Almost 90 retired USA military generals and admirals have thrown their support behind Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, campaign officials announced Tuesday. Organizing the letter, according to the Trump campaign, were Rear Admiral Charles Williams, a Vietnam veteran awarded the Legion of Merit, and Major General Sydney Shachnow, a former Green Beret who was the first Holocaust survivor to become a USA general.
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Such changes, they argued, “can only be made by someone who has not been deeply involved with, and substantially responsible for the hollowing out of our military and the burgeoning threats facing our country around the world” – someone like Trump.
Donald Trump scored an endorsement from 88 retired military leaders, helping him solidify the support he seeks from the military community.
“Simultaneously, enemies of this country have been emboldened, sensing weakness and irresolution in Washington and opportunities for aggression at our expense and that of other freedom-loving nations”, the letter continued.
“For this reason, we support Donald Trump’s candidacy to be our next Commander-in-Chief”, they pointed out.
The group of former military leaders signed a joint letter stating Trump is the best choice for the role, citing foreign policy and military failures in the Obama administration.
Last month, 50 prominent Republican national security experts urged voters to stay away from the GOP nominee this fall, writing in an open letter that Trump “would be the most reckless president in American history”. And in March, another 70 Republican national security officials penned a similar letter blasting Trump as a “fundamentally dishonest” figure who would “make America less safe”.
“Trump’s ill-considered statements have already sown doubt in the minds of our European partners as to whether they can count on American resolve, commitment, and strength in the future”, the letter in the Post stated.
Seems impressive, right? Eighty-eight generals and admirals sounds like a lot of military leaders, all rallying around the tough-talking, law-and-order candidate pledging to restore greatness to America’s armed forces.
Retired Army Lt. Gen Michael T. Flynn told the Times, though, that the letter supporting Trump “came together organically”, and that he thinks it carries more weight than the letter supporting Clinton in the Post. “These were people that have been passing us ideas from national security to education ideas”.
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The campaign team of #Donald Trump has released a letter signed by almost 90 senior veterans (all of whom have endorsed his bid for the Oval office).
