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To: Brumar89 who wrote (1106696)	12/27/2018 8:36:55 PM
From: Brumar89	Respond to of 1573922

.... So among those things he did wrong: He lied about pay raises for our military. With Trump, no matter what the facts say, he has to pump himself as the first, the greatest, the most impressive of all things. He claimed that our military had not had a raise in ten years, until he became president, and then, by his grace, they received a ten percent pay raise. That was a lie. Sadly, this wasn’t a mistake or a misspeak on his part. Trump lies because he is a liar, by nature, and his faithful acolytes reward him for it. They celebrate his lies, excuse them, and even swallow his lies in acceptance. Because that’s what cults do. Speaking to troops at Al Asad Air Base during his surprise visit to Iraq, Trump told troops: “You protect us. We are always going to protect you. And you just saw that, ’cause you just got one of the biggest pay raises you’ve ever received. … You haven’t gotten one in more than 10 years. More than 10 years. And we got you a big one. I got you a big one. I got you a big one.” “They had plenty of people that came up, they said, ‘You know, we could make it smaller. We could make it 3%, we could make it 2%, we could make it 4%,'” Trump told the troops about the latest pay raise. “I said, ‘No. Make it 10%. Make it more than 10%.'” ‘Cause it’s been a long time, it’s been more than 10 years. Been more than 10 years, that’s a long time,” Trump said, repeating the false claim. It’s always about him and what he did, isn’t it? He’s always looking to make himself the hero of heroes. So here’s the truth: Our military has received pay raises every year for more than the last three decades. They haven’t always been massive, or what our troops deserve, but they’ve been there. During Trump’s short time in office, they got a 2.4 percent increase in 2018, and the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act has allowed for a 2.6 percent increase, which will be the largest in the past nine years. So that makes a 5 percent increase under President Trump. Still only half of the 10 percent he’s lying about boasting .............. patheos.com