19 US Military Members And Veterans Are Sharing How They Honestly Feel About The Trump Administration, And They Didn't Hold Back

Recently, we asked progressive and reserve US subject members and veterans to stock what they honestly think astir Donald Trump and his administration, and things got brutally honest.

Amid jeopardizing America's relationships with long-standing allies, Veteran Affairs layoffs, a government shutdown, and — among galore different things — deploying troops to intimidate the American people, here's however progressive subject members and veterans are reacting:

1. "It's precise disheartening! A teardrop rolled down my look erstwhile this president approved of an insurrection. After serving 23 years arsenic a Marine and loving my clip and this country, it is conscionable truthful bittersweet that we would elite specified a horrible motivation compass of a quality being. My authorities doesn't substance to maine much than a motivation leader, and President Trump is conscionable a atrocious person. And that benignant of idiosyncratic with that benignant of powerfulness is simply a unsafe happening for america all. While they sow taste and societal struggle among us, they rob america unsighted of the funds we tender each paycheck. God bless us, and delight support america done this madness."

2. "I served 5 years connected progressive work successful the precocious '60s and aboriginal '70s. I'm disappointed that Trump didn't triumph successful 2020, due to the fact that present we'd beryllium past him. While I hold with galore things that he's done, helium gets harder to judge arsenic each time goes on, chiefly due to the fact that helium is conscionable 1 despicable quality being."

—Anonymous

3. "I spent 25 years successful the Navy, retiring arsenic a W-4. Donald Trump is an unmitigated disaster. This state whitethorn ne'er retrieve from his presidency. I travel from a subject family: my dada spent 4 years successful the Navy during WWII and 26 years successful the Air Force, and my youngest member spent 20 years successful the Air Force. Our household has a full of 75 years of work to our country. Now, according to MAGA, due to the fact that we don't enactment Trump, we hatred America. I don't recognize however oregon erstwhile I became the enemy. I fearfulness for the futures of my children and grandchildren."

—Richard, 70, California

4. "I'm a 74-year-old Air Force veteran. Morale was beauteous atrocious backmost then, truthful I tin lone ideate however atrocious it indispensable beryllium now. I wouldn't counsel anyone to enlist successful today's military. It's unthinkable however immoderate seasoned could enactment this Nazi-like regime."

—stylishlatte707

5. "I was a Democrat for 51 years and served 12 years successful the US Army Reserve arsenic an serviceman successful the Medical Service Corps. The unmitigated nonaccomplishment of the Biden/Harris medication made maine a arrogant Republican and Trump supporter. The extremist near lurch of the Democratic Party turned my stomach. Opening our borders to millions of unvetted amerciable immigrants, cashless bail, and different restorative justness nonsense has resulted successful radical walking our streets with aggregate felony convictions, which endangers you, our families, and me. It was each excessively overmuch to accept. Trump whitethorn not beryllium perfect, but nary 1 is. I voted for him and would bash it again. He is destroying the left, and I applaud that!"

6. "I served 4 years of progressive work from 1970–1974, and 1 twelvemonth arsenic an aerial postulation controller successful the USAF. I americium a pistillate and was precise arrogant to person served my country. I americium besides an immigrant, and I consciousness grateful to this fantastic country. However, I americium present precise acrophobic astir wherever the MAGA question is taking us. This president and each of his minions are cruel and lone funny successful acquiring and keeping power, arsenic good arsenic expanding their wealth."

—quirkyadmiral957

7. "Army seasoned of 10 years here. Everyone I cognize thinks I'm overreacting, but the mode this existent medication is practicing — not declaring — Martial Law ought to freak everyone out. It's not 1 measurement person to fascism; it is fascism. Round up radical successful the streets portion hiding your look means you cognize you're doing wrong, but they bash it anyway. Labeling chap Americans arsenic thing different than chap Americans is needlessly stoking a fire, unless your intent is to interruption America."

—Anonymous

8. "I supported President Trump successful his archetypal and 2nd campaigns. I judge successful overmuch of what helium has done and tries to bash for this country, but I cannot enactment a convicted felon arsenic president. He could person prevented the unit connected January 6 if helium had conscionable stood and said stop. He didn't. Instead of peacefully calling connected Americans to enactment together, helium encouraged unit and hate. I served my state for implicit 30 years during warfare and peace, and this needs to stop."

—Anonymous

9. "As a Viet vet, my reflection is that Trump doesn't person the slightest respect for the military, but to bash his soiled enactment truthful helium tin go a dictator. Pete Hegseth is conscionable a consenting toadie successful this effort. I consciousness my oath inactive stands, and I bash judge astatine immoderate constituent that it whitethorn beryllium enactment to the test. At 77, I'm consenting to bash what I tin erstwhile the clip comes."

10. "Twenty-year Air Force seasoned here. The president has to beryllium a person who is decisive successful his imaginativeness of what the state should be. He needs to beryllium no-nonsense and consenting to telephone retired BS erstwhile necessary. He needs to enforce the law, adjacent erstwhile it's unpopular. He needs communal sense, and astir importantly, helium has to recognize that we person constricted resources and can't lick everyone's problems. Our enactment ethic and determination made the state what it is, and we indispensable sphere it. Trump is simply a patriot; helium is consenting to sacrifice everything for this country. History volition bespeak this, and his accomplishments whitethorn beryllium him to beryllium 1 of the astir consequential presidents ever."

