The Atlantic – Donald Trump’s plans for the military will weaken it
Kori Schake, of The Atlantic, penned an article warning of the impacts that Donald Trump’s intent for the military would have. She took aim at Donald Trump’s plan for a warrior board which would review and recommend woke senior officers for removal, as well as Trump’s plan for using the military to assist with deportations. Schake also insinuated that Trump politicized the military and corroded it in the process.
From The Atlantic:
During his first term as president, Trump stopped short of invoking the Insurrection Act, but he did set about corroding the professionalism of the armed forces by making its use as a partisan political force acceptable and attempting to create military loyalty that was personal to him. As commander in chief, he used meetings with service members as campaign stops, encouraging them to agree with him that “we had a wonderful election, didn’t we? And I saw those numbers–and you like me, and I like you.” He asked military audiences to lobby their members of Congress in support of his policies, and he pardoned a serviceman who had been convicted of serious crimes–including war crimes–by court-martial and then included him in campaign events.
Trump also attempted to reach past the senior leaders who discipline the rank and file by ridiculing “the generals” and accusing them of stupidity, cowardice, and betraying the fighting forces. He has since said that, once back in office, he will fire all the “woke” generals and that he’s considering creating an external board of preferred veterans to determine which active-duty military leaders to remove. He insinuated that retired General Mark Milley in particular should be executed for treason. The scholar Risa Brooks has written that these are efforts to create a military coalition committed to keeping him in office.
Is Trump disciplined enough to devise and enact a plan to use the military against constitutional authority? To believe that he’s not is tempting. Unfortunately, it also underestimates the protean instincts that have made him successful and the authoritarian ambitions that animate him and many around him.
In the final months of Trump’s first term, the “adults in the room” left the building, and the president appointed such reckless partisans as Christopher Miller, Kash Patel, and Douglas MacGregor into senior defense roles. Some of Trump’s current Cabinet picks, such as defense-secretary nominee Pete Hegseth, resemble these appointees in their attitudes and positions. If confirmed, they will likely inject partisan politics into the military, creating dissension within the ranks, driving out experienced commanders, and alienating a large segment of the public.
Additional Reading:
Schake, K. (2024, November 30). What Trump doesn’t understand about the military. The Atlantic. Link.
Category: Donald Trump, Military issues
Bullsh*t!
“alienating a large segment of the public”
Apparently not that large if you look at the election results.
Democrats already did that by calling anyone who disagreed fascist and a threat to democracy.
By “democracy” she means 1-party authoritarian/totalitarian rule of the bourgeoisie on the coasts & big cities ruling every aspect of your life. Daily purity tests of ever increasing more left/progressive policies.
This ain’t no “democracy”.
We are a Constituntional Republic.
She (he?) must have been at the Guidance Counselors office getting talked into gender reassignment the day they covered that America is a Constitutional Republic in Civics Class.
Sadly, they don’t teach a true civics class in public schools any more.
That period’s used for Drag Queen Story Hour now.
Bitch can go live in Cuba or Venezuela for all I care, I’d even pitch in for her one-way ticket there!
“Everything that guy said is bullshit” – legal scholar Vincent LaGuardia Gambini
I’m sure DJT did rub the industrial military complex-establishment-DC swamp-warhawk top brass the wrong way, and that’s a good thing. Ever watch The Don with the troopers, marines, airman, and sailors? They love the guy. That’s what’s important. Not General with one foot out the door to Grumman or Raytheon. Putting and end to the wasting of time, energy, and resources on DEI/CRT is a good thing. Bringing meritocracy back is GREAT thing. Booting the trannies saves time, money, and improves morale which is another GREAT thing.
I can see why the writer is bummed. He’s just another guy that NEVER served trying the transform our military into some societal petri dish for experiments in wokeness. Eff him and all that think him/her/they/whatever-the-fuck-they-are-today…
Kori of The Atlantic is a female, according to that propaganda rag, anyway.
How do you know? Are you a biologist?
To Kori Schake of The Atlantic:
Elections have consequences.
Learn to code.
I lernt CW from a local HAM when I was a kid.
Can still pass the 21 wpm code test with a straight key.
Of all the memory problems that come with aging, CW is the
least affected.
I bow in respect, 26Lima.
I was getting past 10wpm when we finally escaped Houston, and life changes kept me from continuing.
So here we see The Atlantic showing its true colors as just another DNC rag.
When I peruse magazines at my local library I don’t even bother picking them up- along with The Week, Time, Mother Jones, et al.
How bout American Rifleman?
High quality paper. Shows up in the mail every month.
They are a rag for the intel community. They post whatever the CIA/NSA/FBI tells them. So yea, a rag for the Democrats.
Hahhahahahahahhahhahahahhahhahhahahahahahahahhhahhahahahahahahhahahhahhh.
They are stupid.
Take some time out to breath and don’t choke….
Come on when a Rino tries to stick their nose under the tent that is funny.
Ridiculing the generals who enforce the rules of the rank and file? Has the writer of the article not noticed the male pattern baldness of some of the senior “women” of rank currently “serving”?
How about the generals give a shit about the God Damn Chowhalls !!! Those assholes not feeding the troops should be the first to go.
Their reply is, “I got mine, let them fend for themselves”.
True that, they need to QUIT kissing up for some plum job at a Defense Contractor and live up to their duties.
Because we all know that partisan politics was nut running amok during the eight years of the Obama-Biden Administration nor during nearly four years of the Biden-Harris Administration. Just ask General McChrystal or General Flynn.
Another shitty article, written by a shitty writer, for a shitty publication.
Kori Schake can EABOD.
she should be working in an ice cream parlor making milk schakes.
Maybe these libtard moonbats might realize one day that the United States Military exists to wage war on our enemies and NOT be a test bed for social engineering experiments, and to quote Wayne, “YEAH, and green monkeys might fly out of my ass!”
Kori never did a road march carrying 140 lbs+ in weight and gear.
Sucking ass in the rain – or heat – take your pick – and moving to contact.
Fuck he / she / them.
Like we should care about the opinions on our military by some TDS deluded scrunt that has never served a day in uniform.
But she knows better. /sarc
Something I keep on hand for one of the SNCO/NCO/AMN book of face websites to use as a necessary meme
“Like I’ve always said, nothing like sending a strongly worded and very detailed e-mail to the Help Desk at AF-All(at)us.af.mil, can’t fix.
LMAO
And where/when did Kori serve?
Nuff said.
Someone is shopping for a reaction
The reason why this article showed up
https://www.economist.com/finance-and-economics/2024/11/28/american-veterans-now-receive-absurdly-generous-benefits
That article is behind a paywall.
Not worth registering to read that.
I know
I have a account
Basically they are bashing vet here in the U.S.
it seems there is more to this story than meets the eye. There will be more coming on this soon
Wait, that sounds like The Onion just from the link.
The Atlantic regularly covered for Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, along with their business partners (clients).
There are pictures of the owner of The Atlantic with Ghislaine Maxwell.