Ok, here’s the thing.
If you are a Boy Scout and you think that in all likelihood, you will grow up to be heterosexually married, you are more than welcome to pledge your loyalty to the Third-World dictator/ reality TV show host that America is currently calling its President.
And look, Boy Scouts, he might need you. Because it seems entirely possible that at some point, they’ll be a military coup to remove this unhinged, would-be autocrat from 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. In the event that happens, he might be forced to call up the Scouts to fend off the rebellious US army.
But here’s the other thing. Not included in the soldiers who will eventually have to intervene and remove Trump, will be any transgender individuals.
Because Trump just literally tweeted this:
So consider yourself “advised,” LGBT community, Trump “cannot be burdened” with the “tremendous” aggravations of allowing you to fight and die for him.
That is all.
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Vintage Trump, currying favor to the 35% Neanderthals demographic.
Does anyone sense that Trump’s behavior in the last 10 days or so is even crazier and more desperate than ever? Starting with his NY Times interview and thereafter his impulsive obsessive conduct has hit a 10+ with regard to Mueller’s investigation into his and the Trump organization finances. The pubic doesn’t know the extent to which Mueller has subpoenaed Trump’s records domestically, used available processes internationally**, or which witnesses Mueller’s people have questioned around the world. Chances are good that Trump does know. And its clear that whatever steps Mueller has taken in that regard, he’s hit the equivalent of Trump’s prostate nerve of the mind given he’s jumping out of his orange tinted skin. So, if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck, and Trump has been engaging in criminality, Trump looks to have no choice from his deranged point of view : Either Mueller has to go or Trump will go down. Yet, in the end, that strategy is self defeating because it risks (we should be so lucky) blowing up his House and Senate Republican support which may mean impeachment and or veto proof legislation reappointing Mueller
If his lawyers have any brains they’ve told him that self-pardoning is a dead end, so what’s his next best strategy in the meantime? Sooner or later he’ll figure out that it’s best for him to resign and allow Pence to pardon him.
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https://www.justice.gov/criminal-oia
https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/tax/legacy/2012/12/05/CTM%20Chapter%2041.pdf
It would be very interesting to compare the cost of treatment for PTSD (and/or other mental disorders related to military service!) for the many thousand ex-military to the maybe few transgenders. Clearly the PTSD would be obviously related to military service and highly unlikely the transgender issues are related to military service. So, what’s the real reason?
– Murphy
Trump Base pablum. There are about 1.4 million people in the entire US (https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/01/health/transgender-population.html)
that “identify” as “trans-gender” under largely differing and ambiguous definitions of what “transgender” actually means. A tiny fraction of those would ever likely serve in any military capacity. An even smaller fraction would likely pass the medical and psych evaluation. Gender mis-assignment and or re-assignment are traumatic conditions that do have notable psychological impacts.
So, Trump has no voter loss potential, the military leadership doesn’t care and isn’t going to make waves, (no-pun intended) because statistically it is a non-problem one way or another for them – and they do have a few more important things they have to do. Mostly – like insure Trump’s big military budget increases to the US military budget that’s already larger than the combined military budgets of the entire world.
We may be stepping down from the political leadership of the world, but clearly we aren’t stepping down from being the largest military force in the world. Being a wealthy bully has always worked for Trump, and he see’s no reason that the nation should not be a global bully as well.
However, Trump’s next move will likely be removing females (remember Trump’s frequent comments about his problems with female periodic “blood” issues) from the ranks of the military. The statistics here are much more problematic for Trump – both voter – and for your military coup. Their are a growing number of very senior military officers in the US military and their power is often underestimated – especially by politicians.
Females could much more likely be a part of a Trump coup – where they will have a well motivated participation in the removal of old “Grab-em by the Pussy” Trump from office. Perhaps in a scene (given Trump’s life long misogyny and bigotry) that potentially could look not too dissimilar to Trump’s much admired resemblance – Benito Mussolini’s removal from office. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Benito_Mussolini#Piazzale_Loreto).
Geez! I guess I never knew the “details” — and I certainly did not know this: Claretta Petacci, Mussolini’s mistress, was captured and executed with him. So, in that after-death posed photo, I now understand it!
So, we all agree trump’s bullshit “transgender not allowed into military” is only a ruse to keep his cult base connected? I mean, one day he says no one supports the LGBTQ as much as he does and then the next day he has some ‘exceptions’. Kinda reminds me of a few years ago… well, here is the nutshell version:
1987 Repb; 1999 Indep; 2001 Democrat; 2009 Repb; 2011 none; 2012 Repb; 2016 “vows to save America”.
Same as his speech commitments, say whatever he thinks they will believe today.
– Murphy
It all comes to the gullibility of Americans who are gullible, desire to be ignorant or need to read or watch things other than Fox, Breitbart, alt-right and Facebook-right related echo chambers. Here’s some poll results I find a bit striking, but this finding takes the cake: “Nearly three-quarters of voters, 72 percent, think Trump won the Electoral College, compared with just 14 percent who say Clinton won.” That’s right!! Nearly 14 percent said Clinton won the election, whether they realize they are saying that or not!!
And the writer of the article writes “just 14 percent.” Heh heh.
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/343833-poll-nearly-half-of-trump-voters-think-he-won-the-popular-vote
Good Lord. No wonder trump likes the uneducated. I just read thru comments on that article. Made me cringe – so many ignorant people and there is one poster, really psycho trump lover, repetitive postings, hard core! Sure reminds me of that ex-friend I mentioned here and pasted his email; a closet-psycho! Could be him but I know he really does not read past headlines. He sent me a satire piece accidentally – because he thought it was pro-trump based on the headline. A great piece by Garrison Keillor of Lake Wobegon. He had never heard of him. Ah, what fun that day was! 🙂
– Murphy
H writes “So consider yourself ‘advised,’ LGBT community, Trump ‘cannot be burdened’ with the “tremendous” aggravations of allowing you to fight and die for him.”
As I see it, no one in the military, law enforcement or intelligence communities should be burdened with the “tremendous” aggravations of fighting and dying for Donald Trump.