“This Is Not North Korea”: Gen McCaffrey & Rieckhoff on Trump Using the Military as a Political Prop
January 22, 2026
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as posted by the channelGeneral Barry McCaffrey and Paul Rieckhoff blast Donald Trump for dragging the U.S. military deeper into partisan politics, with McCaffrey comparing Trump’s behavior to Kim Jong-un and calling his statements lawless and embarrassing to the armed forces. Rieckhoff explains how Trump has shrewdly manipulated events like military-focused games to create the illusion of unanimous support, turning them into de facto Trump infomercials, and warns that crossing the traditional line between politics and the military risks driving public trust in the armed forces to its lowest point since the Vietnam era. #military
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