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D_Master81

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6. Because Trump doesn't think beyond the evening news

Reply to Jilly_in_VA (Original post)

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 12:24 PM

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He doesn’t realize that he’s wrecking the view of the NG again. I was in college at the start of the Iraq War and the view of joining the guard absolutely plummeted in those years. I’m not sure it’s ever recovered from where it was but anything it had might be gone if they’re getting deployed to be police and trash collectors on American streets. But Trump has his headline and image of being strong so that’s all he cares about.

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