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WASHINGTON President Donald Trumps approval rating among active-duty military personnel has slipped over the last two years, leaving todays troops evenly split over whether theyre happy with the commander in chiefs job performance, according to the results of a new Military Times poll of active-duty service members.
About 44 percent of troops had a favorable view of Trumps presidency, the poll showed, compared to 43 percent who disapproved.
The results from the survey, conducted over the course of September and October, suggest a gradual decline in troops support of Trump since he was elected in fall 2016, when a similar Military Times poll showed that 46 percent of troops approved of Trump compared to 37 percent who disapproved. That nine-point margin of support now appears gone.
During that same period, the number of neutral respondents has dwindled from almost 17 percent to about 13 percent, suggesting political polarization inside the military community has intensified in recent years.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2018/10/15/support-for-trump-is-fading-among-active-duty-troops-new-poll-shows/
But who wouldn't want a chickenhawk with bonespurs as their commander in chief?
msongs
(67,426 posts)Permanut
(5,617 posts)Still wondering why even 1% of vets or active military would support a jerk who trashes Gold Star families.
TomSlick
(11,103 posts)Achilleaze
(15,543 posts)in charge of your destiny. Like all of the many republican chickenhawks, Dirty Donny would love to send "other people" off to fight and die in foreign wars in order to claim the so-called GLORY for himself. republicans have created a losing combination for your average soldier.
UTUSN
(70,719 posts)Kingofalldems
(38,466 posts)Most who have been in the service know what I am talking about, there's always one of those around.
Cha
(297,414 posts)who serve.. and especially to those who see trump is NOT FIT to Serve.