The White Nationalist Presidency - updated 5/5/19

[Eternal Tecate]

Also don't forget about private armies

 

[Professor Emeritus]

I think the military bangs with Trump

Not at any meaningful level they don't.

Remember, Trump was constantly shytting on the generals, saying he knew more than they, that they did everything wrong, etc. How you think they take a civilian leader like that?

Then he promoted three generals - Kelly, Mattis, and McMaster - to key positions. What did they say?

McMaster spent most of his time trying to clear his staff of the nationalist and racist idiots that Trump's other aids had pushed into positions of power. He quit after just a year.

Kelly said working for Trump was the worst job he ever had, basically treated him like a little kid, made a speech to the staff that said the country has to come first and the president second, looked embarrassed by his public speeches, and repeatedly called Trump an idiot while Trump called him a nut job.

Mattis immediately resigned when Trump let a single conversation with Ergoden lead to him pull out of Syria. He didn't praise Trump once in the resign letter. Then Trump lied on him and claimed that he fired Mattis.

None of them even lasted past 2018. And those are the ones who were willing to work for him. Outside of his administration they've been constantly shytting on him.

http://time.com

In the cases of Generals H.R. McMaster, John Kelly and, finally, James Mattis–all of whom I’ve counted as not just colleagues but also friends–the details of each individual departure vary somewhat. But the common theme is actually pretty simple: President Trump simply cannot be briefed, staffed, scheduled or organized in a manner that long-serving military personnel find effective. I once asked Mattis–while he was considering the offer to become Secretary of Defense–how hard he thought it would be to work with a personality like Trump. He said it might not be “mission impossible” but he knew it was going to be “mission very difficult.” This from a man who has repeatedly taken on the toughest of assignments.

There was also an ongoing sense that the President’s moral structure was, shall we say charitably, unconventional to the military mind. Cadets and midshipmen at the service academies operate on a very simple honor code: to not lie, to not cheat, to not steal. Every year, a handful of young officers run afoul and are summarily dismissed. For those who follow along the career path, any officer who violates the Uniform Code of Military Justice in any way–from sexually propositioning a subordinate to misrepresenting the finances of his unit–would be court-martialed and removed from the service. The President’s style of playing loose with the truth and facts–including by saying on Jan. 2 that he “essentially” fired Mattis, something he did not do–grate on the military mind. General Stanley McChrystal, who retired during the Obama Administration, said in a recent interview that Trump is a liar and an immoral figure. His blunt and direct comments provide a pretty good summary of what most generals think about the President’s character.

Not to mention the various ways he slights them - not visiting troops in combat, not visiting Arlington on Veteran's Day, not visiting a cemetery on the anniversary of the end of WW2, the fact that he's a draft dodger, the way he shytted on the SEAL team that captured bin Laden, the way he shytted on John McCain for being a POW, the way he shytted on General McCrystal, the way he wanted a big military parade in his owner like he was a fukking 3rd-world dictator. And none of them want to go to war against fukking Iran or North Korea.

And then he publicly says that he would have made a good general.

There might be soldiers who fukk with Trump because they fit the demographic. But the leadership by and large think he's a worthless piece of shyt who doesn't listen to advice and can't be controlled. He's alienated every faction. They ain't gonna do shyt to support him if shyt hits the fan. And their soldiers will follow orders.

 

[Professor Emeritus]

Did a quick one-note update just to post about Trump pardoning the US soldier who killed a Muslim prisoner in cold blood. Bet it won't be the first either, though this guy was especially well-connected.


Trump pardons former Army Ranger convicted of killing Iraqi

I love the ABC note "But questions have been raised about Behenna's claim of self-defense."

As if the victim wasn't a naked Iraqi prisoner who had already been in custody for two weeks, as if Behenna hadn't clearly tried to cover up the killing, and as if he hadn't already been convicted of murder in a court of law with the testimony of multiple witnesses.