Trump Kills Stars and Stripes

Photo: U.S. Marine Corps photo by 1st sergeant David K. Dismukes

Anyone who has ever served our country in any branch of the military is familiar with the Stars and Strips - the "hometown" newspaper of American service members on a worldwide basis.  Trump has ordered the Stars and Stripes shut down with  virtually no notice.  

Today Stars and Stripes is printed at sites around the world and delivered daily to troops  — even those on the front lines, where the internet is spotty or inaccessible. As the “local paper” for the military, it provides intensive and critical coverage of issues that are important to members of the nation’s armed services and “cuts through political and military brass BS talking points,” Rep. Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., a Marine veteran, told Military.com.

It’s also arguably one of the most powerful weapons our soldiers have carried into battle with them. As a publication that’s underwritten by the military but not answerable to the brass, Stars and Stripes embodies that most American of values: the right to speak truth to power.

Coming on the heels of the totally credible stories of Trump's disrespect for American service members from multiple sources including The Atlantic, the Associated Press and the Washington Post; Trump disdain for Americans in military uniform has become perfectly obvious.  And, this draft dodging coward is the commander in chief of our military.