Summary

Donald Trump’s appointment of John Phelan, a private investment firm chairman with no military experience, as Secretary of the Navy has sparked backlash from some of his supporters on Truth Social.

Many pro-Trump users, including veterans, criticized the pick as rewarding a donor or friend instead of selecting someone with Navy experience.

Some expressed feelings of betrayal, accusing Trump of abandoning their values and making decisions that harm the nation.

The move has raised questions about qualifications and loyalty among his base.

  • @agent_nycto@lemmy.world
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    8919 hours ago

    Dude said that dead soldiers were losers abd disrespected the Arlington cemetery and they are surprised by this one?

  • Zier
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    815 hours ago

    Dumb people angry that they were conned. How very Patriotic of you.

  • @affiliate@lemmy.world
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    415 hours ago

    you mean to tell me the guy who spent the last 12 years scamming the shit out of his base has now done something to betray their trust? i’m going to need a minute……

    • @Yodan@lemm.ee
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      2516 hours ago

      The whole plan is to break all government agencies and then swoop in with a handful of billionaire buddies to buy up EVERYTHING. Houses, bitcoin, schools, outsourced (previous) government jobs to private industry. Crash the economy and tank the financial hit while everyone else is forced to sell, die, or give up their stuff to survive a recession.

      • @cultsuperstar@lemmy.world
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        Musk has already said Trump is going to tank the economy. Everything will be privatized. We’ll be in a dystopic present soon enough.

  • @Doomsider@lemmy.world
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    186 hours ago

    Let me get this straight. Team Trump’s thing is to always pick the worst for the job. And not just the worst, we are talking polar opposite black mirror picks. It is designed to make a mockery of the establishments. Like going into court and finding out your judge is literally bozo the clown.

    So his team farts out another pick. Someone who is an unqualified shitstain. Color me surprised!

    I would not be surprised if this guy couldn’t swim and is afraid of the water. He is probably an anti-oceaner who thinks we should drain the ocean to prevent drownings.

    • He is probably an anti-oceaner who thinks we should drain the ocean to prevent drownings.

      He just happens to know these nice out of town people with fusion reactors that can float in the air and suck it all up for us to keep us safe.

    • OneMeaningManyNames
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      It is designed to make a mockery of the establishments. Like going into court and finding out your judge is literally bozo the clown.

      So his team farts out another pick. Someone who is an unqualified shitstain. Color me surprised!

      This response should be the preamble of the Lemmurist Manifesto.

  • @Clinicallydepressedpoochie@lemmy.world
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    Every criticism of trumps cabinet picks are 100% for a fact over stated. I know the average Republican and they do not give a fuck. They won’t be satisfied until Trump crowns himself king.

    • @Railcar8095@lemm.ee
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      King? Do I have you remind you there’s Trump fanart as Warhammer’s God-Emperor of humankind? Leader of the in canon Fascist army of warhammer 40K?

      Not that there’s a good army (orks maybe?)

      • @greedytacothief@lemmy.world
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        28 hours ago

        I wonder if they thought picking Big E to represent trump was ironic or not. Because the emperor made a bunch of mistakes that made everything a whole lot worse for a whole bunch of people. Like this is dystopian fiction we’re talking about.

        The orks are good, but only from their moral lens. Fighting=good, green=good, gits=bad, krumping gits=good. The only reason we think of them is good is because there’s a lot of information on orc psychology, whereas we see the other races as more or less human instead of the aliens that they are.

        Fuck i should help make the Warhammer communities here more active

        • @nomous@lemmy.world
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          38 hours ago

          As someone who doesn’t play the game or paint the minifigs or really interact with the franchise in any way at all, I really enjoy the lore and world building involved.

        • It’s post ironic edgy. Too many levels of irony and seriousness. It’s ridiculous. They know it’s ridiculous and are having a lot of fun pretending it’s serious and laugh at those upset by it.

  • Don Escobar
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    4118 hours ago

    I call bullshit on this, if anyone loves to advertise his goods is this cat. You knew what you were buying, fuck you.

    • @Tinidril@midwest.social
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      716 hours ago

      Most of what Trump says is complete bullshit though. In the 2016 campaign he supported universal healthcare.

      I don’t think anyone has any idea what specific horrors Trump will unleash in this time, but it should be obvious to anyone that it will be horrors.

  • @Etterra@lemmy.world
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    1417 hours ago

    I want to punch these people in the brain. Don’t worry, it’s not like it’ll harm them anyway. They’ve eaten way too many paint chips to suffer new brain damage. I hope everyone who voted for Trump chokes to death on their own stupid choices.