His minions ordered a photo event to make him look good, use the military as cynical props, and people snap to. All for his image. His belief that he is a god.
He gutted the military. Thousands of loyal uniformed military and highly trained civilians have left, because of the abuse. He has slashed their pay, and given it to the lazy, the violent, and the entitled.
He doesn't care. Of course he knows he is disliked among the military. He has decimated the Dept of Defense, and given the money to Green Energy, Cronies, Unions, and the rest of this:
Universal Program for Subsidized Phones for Low Income (ObamaPhones), EBT Food Stamps, Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Section 8 Housing, Unemployment, TANF Welfare, Energy Assistance, EITC, Foster Care Title IV, Old Age Assistance, AFDC, General Assistance Cash, Assets for Independence, General Assistance to Native Americans, SCHiP State Supplemental Health Insurance Program, Consolidated Health Centers, Consolidated Community Health, Maternal and Child Health Assistance Fund, Healthy Start, School Lunch, Job Assistance, Job Training, Minority Job Assistance, Job Relocation, Woman Infants and Children's Program, Nutrition for the Elderly, Summer Program, Summer Jobs Program, Minority Summer Jobs, Hispanic Jobs Program, African-American Jobs Program, Commodity Supplemental Food Program, Special Milk Program, Needy Families, Farmer's Market Nutrition Program, Public Housing, Low Income Energy Assistance, Migrant Education, Title One Grants to Local Education Authorities, Education for Homeless Children and Youth, Even Start, Job Corps, Social Security Disability, Social Security for Refugees, Social Security for Humanitarian Cases, Social Security for Asylum, Health Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grants, TANF Child Care, Empowerment Zones for Minority Communities, Urban Development Action Grants, and Family Planning (abortion).
He has screwed over the military with paltry pay raises, and in the latest budget, their housing and medical care is cut, while BILLIONS go to Illegal Invaders.