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He pardoned three Navy Seals.
Elites disapprove.
Big political win.
"Just this week I stuck up for three great warriors against the Deep State. I had so many people say, 'Sir, I don't think you should do that.' People can sit in air conditioned offices and complain, but it doesn't matter to me."
Donald Trump spoke at a rally in Sunrise, Florida and he proudly announced that he had overruled the Navy brass. There was predictable objection from military experts, editorial writers, mainstream news people, and Democrats. It disrupted the chain of command, it diminished military discipline, it set a bad precedent. There were good reasons for the established order to defend the established order.
Of course, Trump did it anyway.
It is a big, public gesture that confirms his brand as a rule breaker and shaker-upper who sticks up for the little guy against political correctness and rigged systems. His critics call the sailors "war criminals. Trump called them "great warriors" snagged by punctilious rules written by people who don't understand the realities on the ground, the people in air conditioned offices, the Monday morning quarterbacks, the tyrants of political correctness.
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Fight to win, because the other guy is, even if he doesn't admit it. Rules are a veneer written by hypocrites trying to pretty up a corrupt system. (It is why, to Trump and his supporters, Hunter Biden is relevant in the impeachment case. See! Everybody cheats in politics, so whatever Trump was doing in Ukraine was simply business as usual.)
Trump's gesture is a rebuke of political correctness. Trump said that fighters on the ground are facing hard, real life uncertainties. They should not be looking over their shoulders, tiptoeing around rules, worrying about being second guessed.
"Right now, with the world the way it is, we are rebuilding the awesome power of the United States military. . . . People have to be able to fight. They can't say 'gee wizz if i make a mistake. . . . I will always stick up for our great fighters."
Democrats tell themselves Donald Trump won't be re-elected because his multiple errors and crimes will catch up to him. This is yet another instance; the navy brass is unhappy with Trump, and that has to hurt, right?
No. It helps Trump.
Donald Trump has given the public a way to dismiss their reservations about his various misbehaviors, and indeed to make them into positive. Real life is rough. It takes a rough guy like Trump to fix things and to win. Trump defines this as him getting criticized because air conditioned second guessers and hypocrites (like Hunter and Joe Biden) act all upset when eggs are broken to make the omelette. Trump gets that criticism because he is doing his job, shaking up the system everyone agrees is rigged, defending little guys like you against the elite oppressors.
It is populist political gold.
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Peter Sage
What his core supporters miss is that the great military institutions he so admires are built on discipline, selfless service and accountability- something completely foreign to him. Of course it’s not perfect. But as I predicted on this blog several years ago- Trump’s micromanagement meddling as his MO would render him an ineffectual executive. I should have added- “for doing good”. A military built on Trump’s model of fear, distrust and contempt for rules and those who disagree with him would be a very dangerous power.
Sadly true, and I think it's safe to say no other Commander In Chief would overrule a military disciplinary action.
Progressive ideals do not include war, and questions the sustainability of using military power, arguably a waste of resources, in the service of a nation's economic interests. In this area, perhaps more than any other, we see the nature of the struggle to bring peace and prosperity to the world. Regressive paranoia and institutionalized war profiteering precludes a rational discussion of the role of the military, and the elevation of soldiers to celebrity status further muddies the issue.
Democratic nations do not go to war with each other, this is the activity of despots, and it seems to me that this administration is doing little to further democracy, here and abroad.
Facing climate change, World leaders should be negotiating a stand down of every army on the planet.
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Peter Sage
Sen. Kamala Harris (D-CA) is struggling to crack into the top tier of candidates in her home state of California, the latest SurveyUSA poll shows.
The poll, taken November 20-22 among 558 likely Democratic Primary voters, found former Vice President Joe Biden (D) dominating in the Golden State with 28 percent support. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), who has been experiencing a surge nationally and in New Hampshire particularly, came in second place with 18 percent support. Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) followed with 13 percent support.
Once again, Harris failed to crack into the top tier of candidates in her home state, virtually tying with Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D) for fourth place with 10 percent and eight percent, respectively. The +/- 4.8 percent margin of error puts the two at a statistical tie.
Andrew Yang trailed with five percent support, followed by Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ), Michael Bloomberg (D), and Tom Steyer (D) – all of whom saw three percent support. The remaining candidates garnered two percent support or less.
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