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.

252 points

zero sympathy for these idiots. you elected a con man. youre getting exactly what you paid for.

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83 points

Vote for a clown, don’t be surprised when you get a circus.

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45 points

#YouVotedForHim

and similar hashtags need to go viral…

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“Thanks, MAGA” needs to become a mantra for the next four years. Remind these shitheads whose fault it is for their misery at every turn, as they have made it abundantly clear that the attention span and long-term memory of the average American is woefully poor.

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28 points

I might have had some sympathy the first time. They were just coned, not their fault. But as the saying goes. Fool me once, shame on You, fool me twice, shame on me.

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26 points

I thought it was, “…fool me twice… can’t get fooled again.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl7FKfl3O2Y&pp=ygUYZ2VvcmdlIGJ1c2ggZm9vbCBtZSBvbmNl

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6 points

Certainly not going to misunderestimate you!

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4 points

I miss the good ol’ days when Bushy was the worst we could field. Ah, nostalgia.

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2 points

We thought that was the apocalypse at the time… Infinite oil wars and climate change… It maybe got worse?

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158 points

These veterans not read project 2025 and realize they are about to lose their benefits?

Zero sympathy for them. I feel bad for the veterans who saw through the bullshit.

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25 points

He wants to replace military leaders with lapdogs. His goal is to make military serve him not the Constitution.

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2 points

And by extension, Putin.

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148 points

Election is over, he does not care what anyone thinks.

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This is the most terrifying part. They say that he’s “liberated” now, but to me that just means he has nothing to lose. Assuming he lives past January 2029, he has nothing to lose and everything to gain by throwing all resources into staying in power. He has no reason to give a fuck about whether anything he does or says is “popular” once he’s sworn in. There will be zero consequences for anything until he leaves office, if he leaves office.

The dumb motherfucker proved that somebody with the mentality of a six year old can win the US presidency and then do whatever the fuck he wants, and he’ll never face a single, real, goddamn consequence. I am ashamed of my country, and it’s horribly depressing how many people died serving our military just to have this flag-hugging dipshit get to be the commander in chief, and he’ll sell out to the highest bidders and get several more killed.

We’re fucked, and only a small fraction of his worshipers are even beginning to see that. And when the shit hits their fan specifically, most of them will find a way to blame somebody else, probably somebody who is brown and/or has a vagina. Most of these incurious assholes will line up for whatever strong daddy negs them hard enough, and right now that’s trump, and there will be a new strong daddy successor to tell them what to do and who to love and how to dress. Strong daddy hurts you and controls you, but at least you don’t have to make decisions for yourself when you have strong daddy there to tell you what to think.

Fucking pathetic.

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10 points

Even dictators need public support. This is a fundamental truth about leadership, that even Trump can’t escape. Those that don’t tend to have a short life expectancy.

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You can convincingly fake having public support if you control the media.

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Those that don’t tend to have a short life expectancy.

Here’s hoping!

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1 point

Yay!

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Commander in Queef*

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He’ll be out after his four years. The important parts for him were grifting and escaping consequences. He’ll have accomplished that, even after he leaves office.

The damage he’ll do in the meantime…

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20 points

I think k you missed the part where he unironically wants to “run for a third term.” And has literally every check and balance in his pocket.

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124 points

If you still voted for Trump after 2016-2020 and Jan 6th then you deserve what you get. Welcome to the find out stage, it just sucks that I have to be here with you.

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16 points

Come to Europe, we have cookies.

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12 points

We have far right extremists too and there might be a war but other than that…

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9 points

Also its not like we can just walk in.

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6 points

Bruh, you guys are going down the same path. Just stop.

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6 points

Unfortunately, America’s economy will likely take the rest of the world’s economies with it.

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You paying our fare?

Then sit down.

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1 point

“Someone made a joke, I will now type something mean for no reason.”

Sorry, my impressions aren’t very good, but I think I did alright.

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94 points

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

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Oh it’s so much worse than just that. Donald Trump fucking hates the US military.

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More like Trumps sugar daddy hates the US military.

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