The Trump Presidency 2.0

Salt USMC said:
The founders also explicitly stated that states have the right to determine how they conduct elections. You can't argue founder's intent when they told us what their intent was:

  • Clause 1 Elections Clause
  • The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
"Chusing" is the original spelling. Don't blame me!
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Maybe I'm misreading this.
  • The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.
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I read that as it is the States' prerogative as much as it is Congress' should the latter choose to step in and do its own thing. Maybe there's some law to muddy the waters, but I'd take this to mean an EO doesn't apply. It is a State issue unless the Legislative steps in and gets the ball rolling on a nation-wide change.
 
Two news stories on Bagram.

Trump: ‘We were going to keep Bagram, not because of Afghanistan but because of China’

The second is the important part and why- the TAPI pipeline. There’s something like $13T of oil and gas in the caspian sea. If China controls a pipeline that runs from that sea through Turkmenistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India- that’s a problem.


Afghanistan Advances TAPI Pipeline Construction with Additional 3km | Pipeline Technology Journal

I know we’ve been focusing on other things but if you’ve been listening, Trump has been signaling a move towards Bagram for two reasons- getting that sweet sweet energy, and denying China that sweet energy.

Now we will see how we hold the terrain we just recaptured.
 
Shocked GIF by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon


 
amlove21 said:

Big if true (we will breeze right by this story).
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I don't remember where I saw the article (nor have the time to find it) but I read something roughly a week ago about this. IIRC it was a discussion with somebody from the CATO Institute talking about how these are numbers based on asylum grantees/legal non-residents, as they have to have a social to work. It's not 2 million illegals that have SS cards.
 
ThunderHorse said:
https://twitter.com/x/status/1909791293733032066

I mean, if she actually did this and the other alleged things she should totally get gone.
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This just doesn't make sense to me. I've never served in NATO but do you even hang the pics of the pres and secdef on the way like we would at a unit? Because if we did that for the US, wouldn't we then have to do it for all of the NATO countries? Maybe they do, IDK. But even if that were the case, would you be dumb enough as a four-star to talk shit about it? IDK, maybe she is.

And "wait them out?" This admin is going to be in place for four years. How much longer would her tour at NATO have been? Prob not that long.

It just doesn't add up to be. But then again TDS makes people do and say dumb things, so who knows.
 
Cookie_ said:
I don't remember where I saw the article (nor have the time to find it) but I read something roughly a week ago about this. IIRC it was a discussion with somebody from the CATO Institute talking about how these are numbers based on asylum grantees/legal non-residents, as they have to have a social to work. It's not 2 million illegals that have SS cards.
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As always, we can see how it plays out. What's the difference between the government assigning you a social security number and getting a card? I don't have to present my card to do anything that requires a social- I just put my number in the space. So if they have a number...?
 
Apparently Chatfield made some comments about Congress being "too male", pushed DEI crap, and said she could "wait out" the Trump admin.

Her street cred is a bit shaky: she went from flying helo's to commanding non-operational units in her climb, but really was an academic. A lot of gaps in her public record.

If I was Trump or Hegseth all I would say is, "you don't have to be loyal to me, but you do have to follow policy and precedent." She'd hang herself with that rope. They all do.
 
Marauder06 said:
This just doesn't make sense to me. I've never served in NATO but do you even hang the pics of the pres and secdef on the way like we would at a unit? Because if we did that for the US, wouldn't we then have to do it for all of the NATO countries? Maybe they do, IDK. But even if that were the case, would you be dumb enough as a four-star to talk shit about it? IDK, maybe she is.

And "wait them out?" This admin is going to be in place for four years. How much longer would her tour at NATO have been? Prob not that long.

It just doesn't add up to be. But then again TDS makes people do and say dumb things, so who knows.
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I don't like this precedent. If we want to remove people for cause, cool. If the "cause" is "I don't like your public statements on this issue", I am not for that.

If she was a bad leader but her bad leadership fell short of actual insubordination or some actual offense, she would be counseled and brought in line.

What's next? Firing every single Intel commander cause "They're super weird and into anime" (cause they all are)?
 
amlove21 said:
I don't like this precedent. If we want to remove people for cause, cool. If the "cause" is "I don't like your public statements on this issue", I am not for that.

If she was a bad leader but her bad leadership fell short of actual insubordination or some actual offense, she would be counseled and brought in line.

What's next? Firing every single Intel commander cause "They're super weird and into anime" (cause they all are)?
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Bro, this is the navy. We have 3,285,318 examples on here alone for firing because of "due to a loss of confidence in (his/her) ability to lead." The left will make this about being unfair, political, and abominable, and the right will respond by saying it's the SECDEF/SECNAV/POTUS prerogative and always has been and shrug their shoulders.

And the wheels on the bus go round and round....
 
amlove21 said:
I don't like this precedent. If we want to remove people for cause, cool. If the "cause" is "I don't like your public statements on this issue", I am not for that.

If she was a bad leader but her bad leadership fell short of actual insubordination or some actual offense, she would be counseled and brought in line.

What's next? Firing every single Intel commander cause "They're super weird and into anime" (cause they all are)?
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I'm glad I retired before that became a fireable offense

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Marauder06 said:
This just doesn't make sense to me. I've never served in NATO but do you even hang the pics of the pres and secdef on the way like we would at a unit? Because if we did that for the US, wouldn't we then have to do it for all of the NATO countries? Maybe they do, IDK. But even if that were the case, would you be dumb enough as a four-star to talk shit about it? IDK, maybe she is.

And "wait them out?" This admin is going to be in place for four years. How much longer would her tour at NATO have been? Prob not that long.

It just doesn't add up to be. But then again TDS makes people do and say dumb things, so who knows.
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Spitballing...if there's a US office space or Navy office space, I can see the requirement to hang pictures of the COC like any other military office. Badmouthing any current admin while in uniform is a bad play, I don't know if that meets the criteria for relief...because I just don't know.

I don't want military leadership to blindly obey our elected officials, I want them to question orders and directives, foreign policy, and a host of topics. I don't want a puppet in uniform. I also don't want someone to fight, resist, or disobey simply because they don't like the admin. Didn't we learn anything (BWAHAHAAHAHAA!!! I'm funny) from MacArthur and Truman?

Fight it, argue it, make your case and if you're still told to shut up and color, your time in uniform isn't some birthright or whatever. No one is stopping you from retiring in protest and going on every news show on this planet and speaking your mind. If you're a FOGO you should know this by now. Should.
 
AWP said:
Spitballing...if there's a US office space or Navy office space, I can see the requirement to hang pictures of the COC like any other military office. Badmouthing any current admin while in uniform is a bad play, I don't know if that meets the criteria for relief...because I just don't know.

I don't want military leadership to blindly obey our elected officials, I want them to question orders and directives, foreign policy, and a host of topics. I don't want a puppet in uniform. I also don't want someone to fight, resist, or disobey simply because they don't like the admin. Didn't we learn anything (BWAHAHAAHAHAA!!! I'm funny) from MacArthur and Truman?

Fight it, argue it, make your case and if you're still told to shut up and color, your time in uniform isn't some birthright or whatever. No one is stopping you from retiring in protest and going on every news show on this planet and speaking your mind. If you're a FOGO you should know this by now. Should.
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That last part in particular is what is giving me pause. Every GO knows that heads are rolling. Why would you give another reason to put your head on the block, especially over something stupid?

Also, all I'm seeing is circular reporting based on the same meme. No link to any official-looking story.
 

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