dennis2146 wrote:
Congratulations to President Trump for setting a new record for lies AND more importantly for honestly Making America Great Again economically, for strengthening our military and for all you do to protect America from Left Wing Socialism. Have a Happy New Year Mr. President and Family. See you next year.
Dennis
"According to recent news articles, Trump’s popularity with veterans and the military is waning. Reasons for weakening support include the ongoing impeachment inquiry, attacks on a Gold Star family, UCMJ interference, hurried withdraw from Syria and concerns of VA privatization.
“Officers up and down the ranks, as well as several present civilian Pentagon employees” expressed alarm about the president in a recent Atlantic article.
A story by MSNBC says that “troops have reacted viscerally in interviews and on social media” about the president.
In a Washington Post article, it was reported that when asked about Trump’s Syria decision, an Army officer responded that with the stopping of the ISIS mission, “ISIS is going to have a resurgence, and we’re going to have to go back.”
In his new book “It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Serve Your Country,” former Secretary of Veterans Affairs Dr. David Shulkin writes about the anarchy in the Trump administration and how veterans are being negatively impacted by the administrations dysfunction.
Shulkin writes about efforts to privatize the VA by the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, which according to Shulkin could damage veteran’s access to medical care.
Shulkin states that privatizing the VA could also lead to the weakening of recruitment and retention of our all-volunteer military for fear of inadequate long-term medical care.
Shulkin writes: “I was pushed out of the VA because of a partisan desire to get rid of me and any other obstacle standing in the way to privatize the VA.”
According to Military Times “nearly everyone in the veteran’s community and on Capitol Hill is against privatizing VA.”
In another story, NBC News highlights combat veteran and former VA counselor’s concerns that recent “productivity pressure on counselors who treat veterans for mental health issues like PTSD is hurting the quality of care” that veterans receive today.
Suicide k**ls 22 veterans a day, or one every 65 mins."
https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/commentary/2019/11/22/veteran-and-military-support-is-vital-to-trumps-political-survival/