General Discussion

RicROC

(1,204 posts) Sun Apr 12, 2020, 02:10 PM Apr 2020

not my Commander-in-Chief

I'm not being necessarily anti-Trump here, which I am, but I'm not or never have been in the military, so no President is my Commander-in-Chief.

For someone to state that 'he/she' is my Commander-in-Chief so therefore, 'he/she' should be able to demand my respect 'him/her' does not make sense to me.

1 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

not my Commander-in-Chief (Original Post) RicROC Apr 2020 OP

That little thing called the Constitution says the President is CinC Baked Potato Apr 2020 #1

Baked Potato

(7,733 posts)

1. That little thing called the Constitution says the President is CinC

Reply to RicROC (Original post)

Sun Apr 12, 2020, 02:53 PM

Apr 2020

of the military. The Founders wanted to make sure there would be civilian control of the armed forces. Article 88 of the UCMJ (Uniform Code of Military Justice) deals with disrespectful actions by active duty military members towards superiors. Forgive me if you knew this already.

Since you are not active duty military you have no obligation at all to “respect” the President. Did I miss something? Did Numb Nuts say he was everyone’s CinC? Trump cannot command ordinary civilians. Alas, respecting Trump is a burden forced upon the active Military, not the rest of We the People.

Reply to this discussion