Current Events > Navy secretary strongly considering resigning over Trump's meddling

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More destruction of our security globally thanks to trumps dumbass

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/military-leaders-lobby-trump-not-meddle-seal-case-top-navy-n1089661

Navy Secretary Spencer considered quitting over Trump's demand the Navy stop a probe of SEAL Eddie Gallagher. Military leaders lobbied Trump to reconsider.
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Hanky_Bannister posted...

More destruction of our security globally thanks to trumps dumbass

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/military-leaders-lobby-trump-not-meddle-seal-case-top-navy-n1089661

Navy Secretary Spencer considered quitting over Trump's demand the Navy stop a probe of SEAL Eddie Gallagher. Military leaders lobbied Trump to reconsider.

There was also this a while back:

Richard Spencer bet his job that the USS Gerald R. Ford super carrier would work when it left the shipyard after a 15-month refit.

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uh oh
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Hexenherz posted...

There was also this a while back:

Richard Spencer bet his job that the USS Gerald R. Ford super carrier would work when it left the shipyard after a 15-month refit.

I don't follow.

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Hanky_Bannister posted...

More destruction of our security globally thanks to trumps dumbass

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/military-leaders-lobby-trump-not-meddle-seal-case-top-navy-n1089661

Navy Secretary Spencer considered quitting over Trump's demand the Navy stop a probe of SEAL Eddie Gallagher. Military leaders lobbied Trump to reconsider.

if tantrum baby somehow makes that happen. it's going to be his fault.
referring to trump not anyone else.
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DrizztLink posted...

I don't follow.

The newest aircraft carrier has been behind schedule and way fucking over budget for a long time now, it won't be fully operationally ready for even a few more years now.

But Mr. Spencer was so confident it was going to be ready a few years back that he basically bet his job on it.

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trump is a human sewer
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Hexenherz posted...

The newest aircraft carrier has been behind schedule and way fucking over budget for a long time now, it won't be fully operationally ready for even a few more years now.

But Mr. Spencer was so confident it was going to be ready a few years back that he basically bet his job on it.

Gotcha.

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Who cares if someone who types out memos resigns or not? Shouldn't be too hard to find a replacement

Complete_Idi0t posted...

Who cares if someone who types out memos resigns or not? Shouldn't be too hard to find a replacement

All the commander of the navy does is type out memos?

Ruvan22 posted...

Complete_Idi0t posted...

Who cares if someone who types out memos resigns or not? Shouldn't be too hard to find a replacement

All the commander of the navy does is type out memos?

He's making a gimmick joke about them only being a "secretary".
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Poop
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Yeah, I wish there was more outcry from the military community over Trump's pardoning of fucking war crimes.
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ScazarMeltex posted...

Yeah, I wish there was more outcry from the military community over Trump's pardoning of fucking war crimes.

Kind of hard - for Officers that's a clear violation of a specific UCMJ article, and it isn't hard to charge Enlisted with violating the General Article, either.

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ScazarMeltex posted...

Yeah, I wish there was more outcry from the military community over Trump's pardoning of fucking war crimes.

He clearly hates the military
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I watched a bit of Fox & Friends this morning. They essentially called this #FakeNews. He doesn't intend to step down based on their input.
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Hexenherz posted...

ScazarMeltex posted...

Yeah, I wish there was more outcry from the military community over Trump's pardoning of fucking war crimes.

Kind of hard - for Officers that's a clear violation of a specific UCMJ article, and it isn't hard to charge Enlisted with violating the General Article, either.

Oh I know it's part of the way the military functions. But pardoning this sort of shit will only encourage more of it. We aren't perfect by any means but we've come a long way from My Lai massacre and this is a huge leap back in that direction.
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TheRealDill2010 posted...

I watched a bit of Fox & Friends this morning. They essentially called this #FakeNews. He doesn't intend to step down based on their input.

Interestingly, Fox & Friends also said there would never be an impeachment inquiry... guess they get things wrong sometimes?

Ruvan22 posted...

TheRealDill2010 posted...

I watched a bit of Fox & Friends this morning. They essentially called this #FakeNews. He doesn't intend to step down based on their input.

Interestingly, Fox & Friends also said there would never be an impeachment inquiry... guess they get things wrong sometimes?

It happens...

In this instance though, their input is more recent than the original story. It could be based on comments from the secretary himself.

Note: I haven't personally researched this at all, but I don't think a reputable news source would simply make something up.
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TheRealDill2010 posted...

Ruvan22 posted...

TheRealDill2010 posted...

