Why Trump can't stop personally attacking military veterans

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The Plum Line • Opinion

Why Trump can’t stop personally attacking military veterans

By Paul Waldman
Opinion writer
November 19 at 2:44 PM

With only a small portion of the American public now serving in the military, our presidents are no longer expected to have served. This isn’t really a problem; while such experience can be valuable in confronting some of the challenges a president faces, we’ve had both great and terrible presidents who wore the uniform.

But we’ve certainly never had a president who displayed Donald Trump’s combination of boastful claims about how devoted he is to the military and regular displays of contempt for those who have served or are still serving.

Part of it comes from Trump’s refusal to concern himself with the habits and norms that govern politics, which doesn’t necessarily have to be unhealthy. But it also comes from the fact that Trump has no evident principles that he holds dearer than servicing the demands of his own ego.
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Paul Waldman is an opinion writer for the Plum Line blog. Follow https://twitter.com/paulwaldman1

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1. I disagree,

I think this is another premeditated attack on a retired general to draw the ire of others presently in the military , so he can pick a fight with them then gives him an excuse to replace them with more corrupt people that'll serve only him , and not the country. He's done this over and over again to use to replace people with. Draw them in, then fight and replace. HE did this in the DOJ.

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2. HE IS JUST BAT SHIT CRAZY

I remember all those head shrinks wrote a book of information about his demented issues. He routinely says CRAZY stuff which tests us NON crazy people who do recognize he is on "cloud 9." Only when everything is brought out in public what is wrong with the SWAMP PEOPLE will justice be served.........