understand radio listener?

Later it was suggested that Yevgeny worked in the clearance shop but, of course, there was no proof.

[sprinkleeninow]

9. Here, take a look at this right here, huh? 🚽

[Commonly said in conjunction with grabbing a part of your body.]

[smirkymonkey]

10. Vindman has done nothing wrong.

How dare he go after a dedicated patriot for simply telling the truth! What a repulsive POS! God, I hate him with the fire of a thousand suns!

[MyOwnPeace]

11. And who couldn't have predicted this coming?

Oh, yeah.......Susan Collins.

[Moral Compass]

12. Please remember something...

Virtually everything he says is a lie.

The military still has a functioning justice system. There are no grounds for any disciplinary action.

[BusyBeingBest]

15. Look how he interfered with prior military justice cases.

And had medals taken away from prosecutors. Wherever he can abuse his power, he does so, and there's no one left to stop him.

[Martin Eden]

13. Vindictiveness, plain and simple

Trump wants to punish anyone who crosses him, as a warning to others.

[not_the_one]

14. Pete should say, "Oh no they won't. And you don't know SQUAT about the military...

They are NOT your toy soldiers."

Then the military need to back him up.

[Cicada]

16. The military will tell Trump to fuck off

The military won’t obey illegal orders.