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Attilatheblond

(8,530 posts)
1. The businesses that employ those Guards in their regular life also suffer, being short workers called for NG duty
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 10:16 PM
Aug 2025

Trump is getting off making life difficult for everyone but the billionaires who fund him.

William Gustafson

(543 posts)
2. So, tell me Soldier. what did you do for experience in the National Guard?
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 10:25 PM
Aug 2025

I was deployed to the nation's capital, to keep the parks clean and free from crime that was never present. I held down a lot of grass while standing around and played on my phone. I was able to interact with the public, but they were not very friendly and told me that I was breaking my oath to the constitution. A lot of dirty looks, insults... stuff like that.
I am sure that when my service is over, these experiences will help me find work in an endless job, that I will hate till I die... or maybe, as a groundskeeper at Mar-o-lago...

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