I agree with you that the POW line was repugnant, and doubly so when one knows Trump weaseled out of military service. Absolutely vile and worthy of derision.
And yes he should and should have apologized.
But this space has become a ridiculous echo chamber of Trump hate. Hundreds (thousands?) of posts vilifying his very existence, with only a rare post even mentioning the heinous acts causing the vitriol, much less any on positives he is bringing. Lies, fabrication, walked back mis-statements, projected planned roadblocks up to treason, to positive trade deals, pushing Europe to stand on its own, economic upswings… not even mentioned here. Virtually no conversation.
Not hard to see why Trump thread is down to 10 like minded posters.
Should someone who feels the way he does about those who serve in our military even be president in the first place?
What are these positives? Positive trade deals? I see tariffs and handouts to farmers.
Pushing Europe to stand on its own? Because we should just withdraw from NATO (and work with the Russians). People who don’t know history say things about Europe standing on its own.
I wish I could be a Trumpist ast it would be fun to be one of the few contrarians standing firm against the tide!. But, I can’t even make myself play Devil’s advocate for the man.
Welcome to MY World, Treco, during the 8 years Obama was President.
Say something good about the man (Trump)…or don’t…it’s your choice.
My issue will always be Trump’s followers (and the Right in general); tolerating things that Trump does or says that would have had President Obama tarred, feathered, and quartered …then hung from the nearest and highest Southern Pine.
I am not sure that Obama as President or Clinton as candidate exhibited any substantial improvement over Trump in their regard for the military, except to refrain from making one statement about a bitter rival. If there is substaniation, l am willing to look. Otherwise, I believe only 3 of the 20ish candidates served.
I don’t understand your Europe history statement. The 200 year old US has some inherent obligation to protect the 2500 year old Europe? From whom or what? And to what extent? Are was that just a statement you are not prepared to defend?
Also why do we owe the world to be its dumping ground for goods, while they have systemically prevent the importation of ours?
I do really think that it is a poor show of character on Trumps part.
IMHO, McCain’s dedication and service to this country was incredible. A few kind words from the potus at the time of his passing should be a foregone conclusion.
Minus that, Trump loses some serious cred as a man and as a leader. Bigly.
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One statement that reveals something substantial about him as a person. Obama also, while a senator, voted to increase military benefits, something the GOP (including McCain) was against.
I respect sen. John McCain’s service to our country. He is one of those heroes of which I speak. But I can’t understand why he would line up behind the President in his opposition to this GI bill.
I can’t believe why he believes it is too generous to our veterans. I could not disagree with him and the President more on this issue. There are many issues that lend themselves to partisan posturing but giving our veterans the chance to go to college should not be one of them.
We weren’t protecting Europe. We were protecting ourselves by resisting the Soviets over there, instead of here. Had Churchill’s advice been heeded maybe we never would have a Cold War but we allowed Germany to become weaker, as it was divided in two, and gave away Poland and other Eastern European nations.
Trump is a very divisive person, which makes praising the good things he’s done (there have been a few) very difficult. At least for me. Even worse (for me) is that he seems to genuinely enjoy being divisive. I don’t know about you, but I find that very off-putting to put it nicely.
I don’t think it’s that much worse now than it was with Obama or with Bush. GWB got no love in this sub-forum for a long time. I think that’s just the nature of PWI.
I actually liked McCains plan, and Obamas response falsely reframed the argument by stating that we would not be giving service members the opportunity to attend college. The GI bill and benefits existed at that time. Webb and McCain’s proposals would just enhance it.
I distinctly remember a classmate, that had done some kind of pre enlistment for the national guard that year, my senior year that called McCain two-face all year during the election.