@kirawontmiss Am I the only one who is frightened by this development? Venezuela doesn't send us fentanyl; it sends us cocaine. The US has captured & removed a foreign leader w/o a declaration of war. Is this legal? What is his end game? Are we no better than Putin?
@Victoria00025 Check out this article: https://t.co/xdrKadI8nb Under the Uniform Code of Military Justice (UCMJ) and established U.S. and international law, members of the military must disobey orders that are "manifestly unlawful," such as an order to kill civilians. Service members have a
@ML3democrats I think he should put on his army PT shorts and T-shirt & do the physical tests he wants the troops to do twice a year. He also should meet the weight requirements. His hair should be high and tight. Lead from the front, right?
@GavinNewsom I have an idea. Why shouldn't SecDef Hegsteth put on army excercise shorts & T-shirt & do the fitness tests right along with the troops? Twice a year. & have his body mass checked twice as well while they're at it. If he has to direct troops into battle, he should be as fit.
BREAKING: Hero fighter pilot Amy McGrath goes viral with a BRUTAL takedown of Donald Trump and MAGA Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after their deranged speech to American generals.
This is what a REAL soldier sounds like...
"Pete Hegseth still has a lot to learn, I think, unfortunately. When I flew my combat missions, there was not a set male standard and a female standard for flying an aircraft onto the back of an aircraft carrier. You can either do it or you can't," McGrath told CNN.
"And so I feel like it's the notion of standing up there and saying to the generals and admirals who all, by the way, know that there were never separate combat standards for males and females, you know, combat jobs have had one standard for a long time," she continued. "And part of when we opened combat jobs to women, those of us who were in those jobs wanted one standard to be set. And it was."
During Hegseth's widely condemned speech, he ranted about ending "woke" efforts in the military, firing "fat" soldiers and leaders, and imposing "male standards" on all troops. The entire event proved to be a total waste of time, yet another case of a MAGA official prioritizing pointless PR over actual policy. These generals were forced to fly in to hear a former Fox News host play-act as a "war fighter" when they should have been at their post overseas, keeping American safe.
"So I think it's kind of ridiculous but honestly, that in comparison to the rest of what we heard in the last hour is really minor," McGrath added. "That speech was bonkers by the president, and everybody sitting in that room knows that we don't have a coherent foreign policy or defense policy. And that, I think, is a bigger issue indeed."
During her CNN appearance, she dug into Trump's remarks—
"There was a lot of rambling. There was a ton of lies. There was a lot of politicization as was just mentioned and some of the craziness that you heard from this speech," McGrath said. "But the scariest part was when the president talked about using the military and using our cities as a training ground for the United States military."
In a separate post on X, McGrath shredded Hegseth some more.
"This morning’s grandstanding at Quantico only solidified what we already know: @PeteHegseth
continues to disparage and lie about women in the military," she wrote. "He claimed the military needs to 'return to the male standard' in combat jobs (of 1990!), but here’s the truth: there has never been a separate male and female standard. When women entered combat roles, one standard was set, and we’ve been meeting it ever since. You can either do the job or you can’t. Period."
Well said!
Please retweet and ❤️ if you think that Amy McGrath would make a far better Secretary of Defense!
@TomJChicago At least they can all see, now, in real time, what their CiC is really like. I wonder if they'll discuss it among themselves, or with their wives, in secure spaces. How worrying to see IRL what Trump has become.
@Delerat7@atrupar What will it take for someone to say ENOUGH!! Someone is going to have to say it. Everyone is waiting for some brave soul to tand up . At least I hope everyone is waiting. Maybe they're all hoping we ignore the wandering speech, the droopy mouth and gamy leg.
@DAbitty@atrupar It looks to me as if he's had a slight stroke. His mouth is drooping on the right side and doesn't he swing his right leg when walking? Just my thoughts as a non-physician.
@cturnbull1968 I seriously doubt a contractor or sub would gouge a 25 yard long rut in fancy stone. In an installation for DJT. Who's known for stiffing his contractors and subs by claiming theeir work is substandard and withholding payment altogether. he did this when building Trump Tower.
@Matthewtravis08 Well, I don't want to see him assassinated; I assume his grandchildren love him. If he were suddenly out of office and had no access to JD Vance, I wouldn't be sorry as I think people might be more willing to stand up to Vance as he doesn't have the meanness Trump has. JMO.
@elonmusk I said yes but it would depend on what they wanted their policies to be. I strongly disapprove of the way immigrants have been disappeared with no notion of where they are or what's happened to them.
@Matthewtravis08 Yes. But I also put some blame on the adults at the camp who, if they'd been paying attention to weather forecasts, should have peremptorily moved the little girls up the hill to where the older girls were.