Trump Seemingly Issues Late-Night Threat To Defund Military In Defense Of Confederate Generals

If Trump wanted to show that he loves our military and is not a racist, he's doing it wrong.


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Donald Trump still hasn’t openly condemned Russia for paying bounties for the killing of American soldiers, but he is threatening to defund our military in defense of Confederate generals while hurling racism at Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).

In a late-night tweet around midnight, Trump vowed to veto a defense funding bill if it includes an amendment designed to rename American military bases that are currently named after Confederate generals.

These Confederate generals fought for legalized slavery in the United States and were traitors to our country. Their names should be nowhere near an American military base. But their names have been attached to those bases and others for decades, including Fort Hood and Fort Benning.

All of these generals were racists who believed in slavery strong enough that they committed treason and killed Americans. Yet Trump is defending them while threatening to hurt our troops.

Twitter users brutally called him out for defending the Confederacy and spewing racism.

There is no honor in defending Confederate generals. Changing the name of a military base won’t erase our history, but it will right a wrong and send a message that the United States government is working to fix the awful legacy of systemic racism that stains our nation to this day. Even Republicans support renaming these bases. All Trump is doing is displaying his racism and proving that he really does not care about our troops.

Featured image via Wikimedia Commons/Jackson Lanier

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