Here in SE VA the vet presence is very strong. I still keep in touch with many of the people I served with even though I retired 14 years ago. There obviously are those who do support him, but a strong contingent of them are completely turned off by him because they (we) see him as someone who has just as much regard/respect for the active duty troops and veterans as your everyday Democrat.
It's absolutely true.
Really. Let's hear it.
The military overwhelmingly supports Republicans and that includes Trump.
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I work in the defense industry. Very few of the people whom I interact with like him or his policies, but many said they’re voting for him because they like Democrats even less. In fact, a great many of them were disgusted with the Afghanistan exit deal that Trump negotiated and that Biden honored and executed. They blame Trump for negotiating with terrorist organizations and providing them the dates and details of the exit strategy, as they had concerns that it would empower them in the area. And, they (rightfully) blame Biden for executing a terrible and dangerous deal.
I'm a defense contractor, I've been one since I retired. I can tell you what I know, and that's that there's a LOT of resentment toward him and his constant bashing of the military.About a third of veterans who turned 18 between 1972 and 2016 identified as Democratic. Just more than half said they were Republican, and 16.7 percent were Independent.
Younger US veterans more likely to be affiliated with Republican Party
A new analysis suggests "the historical tendency for veterans to identify as Democrats is reversing course."
You have to be kidding me. Biden just executed Trump's plan? Trump has said a thousand times he wouldn't have done it the same way -- who would? -- that you obviously don't remove everyone that fast and at the same time, that you obviously get the civilians out first and in an organized way, and you take the military out last.
I've been a defense contractor for all but one year since I retired. Much of the industry, both military and civilian see him as a blowhard who , when it came to the military, failed to deliver on his promises, outright lied about his achievements, and was unabashedly disrespectful toward those in uniform.
Wasn't it Trump who negotiated the withdrawal with the Taliban?
Most Americans agreed with leaving that place after so many years. It's not the leaving that was the problem, it was the way it was done.
He would have done it his way, and if it went south, he would be blaming everyone but himself. If you think for one second that ass would take responsibility for anything that ever went wrong, you haven't been awake for the past 8 years.
You're right. Biden and Harris stood back and let that shit happen, and I agree with the fact that no one being fired for that shitshow is just as embarrassing as the evolution itself.
You have no idea what you are talking about... I don't work in a sector that builds bombs, bullets, or other consumables, so it he doesn't impact me in that way.
Why does that not surprise me? I'm not so myopic that I would even think of saying that I don't know of one veteran who will vote for Trump. Think of how ridiculous you sound.
