FROM THE ENROLLMENT TO NEW YORK. The soldiers who have fallen for the United States are “losers and losers”. It is understood that President Trump reacted with fury to these statements attributed to him by Atlantic. But the Associated Press confirmed everything independently, and the majority of active-duty soldiers already preferred Biden, according to a Military Times poll. For the head of the White House it would be a disaster because it would make him miss important votes and would also question his image as protector of law and order, while Congress has obtained from the Pentagon the guarantee that in the event of contested elections the troops will they will deploy in defense of the Constitution.
The Atlantic article is signed by director Jeffrey Goldberg, and cites four anonymous military sources with direct knowledge of the facts. In 2018, when Trump went to Paris to celebrate the 100th anniversary of his victory in World War I, he was offered to visit the Aisne-Marne cemetery, where 1,800 Marines who died in the Battle of Belleau Wood are buried. The president hadn’t gone, officially because it was raining and the helicopters couldn’t fly. According to Goldberg, however, the Secret Service had offered him to take him by car, but he had refused for two reasons. First, to keep the rain from ruffling his hair; second, for a question put to the collaborators in these terms: «Why should I go to that cemetery? It is full of losers ». This episode is not the first in which the military has been insulted by Trump, who as a young man avoided going to Vietnam by using an alleged foot problem as an excuse. During the election campaign he attacked McCain, saying that “he is not a hero because he got caught”. Then when the veteran died, the president complained about the flags at half mast: “Why the fuck do we do this? He was a fucking loser. ‘ In 2017 at Arlington Cemetery, looking at the grave of Robert, the son of the White House chief of staff who fell in Afghanistan, he asked his father: «I don’t understand. What did they get from it? ‘ Then when he discussed the idea of a parade in Washington, he asked not to parade wounded and amputated soldiers: “Nobody wants to see them.”
The president denied: “What animal would say such things?” Biden attacked him: “Disgusting.” Then the White House issued a series of denials, starting with Pentagon chief Esper. The reality is that the relationship with the military is tense, as the attack by General Mattis had shown, because Trump wanted to deploy them on the street against the demonstrators: “When I enlisted I swore to defend the Constitution.” This point also emerged during a recent hearing in Congress, where the Democrats asked Chief of Staff Milley how the military would behave if the president disputed a possible defeat in November: “We will respect the Constitution.” According to a Military Times poll, 41% of soldiers intend to vote for Biden and 37% for Trump. Percentages destined to worsen if the Atlantic article proves true
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