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Retired military generals have described Donald Trump as a “danger” to America’s security as they endorsed Kamala Harris.

On the eve of a critical debate between Ms Harris and her Republican rival, 10 former top US military chiefs released a letter calling the vice-president the only candidate “who is fit to serve” in the country’s highest office.

While Ms Harris had “demonstrated her ability to take on the most difficult national security challenges in the Situation Room and on the international stage”, they wrote, Trump posed “a danger to our national security and democracy”.

The letter, signed by retired General Larry Ellis and retired Rear Admiral Michael Smith, among others, accused Trump of disparaging service members and putting them in “harm’s way”, including with his deal to free 5,000 Taliban fighters.

It coincided with a new Harris campaign advert placed in Palm Beach featuring Trump’s most senior former officials warning of the risks of his White House return.

The attack advert shows a montage of scathing comments about the Republican ex-president by some of his most senior former cabinet officials in what appears to be an effort to goad him ahead of their televised live showdown on Tuesday night.

“In 2016, Donald Trump said he would choose only the best people to work in his White House,” the attack advert’s narrator said. “Now those people have a warning for America: Trump is not fit to be president again.”

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[–] [email protected] 110 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I want to be the one to point out that retired generals making political statements is heavily frowned upon, so for them to take a step beyond that and ENDORSE A CANDIDATE is practically unheard of except in fringe cases like Michael Flynn.

Upper brass is a pretty exclusive club, and retirees don't generally make political statements to avoid stepping on the toes of the currently serving generals/admirals. If multiple generals/admirals felt the need to take this step, they would've done it with the knowledge and consent of current leadership.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Do you Michael Flynn the convicted felon?

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[–] [email protected] 66 points 2 months ago (27 children)

Wait, but the folks on lemmy.ml told me that a vote for Kamala was the same as voting for Trump, especially the single issue voters on Palestine. How is it possible that Trump is more dangerous‽

/s

[–] [email protected] 39 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I can confidently say that Kamala Harris will never be President of lemmy.ml

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Wacky generals, who only got 3 stars at most in the military, they got fired like dogs. They never made it, never will. They begged me for a job, tears in their eyes, I said Ok. People in the military hated them. They were vicious, but not smart. I would rarely see them but heard ...really bad things. Nasty to people &, would constantly miss meetings &, salutes. When Gen. Kelly came on board he was a loser &, nothing but problems.

-@RealDonaldTrump

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s so sad that this could easily be a real tweet. Only the consistency of the punctuation errors tips me off that it isn’t.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Not enough randomly capitalized Words that shouldn't be capitalized.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago

Our international partners began moderating the intelligence they would share while Trump was in office. They couldn't trust him to not blab about state secrets during dinner parties just to try to impress people with how smart and important he was.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 2 months ago (1 children)

he wasn't fit the first time. he was NEVER fucking fit

i wouldn't trust him to walk my dog. and she passed on years ago

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

He'd use your dog's remains for some sort of tax scam and throw you under the bus saying it was your idea.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago

Or a voting scam

"Hmm, it says here that Sir Barkinwoof IV is a registered Republican. If there is some discrepancy out must be the fault of the former owner"

[–] [email protected] 21 points 2 months ago (2 children)

If appeals to conscious thought worked on Repubs, Donald wouldn't have gotten in there in 2016 to prove he is unfit. Unfortunately, all Repubs are dimwitted cultists or sociopaths.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Hey, that's not fair. Some of those dimwitted cultists are sociopaths.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 months ago

People aren't really targeting the cultists. We are targeting the undecideds with these statements, or the people who think democrat policies are bad, but at the same times are not sure about supporting trump.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago

'danger to US security'

Oh yes that's one of his finest qualities.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Trump is a danger to lgbtq people

Trump is a danger to illegal aliens

Trump is a danger to progressives and liberals

That’s all some people want to hear.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

The fuckwit is a danger to everyone.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

No shit, been that way since before the 2016 election

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago

Hehe, rear admiral

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

And so far he has only confirmed their verdicts.

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

I heard she’s a nasty woman. Very mean.

I hope she hides a machete in the lectern and then starts insulting him til it builds into a mighty crescendo, when she whips out the machete and runs over to him screaming “AAAaaaarghhh!!!!” As his diaper overloads, she drops the machete and starts laughing and pointing at him.

sigh

But, it’ll be a sad spectacle with one intelligent, informed, competent woman and one sniffling, demented, sociopathic, rapist man. I’ve already seen enough of those.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I hope she hides Biden under the podium and he literally executes Donald. But it's an Official Act™, so it is totally legal and totally cool.

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