Retired military generals have described Donald Trump as a “danger” to America’s security as they endorsed Kamala Harris.
On the eve of a critical debate between Ms Harris and her Republican rival, 10 former top US military chiefs released a letter calling the vice-president the only candidate “who is fit to serve” in the country’s highest office.
While Ms Harris had “demonstrated her ability to take on the most difficult national security challenges in the Situation Room and on the international stage”, they wrote, Trump posed “a danger to our national security and democracy”.
The letter, signed by retired General Larry Ellis and retired Rear Admiral Michael Smith, among others, accused Trump of disparaging service members and putting them in “harm’s way”, including with his deal to free 5,000 Taliban fighters.
It coincided with a new Harris campaign advert placed in Palm Beach featuring Trump’s most senior former officials warning of the risks of his White House return.
The attack advert shows a montage of scathing comments about the Republican ex-president by some of his most senior former cabinet officials in what appears to be an effort to goad him ahead of their televised live showdown on Tuesday night.
“In 2016, Donald Trump said he would choose only the best people to work in his White House,” the attack advert’s narrator said. “Now those people have a warning for America: Trump is not fit to be president again.”
I want to be the one to point out that retired generals making political statements is heavily frowned upon, so for them to take a step beyond that and ENDORSE A CANDIDATE is practically unheard of except in fringe cases like Michael Flynn.
Upper brass is a pretty exclusive club, and retirees don’t generally make political statements to avoid stepping on the toes of the currently serving generals/admirals. If multiple generals/admirals felt the need to take this step, they would’ve done it with the knowledge and consent of current leadership.
Do you Michael Flynn the convicted felon?
You mean when the FBI heavily edited Flynn’s 302 form to the point they were “trying not to completely re-write” it?
I’m not surprised the Cato institute has the back of a general who was caught taking money from foreign governments
An ad hominem argument, and the charge that was pled guilty to then withdrawn was “lying to the FBI”, evidenced only by the suspicious fd-302. Not an Emoluments Clause violation.
Our international partners began moderating the intelligence they would share while Trump was in office. They couldn’t trust him to not blab about state secrets during dinner parties just to try to impress people with how smart and important he was.
Wait, but the folks on lemmy.ml told me that a vote for Kamala was the same as voting for Trump, especially the single issue voters on Palestine. How is it possible that Trump is more dangerous‽
/s
I can confidently say that Kamala Harris will never be President of lemmy.ml
bit of an overgeneralization there mate
.ml user detected, opinion ignored.
Do you think that we give a fucking shit what US military generals have to say?
You don’t give a fucking shit about Palestine if you think Trump and Harris are the same, I know that much.
You’re the one voting for genocide.
It seems to have upset you. Are the other MAGA campaigners equally mad?
All of the US’s generals should be in prison, not giving interviews. They’re some of the worst people on Earth and their endorsement of Harris should make you extremely concerned.
Also, America was never great.
I actually think MAGAs such as yourself are also amongst the worst people on Earth. You love genocide so much you want Donald back in to “finish the job” in Gaza, bomb the fuck out of Yemen, aid Russia in demolishing Ukraine. Along with ensuring human rights erode even further in America. It is disgusting that you are on here every day campaigning for Donald.
“If you’re not with us you’re with the enemy!”
Harris is going to help Israel finish the job in Palestine. They’re already expanding the extermination campaign into the West Bank right now, and she will just continue Biden’s unlimited support for Israel.
And that’s why she’s being endorsed by generals. They love genocide.
If you’re not against the worst option you are for the worst option. You are a MAGA.
You want it to happen faster and more thoroughly, and you want genocides elsewhere. You want LGBT people scared and closeted for their safety. You want mass deportations in America. You are a disgusting individual, especially pretending to care about this issue to campaign on behalf of such an awful piece of shit.
I’m trans. They’re going to fucking kill me.
I still won’t vote for genocide. I’d rather die.
“If you’re not with us you’re with the enemy!”
Holy shit the lack of self reflection here is at epic levels of ridiculous.
I’m literally being told that, if I don’t vote for Harris, I am voting for Trump. Even though I’m literally not voting for Trump.
What I’m saying is, if you vote for genocide, you are voting for genocide. Because the candidate you’re voting for is part of the administration doing genocide, and they’re promising to not stop the genocide.
Kinda different 🙄
<Squirts you with a water bottle>
Bad Commie! Bad!
Now go sit in the corner and think about what you can do to help create unity between the proletariat, not sow discord.
What about the proletariat being butchered and starved and tortured by the IDF?
I feel bad for them, and wish Netenyahu a speedy trip to the ICC. I would wish the same on former Presidents, but I don’t want The US to bomb The Hague.
Also, America was never great.
Who said it was? Do you know where you are?
They literally called me a MAGA disphit. 🙄
If appeals to conscious thought worked on Repubs, Donald wouldn’t have gotten in there in 2016 to prove he is unfit. Unfortunately, all Repubs are dimwitted cultists or sociopaths.
Hey, that’s not fair. Some of those dimwitted cultists are sociopaths.
People aren’t really targeting the cultists. We are targeting the undecideds with these statements, or the people who think democrat policies are bad, but at the same times are not sure about supporting trump.
Top Ranking US Military Generals are WOKE and HATE AMERICA! The OBVIOUS Patriot is the One who Stole Documents and calls US Troops Losers and Suckers!
Why should we listen to a Rear Admiral, anyway? Shouldnt our military be out front, not in the rear?
I only trust Vice Admirals, like Tharn.
Thrawn?
He’s one of the “smart ones”
lol yeah can’t type today
Also he’s a Grand Admiral :)
‘danger to US security’
Oh yes that’s one of his finest qualities.
he wasn’t fit the first time. he was NEVER fucking fit
i wouldn’t trust him to walk my dog. and she passed on years ago
He’d use your dog’s remains for some sort of tax scam and throw you under the bus saying it was your idea.
Or a voting scam
“Hmm, it says here that Sir Barkinwoof IV is a registered Republican. If there is some discrepancy out must be the fault of the former owner”
No shit
Wacky generals, who only got 3 stars at most in the military, they got fired like dogs. They never made it, never will. They begged me for a job, tears in their eyes, I said Ok. People in the military hated them. They were vicious, but not smart. I would rarely see them but heard …really bad things. Nasty to people &, would constantly miss meetings &, salutes. When Gen. Kelly came on board he was a loser &, nothing but problems.
-@RealDonaldTrump
It’s so sad that this could easily be a real tweet. Only the consistency of the punctuation errors tips me off that it isn’t.
Not enough randomly capitalized Words that shouldn’t be capitalized.
SAD!
No shit, been that way since before the 2016 election
And so far he has only confirmed their verdicts.
Not fit to be president again? As if he was fit the first time?
Trump is a danger to lgbtq people
Trump is a danger to illegal aliens
Trump is a danger to progressives and liberals
That’s all some people want to hear.
The fuckwit is a danger to everyone.
I heard she’s a nasty woman. Very mean.
I hope she hides a machete in the lectern and then starts insulting him til it builds into a mighty crescendo, when she whips out the machete and runs over to him screaming “AAAaaaarghhh!!!” As his diaper overloads, she drops the machete and starts laughing and pointing at him.
sigh
But, it’ll be a sad spectacle with one intelligent, informed, competent woman and one sniffling, demented, sociopathic, rapist man. I’ve already seen enough of those.
I hope she hides Biden under the podium and he literally executes Donald. But it’s an Official Act™, so it is totally legal and totally cool.
Very nasty, and very mean.
I love it!
Hehe, rear admiral
