Link: https://www.thedailybeast.com/president-donald-trump-admits-americans-will-likely-die-in-new-war-nobody-wants/

The Republican president has previously referred to fallen American service personnel as “suckers” and “losers.” He has never served in the military, having in fact dodged the Vietnam War draft on five occasions. The last of those owed to a bone spur diagnosis. It’s a condition that usually affects elderly individuals. He was 22 at the time.

Trump has similarly threatened to invade U.S. allies Panama, Canada, Colombia, Mexico, and Greenland, which is an autonomous territory of Denmark, a fellow NATO member.

The MAGA president’s growing, campaign-promise-busting appetite for military engagement also comes amid his bitter disappointment at being passed over for last year’s Nobel Peace Prize, despite a concerted public and private push by his allies. It was previously awarded to his Democratic predecessor, President Barack Obama.

In a letter regarding that snub, Trump wrote to Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre in January that “considering your Country decided not to give me the Nobel Peace Prize for having stopped 8 Wars PLUS, I no longer feel an obligation to think purely of Peace.”

The Norwegian government is not affiliated with the Nobel Committee, which decides independently to whom it will grant its awards. Trump’s claim to have stopped eight wars remains highly disputed.

Wars should be fought by their leaders, not their citizens.

"Why don't presidents fight the wars? Why do they always send the poor?"

WHY DO THEY ALWAYS SEND THE POOOOOOOR

“Politicians hide themselves away
They only started the war
Why should they go out to fight?
They leave that role to the poor”

I'm ashamed he's my president but I'm more ashamed that a significant number of my fellow Americans don't just tolerate his words and behavior, they fully and enthusiastically support them.

He doesn’t care because his family is not fighting in it.

There's an old saying about old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in

How can he betray the ideals of the FIFA Peace Prize and the Bored of Peace so easily?!

"In order to get elected BarackObama will start a war with Iran" - Trump, Nov 29, 2011

"BarackObama will attack Iran to get re-elected." - Trump, Jan 17, 2012

"Now that Obama's poll numbers are in tailspin - watch for him to launch a strike on Libya or Iran. He is desperate." - Trump, Oct 9, 2012

"I predict that President Obama will at some point start a war with Iran in order to save face!" - Trump, Sept 16, 2013

At any cost?

Imagine a king who fights his own battles. Wouldn’t that be a sight.

— Troy, Achilles

Bone spurs are actually a VERY common Medical Discharge with Full Benefits from Boot Camp. My division alone had around 12% of the recruits develop bone spurs from marching with full rucksacks. This was the Navy, I can't even imagine how bad it is in the Army and Marines. That being said, we know what causes it in young people. Excessive marching. I seriously doubt that Drumpf was even in marching band. (I was in marching band, and thought those marching drills were excessive, until I got to Boot Camp.)

That's just his normal list

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Is_a_Racket

Evergreen, and written by someone with unimpeachable credentials wrt war.

It bring a common discharge reason was probably specifically why that diagnosis was used. As with most things, he didn't learn enough about it to make the lie convincing, i.e. he'd have to show up to boot and actually do something for a bit in order to get them.

Let's make sure they are in the next one.

Time will tell on their power minds
Making war just for fun
Treating people just like pawns in chess
Wait 'til their judgement day comes, yeah

The problem is, for most of them, their judgement day never comes. And sadly I do not think the states are going to pull out of this one on their own.

You're not responsible for being born on the same plot of land as a bunch of morons you don't even know

He was regarded as an athletic and active teenager. And yet.... His father's personal doctor somehow decided bonespurs after he ran out of college deferments.

The rich don't die in wars that poors are fighting for the rich.

There's nothing new under the sun

— King Solomon 950BCE

Go and die for your overlords then. Fucking disgrace of a country and I hope we fail.

FIFA is so corrupt they are probably helping to fund this.

Thank you for this.
I hope the rest of humanity sees it your way when this is over.

Unfortunately, I know some of these morons. They were removed from my circle of friends.

It's always projection with fascists.

Many won't. And that is understandable. But our only hope for the Star Trek future I've wanted since a kid is international solidarity among average people, regardless of what their stupid governments do.

I also have "lost" "friends" because they couldn't pull their heads out of their asses.

He's literally paraphrasing Farquaad at this point.

"Some of you may die, but it's a sacrifice I'm willing to make!"

Yup. Black Sabbath is right again.

Politicians hide themselves away

They only started the war

Why should they go out to fight?

They leave that role to the poor

But, but, but "peace president"!

It's funny how many on the far right are doing the reactionary centrist pikachu face over normal Americans cutting them off. They act like it's the liberals that are being unreasonable.

I just saw a clip of that dumbass Watters complaining about this phenomenon. Do they really think they have some kind of right to be the very worst of people and others are supposed to invite them over to their houses for things like Thanksgiving? Or that women have to not only date them, but consider them marriage material?

They like to pretend they are being cut off for merely being "conservative", as if it was just about something like deregulation and tax policy. If that being "conservative" didn't include so many truly gross things like misogyny and nativism and xenophobia and xtian theocracy and racism and so on, I doubt anyone would cut them off socially.

People are so tired of their shit and the fact that it has personal consequences for them makes them so mad.

It sucks, however, I cannot be associated with such immorality and ignorance.

!nottheonion@lemmy.world

How about if these wars are fought by dumbass Pedonald supporters.

Anyone that bought any of those stupid red caps or flew a Pedonald flag or wore a "fuck your feelings" shirt gets to be on the front lines...

Frankly I didn't realize how much of myself I was masking by trying to maintain relationships with people who have anti-civilizational worldviews. I thought I was being open minded and accepting, but I was actually just dimming my own light and giving their horrific beliefs legitimacy.

It feels liberating to have solid boundaries.

He wants Americans to die so he can dramatically escalate

Could you imagine if ol' bone spurs had actually went to Vietnam?

That is exactly what they are doing. The military is mercenary.

I can't. If fortunate sons were sent to wars, there'd be no wars.

He literally said, “Fuck it and fuck all y’all. No peace prize? No peace!”

People should be much more worried about the effects on millions of innocents and not the willing soldiers of imperialism.

The people wake up and judge every morning, but it’s up to them to pick the day.

But I bet the DOW goes over 50K...

You ever read the shit Euroids say on this website? They won't.

Good on you for looking after yourself.

While I agree with the sentiment, you don't have to go much more than 100 years back before it was common that the upper class led armies more or less from the front. For long stretches of history, leading from the front and in general being in the army has been one of the ways the upper class has held on to its power.

You guys are so fucking cooked down there.