'Trump’s Personal and Partisan Army’: Trump’s Brazen Effort to Politicize the U.S. Military Just Went From Bad to Worse

'Trump’s personal and partisan army’: Trump’s brazen effort to politicize the U.S. military just went from bad to worse

The news you need to hear is that Donald Trump’s brazen efforts to turn the U.S. military into his own personal, partisan army have only gotten worse. This is according to reports detailing his increasingly political speeches delivered to active-duty personnel, per MSNBC. This isn’t just a matter of him airing grievances and peddling the same self-indulgent lies he shares at his rallies; when he delivers that same partisan red meat to men and wo…

How Trump’s military speeches violate a 'foundational bedrock principle'

Historically, U.S. presidents have made a clear distinction between how they speak at partisan campaign rallies and how they sound during speeches for members of the U.S. Armed Forces. A speech at West Point Military academy, for example, would have a much different tone from a campaign speech.But MSNBC's Steve Benen, in his October 28 column, warns that President Donald Trump is violating a "foundational bedrock principle" when he angrily rages…

Trump’s brazen efforts to politicize the U.S. military go from bad to worse

Speaking to U.S. troops in Japan, Donald Trump made fresh efforts to politicize the military and target a bedrock principle of the United States.