Posted on Dec 5, 2022
SFC Kathy Pepper
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Should these recent events disqualify him?
1. He took classified documents and stored them in unlocked rooms.
2. He had dinner with two known antisemitic men.
3. He is now talking about suspending the Constitution.

Should he disqualify himself? In 2020 he said Biden was too old to become President. If Trump is reelected in 2024, he will be five months older than the age Biden was in 2020.
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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
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Speaking as someone who does not want him to run, I will still address your points. However, whether I vote for him or not, which is really the question, depends on the candidate the Dems put up should Trump win the nomination (which I do not think he will this time around).

1. He did not "take" classified documents, he retained them and fought with the Library of Congress as to whether he could continue holding on to them. The documents were not left in an unlocked room, that is a complete mischaracterization of the information released. They were stored in his resort in offices not accessible to anyone without authorization and he still has Secret Service personnel providing security to his Mara Lago resort. To say they were unprotected is a farce. Had this been the case, the FBI would have retrieved them a long time ago.

2. Maybe so and the facts are still coming out about that. Having dinner with antisemitic people does not make one antisemitic. You do know his son-in-law and his daughter are Jewish right? I assume you also noted his support to Israel as President right? The fact is, we have no idea how the dinner played out, what happened, what they may have talked about, etc. This is why it is important to get all the facts before judging people.

3. Trump, as usual, spoke irrationally and I personally think he never meant "suspend the Constitution" as he was referring to rules in general on the Twitter topic. He's frustrated about Twitter's actions to suppress information and rightfully so. However, the way he articulates his frustration and such is what I take issue with. Not because I believe he wants to do away with the Constitution. There are plenty of folks on the left who want to do away with all kinds of parts of the Constitution (Right bear arms, Electoral College, some even want to allow children and illegal immigrants to vote). What Trump said in typical Trump fashion, not separating and qualifying his statements, was stupid and yes, it is a big reason why I do not want him to run.

With that said, I will not be voting for him in the Primaries. The General election has yet to be determined, but a second term for Biden I believe will be much worse. Either way, we'd be screwed, which is why I say it is time for the American people to start promoting my generation (X) and end the Baby Boomer era of control over the office of the President (and several other significant positions). It's not their age I'm concerned about so much (although Biden absolutely looks like he doesn't know where he is or what he's doing), it's their ability to grasp today's issues and resonate better with the American people. Trump and Biden are both set in their ways and way too polarizing, so I have little desire to see either of them continue. There are better options out there. But if you think Trump or even Biden will "disqualify" themselves, I don't think you understand these people that well. In the end, even two new candidates will be turned into polarizing figures, but I didn't like either one of these two before they chose to run from President. Finally, if you're going to use those three points to call for Trump to disqualify himself, have you ever put thought to Biden's questionable actions and statements? They're essentially two peas in the same pod.
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SGT Shawn Coulter
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SGT Shawn Coulter - your a traitor to your oath trump was very clear about why he thought about people willing to sacrifice for the country
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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
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SGT Shawn Coulter Down vote for insulting anyone’s service. Keep it respectful please SGT.
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Maj Kevin "Mac" McLaughlin
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I missed the other attack mentioned above, so I have added yet another down vote. This is not a place to question one's oath or service and I implore the moderators to take action please. In the meantime, I am now blocking SGT Coulter as he has demonstrated an unfortunate lack of respect to his fellow Veterans.
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SGT Warren Crutcher
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If Trump didn't care about the troops, why did he go to Afghanistan to be with them on thanksgiving and help serve them thanksgiving dinner. Donald Trump has done more to try and fix the VA system then any recent president. Joe Biden signed executive orders to reverse everything Trump did for the VA.
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SFC David Reid, M.S, PHR, SHRM-CP, DTM
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I hope not! In my opinion, he does not embrace our value system and integrity! These factors and questionable behaviors are not consistent with the leader of the free world!
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SGT Shawn Coulter
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LCpl George Gocheff - I guess your service meant nothing to you either
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SGT Shawn Coulter
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SPC Suzie Clary - lol your clueless I know people with worse issues who went to nam nd you never lisito why he thought about people who join the military?
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SGT Shawn Coulter
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SGT Shawn Coulter - and for you who have never been in a combat zone ,I have it should look chaotic when you fly to anyone not part of it cause if it's predictable or too long you give the enemy more chances to attack you we got lucky we could have lost more if the enemy had more time to plan and set up or if things were predictable for you no one combat vets and none combat arms
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SPC Suzie Clary
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TSgt William Cramer - Expand your news sources
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LTC Eugene Chu
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Along with your three points, we need to remember additional accusations (tampering with Georgia electors, egregious tax fraud, January 6th involvement, etc.)

https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/23306941/donald-trump-crimes-criminal-investigation-mar-a-lago-fbi-january-6-election-georgia-new-york
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SGT Justin Spaulding
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Vocal lol
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SGT Shawn Coulter
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Cpl Barry Evans - I love how you have no clue about logic and facts
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SGT Shawn Coulter
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PO1 Terry Scott - remember your oath or did you forget it?
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SGT Warren Crutcher
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Tax records disproved the tax fraud that he was never charged with. New evidence has been released showing that he did in fact authorize national guard for Jan 6th and they refused to use them. The Georgia election accusations are also falling apart. what else do you have?
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