How does this "pander to his extremist right wing base" exactly? I want you to explain this one to us.
Perhaps Trump should have gone on TV and said the Cambridge police prosecutors acted stupidly, and with that comment ambushes and murders against the police began. Have you noticed how ambushes and murders against cops seemingly stopped once Trump got elected and the other guy was gone? And those prosecutors lost their case all while not being totally honest and fair. So what were the awards for?
Not when you look at this case, they suppressed evidence and other prosecutorial malpractice, it was as though once the case had all this publicity they just couldn't lose face by backing down, something you see time and again in cases such as McMartin.
Let's suppose for a moment that you are right. What Trump did is NOT the appropriate response. The appropriate response would be to get the right people (SecDef, Sec Navy) to look into how it could happen. Trump made another impulsive decision based on what he saw on Fox News. The country deserves better.
Absolutely, that's the kind of shoot your mouth off from the hip response you expect from him. But it doesn't change the facts.
As I recall, Former Sen. Bob Kerrey killed a village and got the award. Fortunately for him, he was a loyal Democrat. One Awful Night in Thanh Phong - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com › 2001/04/25 › magazine › one-awful-night-in-tha... Apr 25, 2001 - 25, 1969, Kerrey and his men killed at least 13 unarmed women and children. ... "In my dream I am about to leave for Vietnam," Kerrey wrote in an e-mail ... Seals reports and communiqués that had been boxed up since the war in .... Five of its eight villages -- including Thanh Phong -- were said to be under ...
War is Hell. That the US promotes it incessantly speaks volumes as to the immoral leadership of this country.