Here’s the letter:Eh, what could these guys possibly know…
Trump a ‘danger to US security’, say generals ahead of Harris debate
Retired military generals have described Donald Trump as a “danger” to America’s security as they endorsed Kamala Harris.www.yahoo.com
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So what? Don’t they almost all? Their opinion of Trump is their opinion of Trump. Regardless of the gravy train. And that’s not even counting the generals who had the most to do with him during his term. It’s not counting Mattis, Kelly, Milley. All had to deal with him, and all 3 found him an incompetent dolt.
Lebron says he thinks Nike is the best shoe. Jordan said he thought Hanes was the best t-shirt. Bill Cosby said he believed Jell-O made the best pudding pops. Those are all opinions. Lebron has probably tried lots of shoes, Jordan has worn many brands of shirts, and does anyone else make pudding pops? They are still paid spokespeople, and people should take their opinions with the understanding that they are being paid to voice those opinions. I'm saying the same thing about the 10 former military leaders in your article. They are being paid to voice that opinion and people should take into account that they are paid spokespeople.
Also it's kind of funny that the issue is that they are paid by the military.
Be cool if you could come up with evidence that the defense industry companies they consult developed a plan, went to each of the generals in question, and said something along the lines: “OK, here’s the plan: we know if Trump is elected, he will attempt to overturn the post 9-11 national security state. He will reduce wars worldwide, and that’s just not good for our bottom line, $$$. And that’s not good for YOUR bottom line. So this is a no brainer and self interest demands you put aside your outright disgust of Donald Trump, should you find the thought of him as Commander-in-Chief repulsive, and do what we say in this case. We want you to pen a letter. It’s your job. It’s your gravy train guys”.
I'm not doubting they have honor. After all, they are honoring the commitment they made to the duties attached to the checks they are all cashing. And who says paid spokespeople don't have honor anyways? Are you really going to tell me that you don't think Bill Cosby has honor just because he was shilling for Jell-O Pudding Pops?
Ya Al thoughts on this are simply opinions. He has no proof that these generals were told what to say in regards to trump.
It's the American way!
That is exactly what happened. There was one letter. Someone wrote the ad copy, and these ten paid personalities attached their personas to the effort that a marketing agency pushed through the press. The selling of Kamala Harris or Jell-O Pudding Pops isn't different. All of it is out of the Edward Bernays playbook that sold cigarettes the same as support for Banana Republic governments.
It isn't the same though no matter how hard you try to make it the same.
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He can speak for himself, but I think AI-O-Meter is saying the arms industry fears a Trump presidency because Trump said if he had been elected, there would have been no war in Ukraine. And maybe even the end of wars altogether, because….Trump. I suspect he believes Trump is bad for the military-industrial complex. It appears to be a play on this insane MAGA spin: Trump is the great peacemaker who will usher in peace on Earth, because….Trump. End the Ukraine war in one day. That’s a lot of arms industry $$$ down the drain. IMO, anybody who thinks Trump will just snap his fingers , and within 24 hours, peace breaks out all over, and bad guys everywhere will quake in fear of Donald Trump is falling for still another variation of Trump’s “like nothing ever seen before!” And a variation of “Only I can fix our problems!”. Uh-huh. Sure.
No, I’m saying that….I am willing….to believe their honor and opinion of Trump as president and Commander-in-Chief did not necessarily include an element of: “this is your job. Do you like your job? Then you will sign this letter we prepared, won’t you?? Of course you will!” I skipped that part. I was willing to grant them “sincerity of belief”in signing. That they didn’t find themselves saying “geez, but I love Trump!” before signing anyway.
I'm not saying any of that. I don't know any of them personally. I've never even met them. I know they are lobbyists. They are accepting payment in exchange for pushing items of interest. Does Lebron really believe Nike is the best shoe ever made? IDK. Maybe. He says it but he is accepting payment in exchange for pushing the interests of Nike, Incorporated. I would not say Lebron is an honorless liar who sold his sole, but I will say that I don't know that Nike is the best shoe even if Lebron said so.
Those generals didn't push an item of interest.
Disgusting behavior. Just what the religious right wants apparently.Father of Ohio boy, 11, tells Trump and Vance to stop using son’s death for ‘political gain’
Nathan Clark calls Republicans ‘hate-spewing’ for falsely claiming Aiden Clark was murdered by Haitian immigrant
The father of an 11-year-old boy who was killed last year when a minivan driven by an immigrant from Haiti collided with his school bus has asked Donald Trump and JD Vance to stop using his son’s name for “political gain”.
Nathan Clark, the father of Aiden Clark, addressed the forum alongside his wife, Danielle. Speaking at the meeting, Clark said: “I wish that my son, Aiden Clark, was killed by a 60-year-old white man. I bet you never thought anyone would say something so blunt, but if that guy killed my 11-year-old son, the incessant group of hate-spewing people would leave us alone,” the Springfield News-Sun reports.
“Bernie Moreno [the Ohio Republican senate candidate], Chip Roy [the Texas Republican representative], JD Vance and Donald Trump … have spoken my son’s name and used his death for political gain. This needs to stop now. They can vomit all the hate they want about illegal immigrants, the border crisis and even untrue claims about fluffy pets being ravaged and eaten by community members. However, they are not allowed, nor have they ever been allowed, to mention Aiden Clark from Springfield, Ohio,” said Clark.
“I will listen to them one more time to hear their apologies. To clear the air, my son, Aiden Clark, was not murdered. He was accidentally killed by an immigrant from Haiti. This tragedy has been all over this community, the state and even the nation. But don’t spin this towards hate,” he continued.
In a post on X on Tuesday, Vance alluded to Clark’s death by saying a “child was murdered by a Haitian migrant” on X. In the same post, Vance also repeated the falsehoods surrounding Haitian immigrants eating local pets – a rumor brought up again by Trump during Tuesday’s debate with Kamala Harris.
