Acting Secretary of Navy was ordered to apologize to Captain

[Gothmog]

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[jaxexpat]

1. Apologies don't cure stupidity.

[mercuryblues]

2. Nope, not good enough.

Load the torpedoes and fire his ass.

[bronxiteforever]

8. +1

[ck4829]

3. It was made because it's clear that at least one branch of the military is souring on this admin

[spanone]

4. Only the best...

[BrightKnight]

5. The SoN should NEVER be making political speeches to troops!

[LAS14]

6. Who issued the order??? Trump???? nt

[Tanuki]

10. Per the article in OP, it was Sec Def Mike Esper

..."According to Fox News national security correspondent Jennifer Griffin, Secretary of Defense Mark Esper “directed acting Navy Secretary Thomas Modly last night to write a letter of apology to the sailors onboard the USS Roosevelt just hours after the acting Navy Secretary said he stood by his profanity laced remarks.”

[getagrip_already]

7. ordered by who?

Trump doesn't apologize. ever. He doesn't like his senior staff to either. It shows weakness.

So who has the power to order him to do it? Esper? That's a joke. He isn't capable of that.

This has all the markings of a pr hit job. His pr person ordered him to do it. If he did it at all.

[DFW]

9. The "acting" Secretary of the Navy should be turned down for the role. He's a bad actor.

He should then be sent back to Breitbart Blog, Jerkoffs Anonymous, or wherever it is they recruited him from.

[NCjack]

15. He is either extremely naive or stupid. nt

[C_U_L8R]

11. Esper, desperate to insulate himself and Trump.

These bungling bozos are the keystone cops of crooks.

[UpInArms]

12. You just cannot unring that batsh*t crazy unstable bell

Just another indicator of what gets installed as “leadership” in this trumptanic maladminstration

[Chainfire]

13. If the man had any honor

He would fall on his sword.

[gratuitous]

14. If Modly had any honor, he wouldn't be in the Trump administration

The entire Executive Branch is such a trump of weasels. I'm watching the Surgeon General right now on the Today Show desperately backing and filling. Savannah Guthrie is not putting up with his bullshit.

[Thirties Child]

16. I continue to read his name as Moldy.

[Chainfire]

19. That is as it should be.

Just another fungus growing upon a fetid and festering snake turd.

[Javaman]

17. the functional sociopath forced to apologize for something he can't grasp. nt

[Poiuyt]

18. Trump will now lose respect for him

He thinks you should never apologize

[Chainfire]

20. Don't think for one moment

That Trump didn't sign off on the firing of the captain. He will now sacrifice the pawn that carried out the act and disavow any knowledge of "Moldy's" actions.

[UTUSN]

21. So ESPER is the momentary hero for forcing the "apology".

[Gothmog]

22. Joe Biden-resignation was appropriate

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[Aristus]

23. What kind of Navy is this?

Keel-haul the bilge-rat!...

[JHB]

24. Was there any doubt?

He blindsided Trump with bad press. Would-be dictators don't like that sort of thing.