WATCH: Trump Tells Hundreds of Navy Sailors ‘We’re Going to Start Winning Again’
Morale Booster?
President Donald Trump donned his Commander-in-Chief hat Thursday afternoon to deliver a speech before hundreds of Navy sailors as they commissioned a brand new nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, the Gerald R. Ford. Trump used the event to push his military budget increase plans – he’s calling for a ten percent increase, adding $54 billion to the nation’s already bloated defense budget.
Trump was given a military cap and jacket, commenting he didn’t know how he looked in them, and then talked about his budget, saying he will fix America’s military, which he thinks is in a state of disrepair.
Trump also told the proud service members during what was supposed to be a celebration launching the world’s most powerful, most advanced, and most expensive ship – $12.9 billion – “We’re going to start winning again.”
President Trump on military: “We’re going to start winning again” https://t.co/IwzHbvST92
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 2, 2017
That must have made the sailors feel great.
It’s unknown what Trump’s military budget spending increases include, but there has been no talk of increasing compenstion for our men and women in uniform.
Thousands of active-duty military members and veterans use food stamps.
Trump’s hiring freeze has dramatically impacted some military families with children, who are finding child care centers forced to close thanks to the President’s actions.Â
Some responses via Twitter:
How fucking insulting is it to tell American servicemen, who’ve been fighting for years now “We’re going to start winning again”?
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) March 2, 2017
Trump: “If we have to fight wars we’re going to win! Win!! We’re going to start winning again.â€
Trump seems to forget he’s not at a rally. pic.twitter.com/8XcoIveby9
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) March 2, 2017
@CNNPolitics @CNN those brave women and men win everyday-and has nothing to do with you!!! Stop saying “we’re going to start winning again”!
— Helen (@allm0ther) March 2, 2017
@MSNBC Does he realize when he says: We’re going to start winning again, is a very direct way of calling them losers?
— J. Crogel (@jcrogel) March 2, 2017
Trump just told a carrier full of sailors “We’re going to start winning again!” and they took it like the Golden State Warriors would.
— J. Elvis Weinstein (@JElvisWeinstein) March 2, 2017
In a room full of navy personnel @realDonaldTrump says “we’re going to start winning again” The implication: You guys are losers, ARE losing pic.twitter.com/jl8qu89pTc
— David Sheridan (@DavidDigsDirt) March 2, 2017
Trump tells Navy crew “we’re going to start winning again.”
Effectively telling a ship full of US servicemen they’ve been losers up to now. pic.twitter.com/SQq5xtwscK
— Mikey Smith (@mikeysmith) March 2, 2017
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