I watched a bit of Fox & Friends this morning. They essentially called this #FakeNews. He doesn't intend to step down based on their input.

Interestingly, Fox & Friends also said there would never be an impeachment inquiry... guess they get things wrong sometimes?

It happens...

In this instance though, their input is more recent than the original story. It could be based on comments from the secretary himself.

Note: I haven't personally researched this at all, but I don't think a reputable news source would simply make something up.

But Fox and Friends *have* made things up? Multiple statements without sources that they later had to backtrack?

TheRealDill2010 posted...

It happens...

In this instance though, their input is more recent than the original story. It could be based on comments from the secretary himself.

Note: I haven't personally researched this at all, but I don't think a reputable news source would simply make something up.

"Fox & Friends" Is **not** a news source, it's an entertainment show on a television channel that can literally barely call itself a news network.

Also, Fox News is *notorious* af for propagandizing news and reporting on events with very heavy biases.

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"I love the Military!"

*Spends years trying to hold a military parade, wasting a couple million dollars on a completely superficial show of force that helps nobody*

*Doesn't attend the centenary service of World War I due to "safety concerns", despite the Queen of fucking England - a woman in her 90's - making the trip to honor her troops*

*Goes to visit Seal Team 5 unannounced, tweets from their location and reveals it to the world, putting them in danger*

*Fucks over veterans*

*Downplays John McCain's military service in the wake of his death, insists he's a coward for getting captured*

*Pardons unabashed war criminals who the military are actively trying to punish and put behind bars for gleefully massacring civilians, threatening to kill friendlies if they dob him in, and breaking international laws and treaties regarding torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners*

He's an absolute fucking oaf, and I hope to god that the country turns on him like a pack of hyenas.
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Ruvan22 posted...

TheRealDill2010 posted...

Ruvan22 posted...

TheRealDill2010 posted...

I watched a bit of Fox & Friends this morning. They essentially called this #FakeNews. He doesn't intend to step down based on their input.

Interestingly, Fox & Friends also said there would never be an impeachment inquiry... guess they get things wrong sometimes?

It happens...

In this instance though, their input is more recent than the original story. It could be based on comments from the secretary himself.

Note: I haven't personally researched this at all, but I don't think a reputable news source would simply make something up.

But Fox and Friends *have* made things up? Multiple statements without sources that they later had to backtrack?

you know you're responding to a troll account, right?
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MrMallard posted...

"I love the Military!"

*Spends years trying to hold a military parade, wasting a couple million dollars on a completely superficial show of force that helps nobody*

*Doesn't attend the centenary service of World War I due to "safety concerns", despite the Queen of fucking England - a woman in her 90's - making the trip to honor her troops*

*Goes to visit Seal Team 5 unannounced, tweets from their location and reveals it to the world, putting them in danger*

*Fucks over veterans*

*Downplays John McCain's military service in the wake of his death, insists he's a coward for getting captured*

*Pardons unabashed war criminals who the military are actively trying to punish and put behind bars for gleefully massacring civilians, threatening to kill friendlies if they dob him in, and breaking international laws and treaties regarding torture and inhumane treatment of prisoners*

He's an absolute fucking oaf, and I hope to god that the country turns on him like a pack of hyenas.

He also got fined $2 million a couple weeks ago for stealing donations intended for veterans and using them in his presidential campaign

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they just fired him instead
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Hanky_Bannister posted...

they just fired him instead

His reason for being fired was because he was privately saying the opposite of what he was portraying in public though.
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Anteaterking posted...

Hanky_Bannister posted...

they just fired him instead

His reason for being fired was because he was privately saying the opposite of what he was portraying in public though.

typically what happens when you dont tow the party line
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Hanky_Bannister posted...

Anteaterking posted...

Hanky_Bannister posted...

they just fired him instead

His reason for being fired was because he was privately saying the opposite of what he was portraying in public though.

typically what happens when you dont tow the party line

I'm not going to be silent for any longer. The saying is "toe the line"
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TheRealDill2010 posted...

Ruvan22 posted...

TheRealDill2010 posted...

I watched a bit of Fox & Friends this morning. They essentially called this #FakeNews. He doesn't intend to step down based on their input.

Interestingly, Fox & Friends also said there would never be an impeachment inquiry... guess they get things wrong sometimes?

It happens...

In this instance though, their input is more recent than the original story. It could be based on comments from the secretary himself.

Note: I haven't personally researched this at all, but I don't think a reputable news source would simply make something up.

So they were wrong?

PleaseClap posted...

I'm not going to be silent for any longer. The saying is "toe the line"

Thank you for your service.

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