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I found this list already compiled in the vast wasteland that is Facebook and traced it back to a Reddit thread, and then went through and verified it item by item and added some citations. I wanted to share it with the Quora community, because it’s quite interesting to me, and I’m curious what your thoughts might be. So here we go, what Trump has done for veterans:pardoned multiple war criminals[1]mocked and threatened Iraq War Purple Heart recipient Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and wearing of his uniform, which resulted in his request for and receipt of military protection[2]Trump’s Chief of Staff, Mick Mulvaney, worked in secret to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam War veterans suffering from exposure to Agent Orange. [3]On Veterans Day 2019, Sen. Tammy Duckworth visited the Tijuana facility for US veterans deported by Trump[4]Trump gives control of vacant Syrian air base to Russia[5]On October 7, 2019, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces.[6]Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11.[7]In September 2019, he made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the US to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there's no US base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn't close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses in Ireland and Scotland are losing money, so he's forcing the military to pay for nights there.[8]In September 2019, the Pentagon pulled funds for military schools and daycares to pay for Trump's border wall.[9]In August 2019, emails revealed that three of Trump's Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. "They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling."[10]Veterans graves will be "dug up" for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials he would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property.[11]Children of deployed US troops will no longer get automatic American citizenship if born overseas during deployment. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019).[12]On August 2, 2019, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall.[13]Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his scheduled citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019).[14]Trump made the US Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4, 2019 political campaign event.[15]Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade.[16]In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance".[17]Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019)[18]as well as private citizen Bette Midler.[19]Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if their daughter Tiffany joined the military.[20]On May 27, 2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain.[21]Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (May 15, 2019). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (May 27, 2019)[22]Trump purged 200,000 veterans healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on May 13, 2019).[23]Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter parentless (April 16, 2019).[24]On March 20, 2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral.[25]On February 25, 2019, Trump diverted military housing funds to pay for his border wall. A judge subsequently denied this. In July 2019, SCOTUS ruled that Trump could in fact divert military housing funds to pay for his wall.[26]Between 12/22/2018, and 1/25/2019, Trump refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise.[27]Trump bans transgender people from serving in the military, requiring to serve as their biological sex.[28]He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity.[29]He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen.[30]When a man was caught swindling veterans’ pensions for high-interest “cash advances," Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1. As a reminder, the Trump administration's goal was to dismantle the CFPB, installing Mick Mulvaney as the director, who publicly stated the bureau should be disbanded. (January 26, 2019)[31]He called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth'.[32]He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost.[33][34] (My FIL has lost access to at least one of his services.)He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties. (December 26, 2018) [35] [36]He revealed the faces of a Seal Team 5 deployment during his visit to Iraq in a publicity photo he posted on Twitter, which is “unusual”. (December 26, 2018) [37]Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise (12/26/2018). He tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard of living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't.[38]He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays.(December 19, 2018-present) [39]He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extra-schedular rating. (December 17, 2018) [40] [41]He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself. (2018) [42]He urged Florida to not count deployed military votes. (November 12, 2018)[43]He canceled a WWI Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain. (November 10, 2018)[44]Image Source: Trump Makes Veterans' Weekend All About Himself, Blows Off Visit To WWI Cemetery In France Due To A "Little Rain" · DC TribuneHe followed the Veterans Day mistake in France by also skipping a visit to Arlington Cemetery, also because of light rain. (November 12, 2018)[45]He used troops as a political prop by sending more than 5000 of them on a phantom mission to the border to thwart some South American caravan, thereby causing them to miss Thanksgiving with their families. (October - December, 2018)[46]Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many veterans to run out of food and rent. (reported October 7, 2018)[47] [48]Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections. (July 5, 2018)[49]Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families faced this problem as of April 2018).[50] Some of them were Trump supporters.He forgot a fallen soldier's name during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day. (October 23-24, 2017)[51]He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, four were killed. (October 4, 2017)[52] [53] [54]“the largest loss of American lives in combat in Africa since the Battle of Mogadishu in 1993” Tongo Tongo ambush - WikipediaImage Source: New details emerge on ambush in Niger that killed 4 U.S. soldiersHe blocked a veterans’ group with an estimated half a million veterans and their families on Twitter. (June 2017) [55]He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records. (2017-present) [56]Trump said he knows more about ISIS than American generals. (October, 2016)On October 3, 2016, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren't strong enough. [57]Trump attacks Gold Star families - Myeshia Johnson--gold star widow, Khan family--gold star parents, etc. (2016-present) [58]Trump sent funds raised from a January 2016 veterans benefit to the Donald J. Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities. (The foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud.) (January, 2016) [59]Trump said he has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military" because he went to a military-style academy. (2015 biography) [60]Trump said he doesn't consider POWs war heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught. (July 18, 2015)Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam.(1998) [61]For a decade, Trump sought to kick veteran vendors off of Fifth Avenue because he found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. “While disabled veterans should be given every opportunity to earn a living, is it fair to do so to the detriment of the city as a whole or its tax paying citizens and businesses?” (1991) [62]Trump dodged the draft 4 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs [63]and once for a problem with his heels. [64] No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 4 generations. In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service. [65] [66]Fired key impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alex Vindman and his twin brother from their White House jobs in an obvious act of retribution on 2/7/20. [67]Footnotes[1] Trump Sides With War Criminals[2] Trump Just Threatened War Hero and Impeachment Witness Vindman[3] Schumer Calls On Acting Chief Of Staff Mick Mulvaney To Reverse His Decision Denying Comprehensive Health Care To Veterans Suffering From Illnesses Due To Agent Orange Exposure | Senate Democratic Leadership[4] Trump's record on the military, veterans, and military families...[5] Russia Takes Over Vacated U.S. Air Base in Northern Syria[6] Turkey, Syria, the Kurds, and Trump’s Abandonment of Foreign Policy[7] https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-announces-new-sanctions-on-irans-central-bank/2019/09/20/23643aae-dbb9-11e9-a688-303693fb4b0b_story.html[8] Trump's record on the military, veterans, and military families...[9] Pentagon pulls funds for military schools, daycare to pay for Trump's border wall[10] Three of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Buddies Are Secretly Running the V.A.[11] Will Graves of US Veterans Be Dug Up for Trump's Border Wall?[12] Some Children of US Troops Born Overseas Will No Longer Get Automatic American Citizenship[13] Trump orders Navy to rescind medals from lawyers who prosecuted SEAL Eddie Gallagher[14] Deported Marine veteran trying to reunite with family denied US entry for citizenship interview[15] Adoration and anger in the crowd at Trump’s July 4th celebration at the Lincoln Memorial[16] Trump 'demands military chiefs stand next to him' at Fourth of July parade[17] Troops will paint border fence to improve ‘aesthetic appearance’[18] Trump criticised for using D-Day interview next to war cemetery to launch attack on Pelosi[19] Trump goes after Bette Midler during middle-of-the-night Twitter feud — from London[20] Trump's prenup from second marriage says child support would be cut off if his kid joined military[21] US sailors were reportedly turned away from Trump's Memorial Day speech because they were from destroyer USS John S. McCain[22] 'Out of sight': Trump confirms USS John McCain was hidden from his view[23] Trump administration breaks campaign promise, purges 200,000 VA healthcare applications[24] https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/04/16/ice-deported-widow-soldier-killed-afghanistan-attorney-says/[25] Twitter Users Bury Thankless Trump Over Ugly McCain Funeral Slam[26] Pentagon diverts $3.6 billion in military construction funds to build Trump's border wall[27] Trump signs bill ending 3-day government shutdown[28] Pentagon's transgender policy for military service to take effect, nearly two years after Trump tweeted about the ban[29] Military women report they are being denied access to birth control for 'ridiculous' reasons that may violate Pentagon policy[30] https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/ice-almost-deported-u-s-born-marine-veteran-says-aclu-n959516[31] Trump’s CFPB Fines a Man $1 For Swindling Veterans, Orders Him Not to Do It Again[32] Trump calls retired general a ‘dog’ with a ‘big, dumb mouth’[33] Increased Privatization of the VA Has Led to Longer Waits and Higher Costs for Taxpayers[34] President Trump Pushes the Department of Veterans Affairs Toward Increased Privatization[35] Trump Visits Iraq, Pays Troops Surprise Visit[36] Trump Visits Iraq, His First Trip To A Combat Zone In His Life[37] FACT CHECK: Did Trump Reveal A ‘Covert’ SEAL Team?[38] Fact check: Trump brags to troops about 10 percent pay raise he didn't actually give them[39] Trump Quietly Starts Firing Service Members Living with HIV Just Before the Holidays[40] Trump Budget Proposal to Slash Veteran Benefits - Jeffrey Freedman Attorneys PLLC[41] Individual Unemployability Cuts On The Way? Team Trump Quietly Rolls Out Obama Admin Initiated Cuts, Severely Disabled Veterans May Lose Big[42] Donald Trump congratulates himself in Thanksgiving phone call to troops overseas[43] Trump wants Florida to stop counting votes, potentially excluding military ballots[44] Trump visit to US cemetery in France canceled due to rain[45] As nation observes Veterans Day, Trump not visiting Arlington National Cemetery[46] Trump: 'Don't worry' about troops spending Thanksgiving at border[47] VA.gov | Veterans Affairs[48] Some veterans are going into debt because the VA owes them money[49] Trump has doubled rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections[50] As many as 11,800 military families face deportation issues, group says[51] Trump Attacks a Grieving Widow’s Account[52] Trump dodges his own Benghazi: Pentagon quietly closes investigation into Niger ambush[53] New details emerge on ambush in Niger that killed 4 U.S. soldiers[54] US soldier ambushed in Niger fought to the end[55] Trump blocks group representing military veterans on Twitter[56] US Army quietly discharging immigrant recruits that were promised citizenship[57] Video: Trump Under Fire for Comments on Veterans With PTSD[58] 'Repugnant': Families of War Dead Demand Apology From Trump[59] Judge signs off on shutdown of Trump Foundation after ‘pattern of illegality’[60] Donald Trump Likens Military School He Was Forced to Attend to Serving in the Actual Military[61] Trump Boasted of Avoiding STDs: Vaginas 'Are Landmines ... It Is My Personal Vietnam'[62] Trump vs. Veteran Vendors[63] FACT CHECK: Donald Trump's Draft Deferments[64] Trump was granted five draft deferments during the Vietnam War[65] The Trump Family's Immigrant Story[66] Trump's record on the military, veterans, and military families...[67] Key impeachment witness Lt. Col. Alex Vindman fired from White House job

