The Trump Presidency 2.0

[SOSTCRNA]

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Why not. It’s childish but hilarious and he is giving them all a taste of their own medicine. They will never respect him or anyone who voted for him so may as well keep poking

 

[Topkick]

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Because...

 

[Topkick]

Why not. It’s childish but hilarious and he is giving them all a taste of their own medicine. They will never respect him or anyone who voted for him so may as well keep poking

Trump is a showman, and he knows how to keep people talking about him.

 

[Cookie_]

Did I miss any major announcements? I only caught the very end of the speech where he was taking credit for the upcoming World Cup and Olympics being in the US.

 

[Jaknight]

Did I miss any major announcements? I only caught the very end of the speech where he was taking credit for the upcoming World Cup and Olympics being in the US.

I think he said Soldiers are going to get a check

 

[Topkick]

I think he said Soldiers are going to get a check

$'1776.00

 

[Topkick]

Was this necessary? I grow tired of his antics

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I think we'll slip back into politics as usual when Trump leaves office. The establishment will reorganize and go back to business as usual, quietly ripping off the tax payer and then retreating to the private millionaire lounge to laugh at us and drink expensive scotch together. The good ole boys of the uniparty will undo a lot of Trump's shenanigans. All the anti Trump rhetoric over the last 10 years has been mostly just a fight to keep the uniparty together and Trump was a disruption to business as usual.

 

[Ooh-Rah]

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$1775 would’ve been better!

 

[Marauder06]

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I'm sure the troops will welcome the money. I know I would. But if I were still in, there are things I think all of that money (something like $2.5B?) could be better spent on:

1) accountability for the way Afghanistan ended
2) mold out of the barracks
3) reforming the VA
4) fixing whatever the perpetual fuckup is with the chow halls
5) IT updates so that systemd
6) reducing training requirements
7) stamping out the last vestiges of DEI, and making standards the same for both genders

 

[Topkick]

mold out of the barracks

I've seen some comments claiming this is where the money is actually coming from. Not sure if it's just another fake news jab at Trump.

 

[The Quartermaster]

I've seen some comments claiming this is where the money is actually coming from. Not sure if it's just another fake news jab at Trump.

I made the Fort Irwin hotel take two of my soldiers and their families in when I found mold in their housing units, to which housing paid for and then completely leveled them and rebuilt again. They took black mold seriously. But they were contracted out nowadays and maybe saw this as easy money.

 

[Topkick]

I made the Fort Irwin hotel take two of my soldiers and their families in when I found mold in their housing units, to which housing paid for and then completely leveled them and rebuilt again. They took black mold seriously. But they were contracted out nowadays and maybe saw this as easy money.

I'm reading that some of the 1776 money is coming from the defense budget and specifically from housing allowance. If true, I agree with @Marauder06 that the housing deficiencies should be addressed first. Soldiers may want the cash to spend on motorcyle payments, but taking care of troops requires leaders to make less popular decisions.

 

[AWP]

The DoW needs to fix its moldy, leaking housing units, DFAC problems, and contaminated groundwater long before it does anything else. Hands down.

 

[Cookie_]

I'm sure the troops will welcome the money. I know I would. But if I were still in, there are things I think all of that money (something like $2.5B?) could be better spent on:

1) accountability for the way Afghanistan ended
2) mold out of the barracks
3) reforming the VA
4) fixing whatever the perpetual fuckup is with the chow halls
5) IT updates so that systemd
6) reducing training requirements
7) stamping out the last vestiges of DEI, and making standards the same for both genders

But those things take effort to address systemic problems. Much easier to change the PT tests again and ban beards.

 

[Cookie_]

I've seen some comments claiming this is where the money is actually coming from. Not sure if it's just another fake news jab at Trump.

Seems like it's coming out of a Fund for BAH payments.

specifically, there was 2.9 billion allocated to allow for changing BAH payments in areas where the housing market fluctuates quicker than the yearly adjustments would support.

 

[Topkick]

But those things take effort to address systemic problems. Much easier to change the PT tests again and ban beards.

I think the money should be used for a new dress uniform.

 

[The Quartermaster]

I think the money should be used for a new dress uniform.

WW1 Pershing vintage this time instead of the current WW2 "what would Ike wear" theme?

 

[Topkick]

WW1 Pershing vintage this time instead of the current WW2 "what would Ike wear" theme?

The current Pink & Greens are bad ass, IMO. No need to ever change it again.

 

[The Quartermaster]

The current Pink & Greens are bad ass, IMO. No need to ever change it again.

Until you see a soup sandwich with her hair down looking like an unprofessional bag of ass and a snuffy with his no shave faker profile wearing it and being the appearance of an unkempt POS that needs a haircut badly. Lipstick uniforms for pigs of DEI and herbivores.

 

[Topkick]

Until you see a soup sandwich with her hair down looking like an unprofessional bag of ass and a snuffy with his no shave faker profile wearing it and being the appearance of an unkempt POS that needs a haircut badly. Lipstick uniforms for pigs of DEI and herbivores.

I'm still around the military at times, and I do see more of this than I remember. Maybe its just now I'm outside looking in or that I've always been around only combat arms units. But I think despite the pushback and name calling, Hegseth is trying to right the ship. Starting with giving DI's their authority back.