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tblue37

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12. Bill Kristol: "The point will be a propaganda spectacle for their troops and the public."

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Mon Sep 29, 2025, 07:55 PM

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Two points on Tuesday's Quantico conclave of the generals:

1. Surely Trump will be featured. Hegseth will be the undercard.

2. The point will be to showcase Trump's power. It won't be to convince the generals of anything. The point will be a propaganda spectacle for their troops and the public.

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Bill Kristol: "The point to be transmitted . . . is "This is Donald Trump's military.'" [View all] tblue37 Monday OP

Once again, TSF thinks something that belongs to American citizens is his personal property. Prof. Toru Tanaka Monday #1

Trump once said he wants the kind of generals Hitler had. tblue37 Monday #2

He does realize that Hitler's generals served a loser and lost a war. Efilroft Sul Monday #3

A great deal of that was because Hitler fired all of the good generals... Wounded Bear Monday #13

You mean, ones that lose a world war... regnaD kciN Monday #4

Trump: "I Need the Kind of Generals That Hitler Had' MrWowWow Monday #5

Maybe he'll get them! 2naSalit Monday #6

I loved it when Gen. Milley or another general Ilsa Monday #18

Trump thinks these are generals & admirals from other countries! tblue37 Monday #7

Knowing that they are physically located all over the world does not mean he thinks they belong to other countries. . nt Bernardo de La Paz Monday #9

This sentence suggests that he thinks they are from other countries: tblue37 Monday #10

It can be read that way, and it is possible, but I think unlikely even for the Imbecile-in-Chief. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Monday #11

I think it sounds just like his mush-mind's way of thinking. tblue37 Monday #14

Exactly. Orange mush up there. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Monday #15

That's the point they want promoted, but it is not clear that it IS "his". Bernardo de La Paz Monday #8

Bill Kristol: "The point will be a propaganda spectacle for their troops and the public." tblue37 Monday #12

Bill Kristol is on point about this: tblue37 Monday #16

Bill Kristol lefthandedskyhook Monday #17

True--many of the Never Trump conservatives were very, very wrong, but they are now fighting the good tblue37 Monday #20

Correct. choie Monday #19

That is exactly correct misanthrope Monday #21