From a friend on FB:This is just what Trump has done against the military. Sit down, it’s gonna take a while.Bill DonaldsonI'm a lifelong Republican. I'm also a veteran. Here's a list of just a few reasons I cannot support the current administration.• ⁠In May 2020, the White House ended National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits• ⁠The Trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government• ⁠The Trump administration fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after he warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew. The virus subsequently spread among the crew.• ⁠After Iran's retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as "headaches"• ⁠On July 20, 2017, in room 2E924 of the Pentagon, Trump told a room full of Generals, "You’re a bunch of dopes and babies"• ⁠Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (May&Nov, 2019)• ⁠Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. He threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection• ⁠Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who suffered from Agent Orange.• ⁠There is a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility• ⁠Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built• ⁠On Oct 7, 2019, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces.• ⁠Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11• ⁠In Sept 2019, he made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the U.S. to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there's no U.S. base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn't close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses are losing money, so he's forcing the military to pay for 5-star nights there.• ⁠In Sept, 2019, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, military housing funds, and daycare to pay for Trump's border wall.• ⁠In Aug, 2019, emails revealed that three of Trump's Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. "They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling."• ⁠Veterans graves will be "dug up" for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials he would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property• ⁠Children of deployed US troops are no longer guaranteed citizenship. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019)• ⁠On Aug 2, 2019, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall• ⁠On July 31, 2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who prosecuted war criminals• ⁠Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019)• ⁠Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (July 4, 2019)• ⁠Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported July 2, 2019)• ⁠In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance"• ⁠Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019)• ⁠Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (Bette Midler, of all people) (reported on June 4th, 2019)• ⁠Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported June 4th, 2019)• ⁠On May 27, 2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain• ⁠Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (May 15, 2019). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (May 27, 2019)• ⁠Trump purged 200,000 vets' healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on May 13, 2019)• ⁠Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter without parents (April 16, 2019)• ⁠On March 20, 2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral• ⁠Between 12/22/2018, and 1/25/2019, Trump refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise• ⁠He banned service members from serving based on gender identity (1/22/2019)• ⁠He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published Jan 18, 2019)• ⁠He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (Jan 16, 2019)• ⁠When a man was caught swindling veterans pensions for high-interest “cash advances," Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1 (Jan 26, 2019)• ⁠He called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth' (Jan 1, 2019)• ⁠He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018)• ⁠He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (Dec 26, 2018)• ⁠He revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (Dec 26, 2018)• ⁠Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise (12/26/2018). He tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't.• ⁠He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays• ⁠He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating (Dec 17, 2018)• ⁠He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018)• ⁠He urged Florida to not count deployed military votes (Nov 12, 2018)• ⁠He canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (Nov 12, 2018)• ⁠While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he didn't attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain -- other world leaders went anyway (Nov 10, 2018)• ⁠He used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and made them miss Thanksgiving with their families (Oct-Dec, 2018)• ⁠He stopped using troops as a political prop immediately after the election. However, the troops remained in muddy camps on the border (Nov 7, 2018)• ⁠Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many vets to run out of food and rent. (reported October 7, 2018)• ⁠Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (July 5, 2018)• ⁠Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of April 2018)• ⁠He forgot a fallen soldier's name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (Oct 23-24, 2017)• ⁠He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn't have the guts to do it) (Oct 4, 2017)• ⁠He blocked a veteran group on Twitter (June 2017)• ⁠He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present)• ⁠He deported veterans (2017-present)• ⁠He said he knows more about ISIS than American generals (Oct 2016)• ⁠On Oct 3, 2016, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren't strong (note: yes, he said it's 'because they aren't strong.' He didn't say it's 'because they're weak.' This distinction is important because of Snopes)• ⁠Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” (Aug 2, 2016)• ⁠Trump attacks Gold Star families: Myeshia Johnson (gold star widow), Khan family (gold star parents) etc. (2016-present)• ⁠Trump sent funds raised from a Jan 2016 veterans benefit to the Donald J Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities (the foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud) (Jan, 2016)• ⁠Trump said he has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military" because he went to a military-style academy (2015 biography)• ⁠Trump said he doesn't consider POWs heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught (July 18, 2015)• ⁠Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998)• ⁠For a decade, Trump sought to kick veterans off of Fifth Avenue because he found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. 1991• ⁠Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs.• ⁠No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree.In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service• He saluted a North Korean general.• He stopped joint South Korea training with our troops so if there was a war, they would not be ready to fight it. He says this is to save money?• Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act (9/11/2020) to unilaterally deploy federal troops against American citizens.• ⁠Trump still has not denounced, or even mentioned, the bounty placed on American soldiers by Russia.