—Anonymous

11. "As a erstwhile subordinate of the subject (Air Force and Navy), I besides took that aforesaid oath to support the Constitution of the United States, against each enemies, overseas and domestic. Please, unfastened your eyes and your brain, and really spot and perceive what's going on. This state is connected the cusp of what transpired successful 1934 Germany. Rome wasn't built successful a day, and neither was the United States. When Nero took implicit Rome, it subsequently went up successful a shot of flames, conscionable similar Germany did — each due to the fact that a clump of spineless politicians did thing but crook the genu and buss the ring. It would beryllium bully to spot this state proceed arsenic a ideology and not occurrence out."

—youngskeleton9524

12. "I'm an Army seasoned who served from 1969–1972. My father, uncles, and cousins each served. I took an oath to protect, defend, and uphold the Constitution, and that fat, unpatriotic, lying, thieving, self-interested predator said the 'same words' and meant nary of it. I took my emblem down past November, and it won't spell backmost up until he's retired of office. He cares lone astir himself, and the remainder of the MAGA satellite licks his balls and continues to prevarication and alteration him. I'm 76 and dread the state I'll beryllium leaving to my kids and grandkids."

—pastelcomet168

13. "The existent White House medication is the worst 1 successful my life. I served 4 years successful the Navy from 1989–1993, including successful the archetypal Gulf War. I americium presently hosting my ninth PEACEFUL protestation since January of this year. I person met astir 1,000 astonishing chap Americans doing these protests, and we volition proceed warring unneurotic until this maniac is driven retired of office. We volition not halt until it's done. They accidental we are 'America haters,' but everyone knows that that is full self-projection. I consciousness atrocious for his cult followers, but erstwhile their lives are destroyed due to the fact that of him either aboriginal this twelvemonth oregon sometime adjacent year, my newfound friends and I volition beryllium determination to assistance prime them up."

14. "What has go wide to maine is this: excessively galore veterans and work members are mode excessively uninformed. The nonsense that 'Trump hates the military' oregon 'He's utilizing the subject against his ain people' is seriously...How fucking dumb are people? No, Trump isn't cleanable and doesn't person a humble bony successful his body. Yes, that bugs me. BUT, our cities are being overrun with crime, and Democratic lawmakers wouldn't widen the EXACT aforesaid woody to debar a authorities shutdown, conscionable similar they did past time."

"I spot President Trump moving his ass disconnected to get assistance and halt 2 bloody wars. Yes, the daze and awe of ICE taking radical retired of their cars and homes is shocking, but it's by design. People aren't racing to participate the state illegally now. Stop listening to left-wing media outlets, you fucking idiots, and bash immoderate goddamn probe yourself. It's good to not beryllium a instrumentality of a politician, but your children are being indoctrinated successful their schools. And if we let the state to displacement distant from the values we utilized to clasp dear...I don't adjacent privation to deliberation astir it."

—Anonymous

15. "I was successful the Air Force from 1968–1972. I wasn't the champion soldier, but the 1 happening that has stayed with maine is simply a committedness to the Constitution. Listening to immoderate of these subject guys is disgusting. Biden's presidency had a fewer flaws, but 1 of them was not putting neighbour against neighbour oregon stealing top-secret documents. Trump perpetually lies astir everything, and these radical thigh it up with a spoon. Talk astir delusional! Facts bash matter, and they should effort to wage attraction to them and larn however to archer the quality betwixt facts and gaslighting."

—maskedcowboy7835

16. "I'm a 68-year-old veteran, and my progressive work began successful 1976 and ended successful 1980. I person been a registered Republican my full big life, and I program to stay 1 until the time I die. That said, I'm not a protagonist of our existent Republican leadership. For galore years, I've watched radical usage tiny differences successful ideas and preferences to disagreement our nation, and each predetermination rhythm has built up this part and has driven a wedge betwixt the radical — to the constituent of chap Americans seeing different chap Americans arsenic enemies. This is thing we've done to ourselves, and the responsibility belongs to each of us. Until we person leaders who volition absorption connected what is champion for everybody, we volition proceed to disintegrate arsenic a society, and this state volition collapse. The aboriginal is ours to choose; let's take unity."

—peacefulmeat127

17. "As a Vietnam Army veteran, I americium precise disquieted astir however this medication is pursuing the usage of subject force. I deliberation we request to retrieve that aft WWII, we had warfare crimes trials, and 'orders were orders' was not a defense. My interest is that aft the Trump administration, we whitethorn beryllium looking astatine warfare crimes for our ain military. I wonderment astir the presumption this medication whitethorn beryllium putting our servicemen and women successful should that happen."

18. "I'm a veteran, and I can't judge immoderate of these antagonistic comments. We yet person a president who has the guts to enactment America archetypal and effort to cleanable up the messiness created by Democrats. Sanctuary states and cities should beryllium ashamed. Go President Trump."

—Anonymous

19. Lastly: "I can't judge that anyone who calls themselves a seasoned would travel this fool. We each took an oath to the Constitution, not to the president. I served nether Nixon, but I didn't service him; I served the Constitution. Trump makes Nixon look similar a specified jaywalker. Any seasoned who votes oregon supports Trump is simply a hypocrite. Either that, oregon they're conscionable ignorant and uninformed. If you instrumentality the clip to probe what Trump has done, what he's doing, and what he's readying connected doing, you'll recognize that helium has to beryllium stopped. If you emotion this state and you worth democracy, don't enactment this jerk. He's a con man, and if you judge him, you've been conned. Do the research."

—Dan, 72, Ohio

If you're an progressive work oregon reserve US subject subordinate oregon a veteran, what are your thoughts connected Trump's presidency truthful far? Let america cognize successful the comments, oregon you tin anonymously dependable your thoughts utilizing the signifier below.

Note: Some submissions person been edited for magnitude and/or clarity.