Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Commander In Chief Donald Trump?

From left to right General Mark A. Welsh III, General Mark A. Milley, Admiral John M. Richardson, General Robert B. Neller and Admiral Paul F. Zukunft discuss the future of the military and strategy at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York May 3, 2016. PHOTO: LYDIA TOMKIW/INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TIMES

Lydia Tomkiw, IBTimes: Commander In Chief Donald Trump? Military Leaders Disagree On Candidate’s Views As He Becomes Presumptive GOP Nominee

With U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas ending his presidential campaign Tuesday night, a November showdown between New York businessman Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seems all but certain. While exit polls show voters are mostly worried about the economy, the presumptive Republican nominee’s controversial campaign statements about torture, the Geneva Conventions and NATO have put the American diplomatic and military issues at the center of the presidential election — at a critical moment for civil-military relations.

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WNU Editor: The Pentagon is clearly not ready to even contemplate the possibility of a President Donald Trump.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Pentagon's leaders will fall in line. Or they will be replaced.

TWN said...

It's not a problem to find people to do the water boarding. There are some pretty strange people in any organization.

Anonymous said...

Oh... And a junior senator from Illinois who was a community organizer was prepared!
Please... Give me a break!!!!!