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In reply to the discussion: Dear Democrats, the Republicans are handing us the Military [View all]Baked Potato
(7,733 posts)39. Check out this recent article concerning the top military brass and Trump
Its a little lengthy, but enlightening.
Mark Bowden
The Atlantic
November 2019
Having never served or been near a battlefield, several of the generals said, Trump exhibits a simplistic, badly outdated notion of soldiers as supremely toughhard men asked to perform hard and sometimes ugly jobs. He also buys into a severely outdated concept of leadership. The generals, all of whom have led troops in combat, know better than most that war is hard and ugly, but their understanding of toughness goes well beyond the gruff stoicism of a John Wayne movie. Good judgment counts more than toughness.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/11/military-officers-trump/598360/
Times may be achanging.
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I think I heard that by their own internal polling, military support for Trump is at 45%
TlalocW
Oct 2019
#38
Trump's brand of sloppy, unconventional style causes suspicion in the ranks
Baked Potato
Oct 2019
#41