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bobGandolf

(871 posts) Wed Nov 20, 2019, 08:31 AM Nov 2019

Could he be currying favor with the soldiers as he begins building his Palace Guard? I KNOW, where is my tinfoil hat..but I am wondering why he would even care.....what's in it for him?

..."Late last week, President Trump pardoned two service members and reversed the demotion of a third, each of whom was accused of war crimes."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/11/19/trump-pardons-people-accused-war-crimes-because-he-thinks-war-should-be-savage/

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Why is Trump meddling with the jailed Special Forces? [View all] bobGandolf Nov 2019 OP

Oliver North and the NRA? Deb Nov 2019 #1

Must be one of 2naSalit Nov 2019 #2

Everything he does is quid pro quo. Claritie Pixie Nov 2019 #3

Nice to know.. bobGandolf Nov 2019 #11

Pay attention to the dates JHB Nov 2019 #6

He is married to one of my former students. Freedomofspeech Nov 2019 #7

On MJ this morning they said that the Navy is proceeding Ilsa Nov 2019 #8

I thought.. bobGandolf Nov 2019 #12

He's meddling with the UCMJ and undermining military law... cynatnite Nov 2019 #9

Just the sort of thing bush/cheney would have done pecosbob Nov 2019 #14

He identifies with the special operations troops. JustABozoOnThisBus Nov 2019 #15

Bah, haha... bobGandolf Nov 2019 #16

Because of Fox News and Guilliani, of course. Seriously. GoCubsGo Nov 2019 #17

Ruth Ben-Ghiat nails the reasoning, I think NewJeffCT Nov 2019 #18

TrumPutin already knows these criminals will do anything. Now he owns them. Hermit-The-Prog Nov 2019 #19