When I was the Air Force Military Aide to Bill Clinton (and again, that was not a political appointee position, it was a military assignment), I served daily with very young staffers who were appointed because of their efforts in the campaign or who their parents were.
I really enjoyed interacting with most of them. Bright kids from Ivy League school. But their naïveté and lack of experience showed. Dramatically.
One day I was walking across the White House “campus,” the “18 acres,” and I encountered one of the young female staffers. We chatted for a bit, and she asked me, “So, why did you join the military? Were your career options limited or were you forced to by a judge?”
I wanted to throat punch her, but I said, “No, ma’am, I volunteered.”
She asked, “But why? Lack of education? No other options?”
“No, ma’am, I volunteered. Really. Not only do I have a Bachelor’s but also an MBA.”
She asked again, “Then why?”
I shook my head and walked away. They simply can’t understand a higher calling. They are incapable of understanding that another human who would selflessly serve.
Therein lies much of the Democrat vs. military disconnect. They’re missing the patriotism chip.
🚨 President Trump UNLOADS on Senate Leadership!
President Trump is demanding Senate Majority Leader John Thune immediately fire the Parliamentarian, calling her a “Radical Left Lunatic” who is disloyal to Republicans and everything they stand for.
Trump points out she was installed by Harry Reid and Barack Obama, and has been a consistent roadblock to the America First agenda.
“As long as she’s there, we will never get our desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT approved and put into full force and effect!”
Trump is right. The Senate needs real fighters, not holdovers who protect the swamp.
Time to clean house and deliver for the American people. No more excuses.
It is ABSOLUTELY amazing that they tried to end Hegseth’s nomination over an overtly and socially acceptable Christian tattoo by calling it Nazi symbolism but actively pretend that an actual Nazi tattoo is nbd.
*Amazing but not surprising.