8.22.24
“Trump to Military: Major Changes on First Day in Office”
8.21.24 – New York Post
“NC Rally -- Trump on Day 1 -- Would Demand ‘Afghanistan Disaster’ Resignations, ‘Back Pay’ for Troops Fired for Refusing Vax”
By Victor Nava, Victoria Churchill
ASHEBORO, NC — Former President Donald Trump pledged to demand mass resignations of top military officials behind the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal and give “back pay” to service members fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccines should he return to the White House in January.
…He gave his remarks from behind bulletproof glass, which the Department of Defense and Secret Service ordered for all his outdoor events after he was nearly assassinated on July 13 in Butler, Pa.
Trump, 78, touched on issues related to Afghanistan, the war in Ukraine, Iran, “woke-ism” in the military and recruitment crisis facing the US armed services…
AFGHANISTAN
The former president laid blame on both President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the botched US exit from Afghanistan, arguing that it has been “open season on America and our allies” since the “Afghanistan disaster.”
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8.22.24 – from Jeff Childers, C&C News – from same 8.21.24 North Carolina rally
President Trump said, “If you want to have a sex change or a social justice seminar, then you can do it somewhere else. But you’re not going to do it in the Army, Navy, Coast Guard, Air Force, Space Force, or the United States Marines. Sorry.”
He explained, “Our warriors should be focused on defeating America’s enemies, not figuring out their genders.”
“On Day One, I will get critical race theory and transgender insanity the hell out of our US armed forces,” Trump promised hotly. “We’re taking it out.”