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Recently, we asked progressive US subject members and veterans to stock however they honestly feel astir Trump and his administration, and they got highly honest. From those who enactment Trump and those who don't, here's however those who served and those who are presently serving are reacting:
1. "I americium a US Army veteran. While successful work to my country, 1 of my main responsibilities was to support it from immoderate of the nefarious actions I spot ICE taking presently. If you are successful America illegally, then, yes, you should beryllium deported. That being said, determination is perfectly nary excuse for these jack-booted, masked, Gestapo-like thugs to beryllium intimidating and physically abusing ANYONE! They person ne'er been astir deporting the 'worst of the worst.' And now, seemingly incapable and unconcerned with doing that, EVERYONE is just game, including US citizens. Fuck each the radical who enactment with impunity."
2. "Trump and his medication are shameful. He leads with incompetence and graft. The subject has been stripped of its champion and astir experienced by pusillanimous and petty governmental appointees. We are (or were) a federation of laws. We person present go a federation of rights fixed lone to the privileged. It volition instrumentality decades to erase the stain Trump has left."
—Robert, 69, Air Force
3. "As a erstwhile USMC SSGT, I would not service successful today's subject with him arsenic Commander successful Chief. He mocked Senator McCain for being changeable down, referred to the men who died successful Normandy arsenic losers, and refused to be a ceremonial determination due to the fact that it was raining. Rear Echelon Bravo Foxtrot."
4. "Vietnam veteran, property 83. He is the force wrong and the fig 1 menace to ideology successful this country."
—Anonymous
5. "I similar everything that Trump is doing! He and Congressional Republicans are doing their champion to Make America Great Again, but it's the liberals who are stopping them. Trump is playing chess portion everyone other is playing checkers."
—Reynald, 31, Army
6. "I americium a pistillate who proudly served 20+ years successful the Air Force. I retired 32 years ago. During that time, we had immoderate large leaders and a mates of not-so-good ones. But we ne'er served nether anyone arsenic abysmally unqualified to beryllium Commander-in-Chief. He is morally corrupt and has nary respect for the Constitution, the radical of the United States, oregon the satellite astatine large. Everything is astir HIM. I DO NOT recognize however oregon wherefore the American radical tin enactment this man. He has destroyed our ties with our staunch allies. America was already large earlier Trump. It volition instrumentality clip and overmuch effort to retrieve from this circus."
7. "Marine here, who's besides a lad of a Vietnam Recon Marine and a grandson of a WWII soldier. Such incompetence displayed by this administration. It's the full 'those who neglect to larn past are doomed to repetition it.'"
8. "I'm gladsome I'm not successful a presumption to beryllium ordered to perpetrate warfare crimes."
—Tony, 71, California, USAF
9. "Air Force vet here. Any existent oregon erstwhile subject unit who enactment this president person earned the rubric that helium has fixed you: suckers and losers."
10. "There's nary request for america to beryllium successful Iran. This is an Israeli war, not an American one. If we took retired their atomic weapons capableness successful June of past year, arsenic Trump claims, past there's nary request for america to beryllium determination astatine all, period. So is Trump lying? The wealth spent connected this warfare could beryllium amended spent connected healthcare, housing, nutrient for the poor, oregon galore different things, specified arsenic restoring USAID. With a nationalist indebtedness of implicit 39 trillion, the USA can't spend to enactment this warfare astatine all."
11. "Vietnam seasoned here. Our state is rapidly becoming unrecognizable arsenic the state I grew up successful and served. We each took an oath to support the Constitution, and that oath was for life. It does not extremity erstwhile you are discharged. It would beryllium good for each of my brothers to retrieve that. It is horrible to ticker however radical are being treated by this administration. Change indispensable come, oregon we are doomed arsenic a nation."
—grouchysword333 (Scott, 72, Navy)
12. "This is the astir incompetent medication I've seen. They person nary existent nationalist strategy and person a full disregard for our nationalist interests. They besides look to disregard the planetary obligations that were created by the humor of our soldiers, airmen, sailors, seashore guard, and marines. This medication has eclipsed the corruption of perchance adjacent Putin. It volition instrumentality generations for our federation to recover, and adjacent then, it mightiness not. We person a gutless Congress and Supreme Court filled with judges who are ruling from idiosyncratic beliefs and not for the American people."
—Mike, 68, Marines
13. "I americium a seasoned and a erstwhile constabulary officer, and I find ICE's behaviour reprehensible and unconstitutional. I americium besides earnestly disappointed that Americans who assertion to beryllium 'patriots' proceed to enactment this lawless administration, that of which continues to prevarication and supply misinformation to the American people."
14. "I voted for Trump twice. I tried to warrant his unusual and sometimes bizarre actions and thinking, but I don't cognize if I tin bash it immoderate longer. I regret my vote, seeing however everything has turned retired truthful far. It hasn't adjacent been a twelvemonth into his term, and look wherever we're at. It's a mess, and I nary longer admit the authorities of the state I fought for."
—Anonymous, Marines
15. "I don't cognize if it's Trump fatigue oregon not, but these days, I'm much appalled by the radical successful his administration: Pete Hegseth, the property secretary, Mike Johnson, the stain connected the Kennedy household (RFK Jr.), etc. They marque maine adjacent much sick due to the fact that they conscionable proceed feeding into Trump's delusions."
16. "I took an oath to support my state from radical EXACTLY LIKE TRUMP. How this POS isn't already successful situation for trying to overthrow the authorities is beyond logic. The rapist insurrectionist and his full medication volition beryllium successful situation successful 3 years if they're inactive alive, and this time, cipher is going to pardon them."
17. "I've been progressive successful aggregate wars passim respective administrations arsenic an infantryman, paratrooper, and designated marksman. I hold that the Iranian theocracy and their enactment for panic states request to spell distant quickly, though I bash not hold with the methods presently being employed by the United States. As has been proven galore times, the US tin and volition triumph immoderate subject war. And arsenic proven, we suffer to guerrilla warfare, which Iran has sponsored for decades now. Our Commander successful Chief is led by an amateur unit — a herd of yesmen frightened to beryllium fired by a spoiled brat who has ne'er been told no. I person overmuch much to say, but I should halt now."
—Timothy, 53, Army
18. "This is the astir disgraceful medication our state has ever had, hiding down Christianity and our emblem to nonstop our brothers and sisters into conflict for their governmental greed and power. Starting with Trump and his full unit of cowards, they should each beryllium rotting successful jailhouse for starting this war, and each the cowards of Congress, Republicans and Democrats, who didn't person the patriotism and grant to halt it."
—Paul, 66, RI USMC and US ARMY
19. Lastly: "I'm active. Morale is low, and radical don't precisely cognize what we're getting into. Many radical are frightened that boots volition beryllium connected the crushed soon. Trump said, 'No caller wars.' Just a full clump of BS."
If you're an progressive work oregon reserve US subject subordinate oregon a veteran, what are your thoughts connected Trump's presidency truthful far? What is the biggest contented for you, if any, close now? 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.
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