Posted on 06/11/2025 6:58:07 PM PDT by where's_the_Outrage?
It was supposed to be a routine appearance, a visit from the commander in chief to rally the troops, boost morale and celebrate the Army's 250th-birthday week, which culminates with a Washington, D.C., parade slated for Saturday.
Instead, what unfolded Tuesday at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, bore little resemblance to the customary visit from a president and defense secretary. There, President Donald Trump unleashed a speech laced with partisan invective, goading jeers from a crowd of soldiers positioned behind his podium -- blurring the long-standing and sacrosanct line between the military and partisan politics.
As Trump viciously attacked his perceived political foes, he whipped up boos from the gathered troops directed at California leaders, including Gov. Gavin Newsom -- amid the president's controversial move to deploy the National Guard and Marines against protesters in Los Angeles -- as well as former President Joe Biden and the press. The soldiers roared with laughter and applauded Trump's diatribe in a shocking and rare public display of troops taking part in naked political partisanship.
For this story, Military.com reached out to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's office as well as the Army and the 82nd Airborne Division directly with a series of questions that ranged from the optics of the event to social media posts showing the sale of Trump campaign merchandise on the base, to the apparent violation of Pentagon policies on political activity in uniform.
Internal 82nd Airborne Division communications reviewed by Military.com reveal a tightly orchestrated effort to curate the optics of Trump's recent visit, including handpicking soldiers for the audience based on political leanings and physical appearance. The troops ultimately selected to be behind Trump and visible to the cameras were almost exclusively male.
One unit-level message bluntly said "no fat soldiers."
(Excerpt) Read more at military.com ...
Military.com is a leftwing POS publication
Really, I wonder what foreign nation’s military it really represents.
Not the USA, for sure.
Yes. I was going to post that because many people might not know that. They are fully in support of a Leftist WOKE military.
It is a propaganda arm of the Left masquerading as a pro-military media outlet.
It is a propaganda arm of the Left masquerading as a pro-military media outlet.
Another Leftist military infiltrator Loser. All PC, not an iota of perspective. Like all Leftist infiltrators/DEI hires, this guy is a serious threat to our Constitution, our Sovereignty, and our freedom.
I am retired military, I am here to tell you civilians that not all military members bleed Red, White, and Blue. There are a great many leftist Infiltrators among the ranks.
Subversive anti-freedom socialists and communists. They have invaded among the ranks from enlisted to Flag Officers.
Military.com is a leftwing POS publication
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Yes, they are.
The left drove the police and military back firmly in the arms of our side. Very stupid, but glad they did. They had them going full woke/DEI. It was my biggest worry politically speaking. Now it’s time to root out the leftys in those institutions.
These to Military.com fags think it’s against the UCMJ for soldiers to cheer their Commander in Chief while uniform. These two pixies must be some of Joe Pedo’s “funny” boyz. The soldiers used to cheer Joe Pedo every time he got down on the floor or airport ramp looking for quarters. They never said anything about that.
If anybody can fix Bragg, it’s Hegseth and PDJT.
And the two Marines standing at attention during FJB’s red “Third Reich” speech?
Incredibly biased. Even the headline is a joke, i.e. “checked for allegiance, appearance.” So does Militar.com prefer them being weak and disloyal?
Its all so unfair! 😆
Because homos and trannies in the military isn't partisan politics?
“…think it’s against the UCMJ for soldiers to cheer their Commander in Chief while uniform.”
Exactly. Do they really think the soldiers should have jeered the President’s speech? (We all know that’s what the authors would have preferred!)
Konstantin Toropin and Steve Beynon have written a moronic screed of communist-inspired propaganda...
Whatever credence Military.com had is buried deep in this pile of BS...
Yes, exactly - always has been.
Exactly, talk about hypocrisy from the left!
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