Twenty one years of flawless, ethical, honest and effective military service. That was his problem. Trump cannot stand or abide anyone who has an abundance of qualities so alien to his own character and make-up. Mary Trump’s newly released book clearly shows who and what this excess bag of fat is.
To be sure, no rational person could ever copy his make-up, but that is for another day and an another story.
Imagine the impact on career lifers, who think of the military as a kind of a family, who spent their entire lives reaching and exceeding rigorous standards of behavior. They see one of their finest attacked, back-stabbed and lied about, by the very commander they swore to obey. Ok, the oath is to the constitution, Trump is an Art. 1 constitutional officer with explicit control over the military, but the logic leads you there.
Trump has disgraced this country, and keeps putting us at risk, economically, medically, and culturally. He pardons criminals, he punishes truth tellers, scientists, experts and people with integrity. He ignores all advice, claiming, wrongly, that his vast, blubber encased, e-Coli filled gut is smarter and far more knowledgeable than the rest of the world.
The victim today was not just the Lt. Col. It was all of us.
on edit: my hat is off to Illinois’ junior US senator. Tammy Duckworth, ex- military, new mom, wartime amputee, and on the list of Biden’s VP selection, fought hard, long, and smart . . . But the power of a malignant president far exceeds a mere junior senator of the minority party. She lost. He lost. We all lost.