We forget how dangerous Trump is, when the US military is involved.

 Trump began his presidency by staffing it with a number of serious and sober-minded people in key positions. For example, Gen. Jim Mattis was the secretary of defense, Gen. John Kelly was secretary of homeland security, and Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster was Trump’s national security adviser.

Time and again, they threw their bodies in front of potentially disastrous policy decisions. Mattis and Kelly reportedly even agreed “to schedule their travel arrangements so at least one of them could be physically accessible to the new president at all times.”

The effort to restrain Trump’s worst impulses placed responsible people under immense strain. McMaster resigned in 2018 after experiencing a difficult relationship with Trump. Mattis resigned in December 2018 in protest of Trump’s precipitous withdrawal of American forces from Syria. Kelly became Trump’s chief of staff in July 2017, but then left the administration at the end of 2018.

John Bolton stepped in to prevent calamity, and lasted a few months. We all know about the John McCain embarrassments and Trump later called US soldiers ‘suckers and losers’ after he refused to attend an important memorial because it was raining.

BUT, the rightwingnuts want him in charge of our military and country.

WTF?

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