It looked like shit. Army totally phoned it in. No dress uniforms, marching was no better than first month ROTC cadets, no pomp. As a former member of the UT NROTC Drill Team I have personally done better when marching for fun.
That's not an accident. This was a message from the Army. They obeyed orders, technically, but they did the absolute minimum and denied Trump a North Korea or PRC style spectacle.
Nice.
This is pretty important. It's not just about the schadenfruede of Trump getting a discount dictator parade because the Army doesn't care.
It sends the signal that the Army as a whole doesn't care or worry about his feelings--or his retaliation. He may have ICE goons, but he doesn't have the military. And that's HUGE.
Like I have to say, this makes me feel a lot better after having seen it.
I'm not really worried about the military siding with Trump anymore.
I think it's the police we have to worry about. Not just ICE, but the LAPD or the LASD, which I saw use horses and flashbangs against peaceful protestors.
Yup. And this is no doubt why he had to handpick his audience at Fort Bragg.
SecDef was a shitty talking head. His opinion is worthless.
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