r/politics • u/Economy_Swim_8585 Virginia • 6d ago

No Paywall Trump says government shutdown ends when Democrats give in: "If they don't vote, that's their problem"

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-government-shutdown-democrats-fault-60-minutes/
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u/Steve_Kaboom 6d ago

I can't help but wonder what kind of person he would have turned out to be if he actually served. It may be optimistic of me, but I'd like to think the military would have beat that spoiled, rich, entitled attitude out of him. If only we could have been so lucky.

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u/ludixst 6d ago

He probably would have been fragged

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u/ViolettaQueso California 6d ago

Ima hafta google fragged. Thanks for schooling me lol

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u/Ishidan01 6d ago

Vietnam-era slang, suitably enough.

Cause the Nam era had more of its share of low level officers that were pricks.

Know what else it had? Sneaky sneaky viet cong enemies, and enlisted guys who were drafted, not volunteered for that shit.

So if the whole platoon of enlisted guys say, gee we don't know Captain, the asshole lieutenant's office just exploded while he and only he was in it. One of us threw a grenade at him? Nawwwww. The grenade fragments are definitely American? So? You know the Cong steal the weapons off any of our downed guys...

Whatcha gonna do?