Trump disrespects Melania at Saturday rally

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8. I always joked when I was in the Army that I believed in "leading from the front"

It sounds good, the Platoon Leader is the first one up in the morning, leading the platoon on assaults and dangerous jobs, setting the example, etcetera. However, I took it a bit further and I used to joke with my subordinates that I thought it meant that I was the first in the line to get chow and the first to go home at the end of the day!!

Then I'd point out that it was customary for officers in the civil war era to hang out behind the masses of Soldiers in battles and shoot those enlisted men who attempted to flee the fighting!

In reality I was very popular with my platoon. They knew my humor and in reality my actions were contrary everything I joked about. on Mounted (vehicle) patrols, my vehicle was always in the lead and my Platoon Sergeant (my second in command) always was in the rear. From our experience those two positions were always the most likely to be hit with IEDs or attacked. The same went for most other shitty or dangerous jobs my platoon did.

Apparently trump believes the stuff I joke about for real though. First one to take credit and the first one to pass the blame when something goes wrong!