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Rhiannon12866

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Wed Aug 27, 2025, 10:11 PM Aug 2025

'Warrior ethos?': Trump's army of garbage collectors exposes 'absurd' orders - All In - MSNBC



“Soldiers wear camouflage to conceal themselves from the enemy they want to kill. Safety vests are what municipal workers put on so you can see them at work,” Chris Hayes on the “comically absurd” spectacle of Trump’s army of garbage collectors in D.C. - Aired on 08/27/2025.
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'Warrior ethos?': Trump's army of garbage collectors exposes 'absurd' orders - All In - MSNBC (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Aug 2025 OP
if he tells them to lick the sidewalks clean with their tongues will they do it? nt msongs Aug 2025 #1
Good Grief! Is this what they were trained to do?? Rhiannon12866 Aug 2025 #2
National Guard personnell have regular jobs, which they are not able to do so they can do Park Service's job? Attilatheblond Aug 2025 #3

Attilatheblond

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3. National Guard personnell have regular jobs, which they are not able to do so they can do Park Service's job?
Wed Aug 27, 2025, 10:20 PM
Aug 2025

Incredibly disrespectful, to everybody.

When will business owners, who support their employees guard service because it is important in times of crisis like hurricanes, fires, and such, march on D.C. to force Trump to stop kidnapping their employees for photo ops and ego strokes?

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