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Zorro

(15,749 posts)
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 09:50 AM Jun 2020

Trump Blasts Milley: "This Is Not the Military I Avoided Serving In"

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—In a series of angry tweets on Thursday, Donald J. Trump lashed out at the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, declaring, “This is not the military I avoided serving in.”

Calling Milley’s apology for appearing in last week’s controversial church photo op “a disgrace,” Trump said, “The United States military of my youth was known for courage and valor, which is why I got a podiatrist’s note to get out of being a part of it.”

Recalling that episode from a half century ago, Trump said, “As I watched my podiatrist dictate that note, I thought about the great institution of the U.S. military, which I would be exempted from participating in. That institution is unrecognizable today.”

With his apology, Trump claimed, “Mark Milley has besmirched the memories of all the Americans who fought so hard to avoid fighting.”

In his most caustic broadside against Milley, Trump questioned the general’s ability to lead U.S. forces and said that he might have to find “someone else” to launch the American invasion of Seattle.

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/donald-trump-blasts-mark-milley-this-is-not-the-military-i-avoided-serving-in

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Trump Blasts Milley: "This Is Not the Military I Avoided Serving In" (Original Post) Zorro Jun 2020 OP
Borowitz kills me. louis-t Jun 2020 #1
Once again, brilliant. nt Ferrets are Cool Jun 2020 #2
I actually believed it at first glance. Thank you Andy B! mucifer Jun 2020 #3
Andy didn't get me again!1 Can almost always spot him from the title!1 UTUSN Jun 2020 #4
Some great funnies this week! The last two days I've laughed out loud 4 times, liberalla Jun 2020 #5
Little Draft-Dodging Donny Blue Owl Jun 2020 #6

liberalla

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5. Some great funnies this week! The last two days I've laughed out loud 4 times,
Fri Jun 12, 2020, 10:52 AM
Jun 2020

and this was one of them!

Thank you!

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