Traitor Watch - The 45 & 47 Thread

[Ungnome]

Every veteran should be boiling with anger.

Every AMERICAN should be boiling with anger over this, not just the veterans. Of course Trump has been on record stating that soldiers captured or killed are losers so it's no surprise his administration would do this kind of garbage.

 

[Pocket]

Is there some specific reason this particular veteran's memorial has been vandalized in this manner, or has the department done this for everyone who's not a white man?

 

[Axaday]

It may be that someone at the top is driving it and it may be that this is how someone further down the chain interprets a general order to root out DEI stuff in their department. When you tell people to do something dumb, people tend to do something dumb.

 

[Pocket]

It could also be malicious compliance. Most of the people working there aren't new hires, after all. I know if I were working there and Trump just became my boss, I'd immediately make it my mission to interpret any vague orders in the way that makes the boss looks as bad as possible, without actually doing anything I suspect he'd disapprove of enough to fire me.

 

[wonko the sane?]

Is there some specific reason this particular veteran's memorial has been vandalized in this manner, or has the department done this for everyone who's not a white man?

They've done it to everyone not a white man. They took down pictures of the enola gay because it had "gay" in it.

 

[Axaday]

Trump says he was being a 'bit sarcastic' when he promised to end Russia-Ukraine war in 24 hours

President Donald Trump says he was “being a little bit sarcastic” when he repeatedly claimed as a candidate that he would have the Russia-Ukraine war solved within 24 hours — and before he even took office.

apnews.com

Maybe I am being semantic pedantic, but this isn't really sarcasm in a way that I understand it. It is just an empty promise repeated over and over. I wish a follow-up had been, "So did you not mean for people to believe it?"

 

[Fullstrength Motleypuss]

It could also be malicious compliance. Most of the people working there aren't new hires, after all. I know if I were working there and Trump just became my boss, I'd immediately make it my mission to interpret any vague orders in the way that makes the boss looks as bad as possible, without actually doing anything I suspect he'd disapprove of enough to fire me.

If this is in any way true, I wholeheartedly support this kind of shenanigans.