All Questions
Tagged with military donald-trump
14
questions
9
votes
1
answer
266
views
Did the Taliban give any hint they were letting the US 'keep' the Bagram Airfield (under some conditions)?
Trump claimed in 2022 that his peace plan for Afghanistan (that Biden ruined) involved keeping the Bagram Airfield:
We were gonna be out. I got it down to 2,000 [troops] we were getting ready to pull ...
-4
votes
1
answer
292
views
Any data about Trump supporters amount in National Guard?
As we know, now there is about 25000 national guardsmen in Washington DC. But doesn't it increase risk of strikes from the inside, from hidden Trump supporters? More people - seems more risky. And FBI ...
- 11.8k
6
votes
1
answer
377
views
Can the Secretary of Defence sack Generals and appoint new ones?
In this highly controversial time, some Democrats are suggsting that Trump might use the power the military to retain power, and that this would constitute a military coup, and that Trump's ...
- 1,615
2
votes
0
answers
155
views
How did the 4th of July "Salute to America" military parade compare to France's (regular one) on Bastille Day, numerically?
Trump's decision to have a military parade on the 4th of July last year was criticized as being out of character for the US and even costly.
According to Wikipedia, France regularly conducts such a ...
-2
votes
1
answer
259
views
Is this show of Islamic Republic and the US confrontation beneficial for Trump's impeachment process? [closed]
I'm an Iranian that I'm just living in the US for a couple of years. Recently, the tension between the US and Islamic Republic regime is heightened to another level that we didn't see it before. In ...
- 2,102
29
votes
2
answers
9k
views
How true are Trump’s claims about NATO spending?
Over President Trump’s term in office, he has been very vocal about the spending commitments made by many NATO countries, and their frequent failure to live up to them. He now seems to be taking ...
CDJB♦
- 108k
3
votes
2
answers
370
views
What is Trump's plan to end or reduce US involvement in Syria?
Trump recently slammed the "endless wars", but an apparently not very well publicized Pentagon press release from Oct 8 says:
Despite continued misreporting to the contrary, Secretary Esper ...
2
votes
1
answer
325
views
What happened to the steam catapult topic?
In mid 2017 Donald Trump communicated to the press, that the US Navy would not be going forward with the electric aircraft carrier catapult system (around which the new Ford class aircraft carrier has ...
- 51
9
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Criticism of Trump's drawdown of forces in Afghanistan, what would be the alternatives?
We've recently seen high level departures from defence officials in the Trump administration. And criticism and concern by allied governments.
Those frustrations are motivated largely by the US ...
6
votes
2
answers
621
views
Do any European politicians advocate shutting down American bases in Europe?
The USA has military bases all over the world (including in some EU countries such us Germany, Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece) which is expensive to their economy. List of military bases here. On ...
user20963
17
votes
4
answers
10k
views
Why is the US president commander-in-chief?
Democratic governments are often set up in such a way that no single person holds too much power, even the president/prime minister/etc.
In the US, you e.g. have the Congress. This means that if the ...
- 3,504
19
votes
3
answers
5k
views
Why does Trump want to increase military spending?
From what I understand, Trump is an isolationist / non-interventionist, at least more so than previous presidents.
On the other hand, Trump wants to massively increase military spending:
[Trump] ...
- 37.2k
5
votes
2
answers
9k
views
What percentage of troops support President Trump according to latest polls?
The following Newsmax article says:
A majority of America's military troops are backing Donald Trump –
with career-minded forces favoring him by a 3-to-1 margin over Hillary
Clinton, a Military.com ...
- 1,337
21
votes
1
answer
10k
views
What were the military men doing behind Donald Trump when he began his speech?
Shortly after Trump was sworn in and began giving his speech there was a group of military men that lined up in formation behind him. They stood there for a short time before walking back.
What were ...
