Source That Seems To Know Trump Well Says Donald Doesn’t Care About Bounties On American Soldiers’ Heads Because They Are “Not The Demographic He Cares About, It’s The Folks He Sees As Expendable”

Donald Trump has not uttered a single condemnation of Russia for paying bounties for the killing of American soldiers, and someone who knows Trump well knows why.

Trump has repeatedly claimed that he loves and respects the military. It’s part of his daily script. The problem is that if he loves the troops so much, why would he not raise hell on their behalf over Russia paying the Taliban to murder them?

After all, Russia has apparently been offering these bounties for quite some time now going back to at least early 2019. Several US Marines have been identified as possible targets of these bounties, including one whose father recently ripped Trump and told the press that he’s lost all respect for him.

Trump claims that he’s never been briefed on the bounties, but that shouldn’t be stopping him from condemning Russia and Vladimir Putin now.

This is his chance to stick up for the troops, the very men and women in uniform that he constantly panders to despite being a five-time draft dodger who refused to serve during the Vietnam War.

So why is Trump condemning Russia? Former The Apprentice staffer Noel Casler pointed out that Trump doesn’t really care about the troops because they aren’t white rich kids. And because of that, he sees them as expendable like most of his supporters.

Trump is fine with Putin’s bounties on our soldiers because, for the most part, rich kids don’t join the military. It’s not the demographic he cares about, it’s the folks he sees as expendable. Like his casino customers before, and his MAGA followers now. @realDonaldTrump

— NoelCaslerComedy (@CaslerNoel) July 3, 2020

Indeed, most of our troops come from middle-class neighborhoods, not the kind of places where Trump would hang out. A lot of people of color and undocumented immigrants serve in the military, as do women. Trump doesn’t give a damn about any of those groups.

And we all know Trump would rather sacrifice the lives of American soldiers rather than do anything to cross Putin. That’s why Trump refuses to stand up to him. For that to change, we need to elect a president who really does love our troops, not one that merely pretends to do so out of political expediency.

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