Pete Hegseth, co-host of the “Fox & Friends” talk show, is Trump’s pick to run the Defense Department. Hegseth (photo left, bio here), 44, a Princeton graduate, served in the Minnesota National Guard and saw combat duty in the Iraq war. But he has a ton of personal issues, incl[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Military’
October 23rd, 2024 - 6:44 pm § in Donald Trump, Politics
Trump wanted “the kind of generals Hitler had”
While president, Trump said, “I need the kind of generals that Hitler had, people who were totally loyal to him, that follow orders.” The Trump campaign denies it, but there were witnesses, Trump’s former chief of staff, People magazine reported (here). I believe the witnesses, not Trump a[...]
October 21st, 2024 - 11:34 pm § in China
U.S. revives Tinian airfields for conflict with China
During the closing stages of World War 2, American B-29s based on Tinian bombed Japan, culminating in the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. (Read that history here.) Now the U.S. is reclaiming the abandoned runways from jungle overgrowth, to use as a backup in case U.S. planes must be dispe[...]
PHOTOGRAPHY: Trump raised flag at Iwo Jima!
Trump has a vivid imagination (see story here), and so does the artist who painted the picture below. In real life, he’s a draft dodger who called World War 2 heroes “suckers and losers.” Return to The-Ave.US Home Page[...]
Trump rally crowd boos soldier over base name
Disrespecting our military personnel and veterans has been a Trump hallmark. That hasn’t changed and isn’t going to. At a townhall-style campaign event in North Carolina on Friday, October 4, 2024, Trump “chuckled” as his crowd booed an active-duty soldier. The soldier’[...]
Pentagon “concerned” by Chinese-Russian cooperation
China and Russia just wrapped up a week of joint military exercises with hundreds of ships and planes. This was “the latest in a recent slew of military exercises and joint patrols between Russia and China that come on the heels of vows from Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to tighten milit[...]
August 29th, 2024 - 4:57 pm § in Politics, Republicans
Trump running mate’s rude attack on Harris defies logic
When a reporter asked J. D. Vance about this week’s Arlington Cemetery incident, he deflected by launching into a rant about the 13 American soldiers killed in the Kabul airport terrorist attack, then segued into a rude and illogical attack on Harris culminating with “she can go to hell!R[...]
August 15th, 2024 - 10:15 pm § in Donald Trump
Trump disparages Medal of Honor heroes
Trump never had much use for heroes. He called American war dead “losers” and “suckers” (details here). He said Sen. John McCain, who was tortured as a POW, wasn’t a hero because he was captured; and he objected to wounded veterans being brought to public events because[...]
The backstory of “swiftboat” political attacks
John Kerry was infamously “swiftboated” when he ran for president in 2004. Usually, being a veteran is a plus in politics. “Swiftboating” (explained here) is a political tactic employed to neutralize that advantage, or turn it into a political liability. The term implies lyin[...]
Vance lied about Walz’s military service
Kamala Harris’s running mate didn’t evade combat duty. Republicans are trying to “swiftboat” Tim Walz (the term is explained here), and Vance is their point man. He’s falsely claiming Walz timed his National Guard retirement to avoid deploying to Iraq. But Walz left the Guard to run f[...]