[Spitzensparkin1]

greeneyes wrote: Some of the news made be curious about Chain of Command--found this interesting chart @ Wikipedia

One branch is missing, the USMC. Directly under the President, not Sec. Def, the President. So there should be a line and a box to the right of POTUS, directly to the United States Marine Corps.

Wikipedia is wrong again! How do I know, I was one. Semper Fi.

SS1

[greeneyes]

Thanks. The main thing I was looking for was to see how the Joint Chiefs of Staff fit into the picture—given statements from General Milley.

So it seems to me that Whatever the President and Sec. of Defense decide is the relevant question-not up to the joint chiefs. Now that you mention it, I do recall that we discussed the President’s Own regarding the Marines early on.

Maybe Wiki thought they were part of the unified command or something. Ha.

[Ymani Cricket]

So I have been running down this particular photo Trump is looking at. And it kept bringing me to this speech (below). So it would seem that this is what was on President Trump's mind as he stared at the photo. I can't say for certain, but it is a pretty good bet that this was taken previouly at the Winston Churchill exhibition at Blenheim Palace when he visited in July 2018. Here is the sauce:

Donald Trump to visit Winston Churchill exhibition tonight at former Prime Minister’s birthplace

The other possibility is that it was taken at the America's National Churchill Museum in Fulton, MO. But no luck tracing an event down there but I could have sworn I heard about it a couple years ago. After all, that is my home state.

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The photo has a reflection in it. Trump is reflecting. And I would bet these (words of Winston Churchill below) were his thoughts and that which Dan Scavino is trying to convey, who is obviously the one that took the photo (Dan has a knack for photography and getting those great shots)

Churchill Victory At All Costs

"I say to the House as I said to ministers who have joined this government, I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat. We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind. We have before us many, many months of struggle and suffering."

"You ask, what is our policy? I say it is to wage war by land, sea, and air. War with all our might and with all the strength God has given us, and to wage war against a monstrous tyranny never surpassed in the dark and lamentable catalogue of human crime. That is our policy."

"You ask, what is our aim? I can answer in one word. It is victory. Victory at all costs — Victory in spite of all terrors — Victory, however long and hard the road may be, for without victory there is no survival."

[rx]

"I was one. Semper Fi."

Suggested adjustment:

I have been one.   Semper Fi

[ichabod1]

Put in a complaint that the graphic is wrong. It’ll get fixed.