J. D. Vance Is Wrong. Donald Trump Was No Antiwar President.

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[–]iamonlyoneman 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (10 children)

That's why he started zero wars and made credible steps to get us out of existing ones?

[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (9 children)

In fact, Trump consistently added fuel to the fire, increasing troop levels, deepening reliance on private contractors, and dramatically scaling up aerial warfare. Where an end to endless war requires repealing the 2001 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of Military Force, Trump expanded conflicts under both. His term saw four consecutive years of growth of an already out-of-control Pentagon budget. And loosening even the minimal restrictions that were already in place, he expanded the United States’ deadly and unaccountable drone wars.

Not only did Trump not end the wars he promised to, he worsened them, dropping more bombs, stoking further conflict, undermining the prospects of peace, and massively increasing the rate of civilian deaths. - https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2021/01/20/trump-the-anti-war-president-was-always-a-myth/

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (6 children)

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-middle-east-peace-deals-what-to-know

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/483676-donald-trump-is-ending-endless-war/

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-middle-east-peace-deals-what-to-know

https://apnews.com/article/peace-process-israel-iran-united-arab-emirates-jerusalem-c87ca011c2cd4321d587e9684dfb84e1

https://thehill.com/opinion/international/483676-donald-trump-is-ending-endless-war/

How did that work out?

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (4 children)

Oh, the Presidency was stolen from him, and a career politician was installed to continue the bidding of the WEF and world Central Banks.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

Oh, the Presidency was stolen from him

Oh was it?

He should have taken 62 different cases to court.

On second thoughts, that would be stupid. Any lawyers involved would face discipline for their “historic and profound abuse of the judicial process”.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

You asked. I told you. Question! Are you playing dumb? Or are you really this stupid? Doesn't matter, because either way you are still just a useful idiot.

On second thoughts, that would be stupid. Any lawyers involved would face discipline for their “historic and profound abuse of the judicial process”.

Yes. The whole system is corrupt.

[–]ActuallyNot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

You asked. I told you

No, I asked how Trump ending the Afghanistan war worked out.

You changed the subject.

Are you playing dumb?

One of us it.

Yes. The whole system is corrupt.

Oh for fuck's sake. The lawsuits were ridiculous.

Many were chucked by Trump-appointed Judges, and he didn't look at adequacy of experience. Just extreme political bias.

Even the current SCOTUS, stacked as it is with federalist society activists, rejected the whacko conspiracy theory based suits.

[–]Questionable 1 insightful - 2 fun1 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

OH I see. So these two sentence mean the same thing. Got it!

How did that work out?

No, I asked how Trump ending the Afghanistan war worked out.

Regardless of what you meant by that first Question. The answer remains the same. Me answer you, isn't me changing the topic. The election being stolen, is how that worked out.

As for you bringing up lawsuits unprompted? That's what it looks like to change the subject. And no, it doesn't disprove the fact that elections have been rigged since the time JFK was assassination by the C.I.A. The only presidents not members of the uni-party since JFK's death have been Nixon, Reagan, and Trump.

[–]iamonlyoneman 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

fighting wars harder doesn't help you win and get out of them

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[–]ActuallyNot 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

War is peace?

[–]raven9 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There's no telling who or what Trump really is. One minute he is anti-war the next his people are bragging the he ordered a missile attack to kill people in Syria while eating cake.

[–]Drewski[S] 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

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[–]SoCo 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Rewriting history doesn't change it. It was nice to have a President who didn't instigate, create, or expand new wars. He did put a massive investment into our then-decrepit military, so the dishonest people will pretend that increased military funding means increased war. Now that his Presidential successor has destroyed our foreign relation and started World War 3, in an all to predictable - start-a-war-to-get-out-of-financial-mistakes - fashion, we are certainly grateful that our military is strong enough to absorb the endless chain of foreign policy mistakes and military blunders that the Biden Administration has made in such a short period of time.