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To: theoilpainter
"I have been informed by people who should know that our military is in sad shape, and that we are lagging behind the Russians in many key areas. Trump claimed he had to sign this bill because of the military component. I have no reason to think he is wrong here."

I just don't understand the immediacy this week. May be he thinks we're going to war, we don't know. I'm just dismayed that he signed a last minute bill without ANYONE knowing what the details are. Remember Pelosi's Obamacare, "We need to pass it, so see what's in it"? I never thought Trump would do the same.

Plus, he could have used his political capital to insist on a separate Military Strength Act or something to that effect in a few months. This was bad move and weakens his position with the opposition.

13 posted on 03/23/2018 3:48:24 PM PDT by A Navy Vet (I'm not Islamophobic - I'm Islamonauseous. Plus LGBTQxyz nauseous.)
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To: A Navy Vet

I understand what you are saying, and my response is that Trump, who is no shrinking violet, must have his reasons.

Funny thing here is that during the campaign, I was sharply critical of Trump on this board and even was place on “posting probation” for some of my comments. Posters here were very harsh responding to my posts. I didn’t vote for him in the primary, and only voted for him in the general to save us from Clinton. My point then was that I am a conservative, and Trump was not.

Now, I’m actually warming up to him. Were the primary tomorrow, I’d vote for him in an instant. Oddly, those here who were most critical of me on FR are cooling towards Trump and seemingly want his scalp.

Will we ever be on the same page?


15 posted on 03/23/2018 4:11:56 PM PDT by theoilpainter
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To: A Navy Vet
Maybe you haven't been paying attention. Trump's only real power base is his magnificent support by the US Armed Forces -- especially MI.

Watch how that plays out in the next month or so...

The very last thing he'll do is to publicly short-change our military services.

21 posted on 03/23/2018 5:39:38 PM PDT by TXnMA ("Allah": Satan's current alias; "0bama": Allah's stooge; "Moderate Muslims": Allah's useful idiots.)
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