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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.

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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

What the hell were any Trump-voting servicemembers expecting? That Harris and Walz were making stuff up when they brought up time after time how much Trump hates servicemembers and his country if they get in the way of his needs?

[–] Screamium 36 points 1 day ago

I think it's pretty obvious they never heard a thing any democrat ever said, only what right wing media SAYS that 'the libs' are saying or doing

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That Harris and Walz were making stuff up

Yes. They thought it was all a lie to make Trump look bad.

[–] Raiderkev 11 points 21 hours ago

To be fair, there was only ironclad fucking evidence to back it up, and reading isn't their strong suit.

[–] CharlesDarwin 9 points 1 day ago

They were only focused on the parts where he talked about how he'd be "hurting the people he needs to be" hurting.

[–] simplejack 35 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Almost everyone he appointed is a shady political insider or a rich guy. He’s draining the swamp water so he can fill the hole with nuclear waste.

[–] CharlesDarwin 18 points 1 day ago

And to the donvict cultists, what they call a "swamp" is actually a set of people that are experts and/or long-term public servants - something they've been trained to bray is a "bad" thing - calling them "elitists" (a perversion of the term) and yelling about "term limits"... instead, they'd apparently rather have a bunch of "outsiders", which means - incompetent grifters and/or enemy agents looking to weaken this country for the benefit of the likes of Putin.

[–] dondelelcaro 4 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Though usually they appoint them to ambassador to a ally like France or England or somewhere else cushy with minimal political impact.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 day ago

Trump LOVES the poorly educated, too bad it's majority of Americans.

[–] ynthrepic 17 points 23 hours ago (5 children)

Need a surprised Pikachu with a MAGA hat meme.

[–] indomara 14 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

Someone has of course beat us to it. Lets make it famous!

https://imgflip.com/i/4sl4vu

Here's mine:

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[–] ArgentRaven 30 points 1 day ago

Look on the bright side, he hasn't even been sworn in yet! We have four more years to be outraged on actual policy, and this will likely pale in comparison!

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Twice, so shame on you.

[–] affiliate 5 points 20 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…..

[–] thisphuckinguy 5 points 20 hours ago

These people are fucking stupid

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago

The time to pretend to have a brain was before the election, Trumpers.

[–] WhatsHerBucket 5 points 20 hours ago

This made me lol

[–] 474D 10 points 1 day ago

The nation made their choice, let it burn.

[–] CharlesDarwin 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Dumbasses. Athena forbid they listen to all the liberals that have been trying to tell them about donvict for fucking YEARS.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Given the state of the world... fuck Athena. It's clearly time to worship at the altar of Dionysus.

[–] DokPsy 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

fuck Athena

Not a wise decision but I'm willing

[–] Zak 5 points 1 day ago

Spending too much time at the altar of Dionysus leads to unwise decisions.

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[–] FuglyDuck 11 points 1 day ago

I read that as "Navy Prick" which. Uhm. probably still works.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago

My mother will not be fazed by this one bit.

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