He supports the military.Seriously? He supports the military?I lifted this from elsewhere on Quora:I'm a lifelong Republican. I'm also a veteran. Here's a list of just a few reasons I cannot support the current administration.• ⁠In May 2020, the White House ended National Guard deployments one day before they could claim benefits• ⁠The Trump admin seized 5 million masks intended for VA hospitals. Kushner distributes these masks to private entities for a fee, who then sells the masks to the government• ⁠The Trump administration fired the captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt after he warned superiors that COVID19 was spreading among his crew. The virus subsequently spread among the crew.• ⁠After Iran's retaliatory strike, 109 US troops suffered brain injuries. Trump dismissed these as "headaches"• ⁠On July 20, 2017, in room 2E924 of the Pentagon, Trump told a room full of Generals, "You’re a bunch of dopes and babies"• ⁠Pardoned multiple war criminals, which stomped on long standing military values, discipline, and command. Trump has no military experience (May&Nov, 2019)• ⁠Trump mocked Lt. Col. Vindman for his rank and uniform. He threatened said purple heart officer, resulting in the Army providing him protection• ⁠Trump’s Chief of Staff worked—in secret—to deny comprehensive health coverage to Vietnam Vets who suffered from Agent Orange.• ⁠There is a facility in Tijuana for US veterans that Trump deported. Wounded war vet, Sen Duckworth (D) marked Veterans Day 2019 by visiting this facility• ⁠Russia took control of the main U.S. military facility in Syria abandoned on Trump’s orders. Russia now owns the airstrip we built• ⁠On Oct 7, 2019, Trump abruptly withdrew support from America's allies in Syria after a phone call with Turkey's president (Erdogan). Turkey subsequently bombed US Special Forces.• ⁠Trump sent thousands of American troops to defend the oil assets of the country that perpetrated 9/11• ⁠In Sept 2019, he made an Air Force cargo crew, flying from the U.S. to Kuwait stop in Scotland (where there's no U.S. base) to refuel at a commercial airport (where it costs more), so they could stay overnight at a Trump property (which isn't close to the airport). Trump’s golf courses are losing money, so he's forcing the military to pay for 5-star nights there.• ⁠In Sept, 2019, Pentagon pulled funds for military schools, military housing funds, and daycare to pay for Trump's border wall.• ⁠In Aug, 2019, emails revealed that three of Trump's Mar-a-Lago pals, who are now running Veterans Affairs, are rampant with meddling. "They had no experience in veterans affairs (none of them even served in the military) nor underwent any kind of approval process to serve as de facto managers. Yet, with Trump’s approval, they directed actions and criticized operations without any oversight. They wasted valuable staff time in hundreds of pages of communications and meetings, emails show. Emails reveal disdainful attitudes within the department to the trio’s meddling."• ⁠Veterans graves will be "dug up" for the border wall, after Trump instructed aides to seize private property. Trump told officials he would pardon them if they break the law by illegally seizing property• ⁠Children of deployed US troops are no longer guaranteed citizenship. This includes US troops posted abroad for years at a time (August 28, 2019)• ⁠On Aug 2, 2019, Trump requisitioned military retirement funds towards border wall• ⁠On July 31, 2019, Trump ordered the Navy rescind medals to prosecutors who prosecuted war criminals• ⁠Trump denied a U.S. Marine of 6 years entry into the United States for his citizenship interview (Reported July 17, 2019)• ⁠Trump made the U.S. Navy Blue Angels violate ethics rules by having them fly at his July 4th political campaign event (July 4, 2019)• ⁠Trump demanded US military chiefs stand next to him at 4th of July parade (reported July 2, 2019)• ⁠In June, 2019, Trump sent troops to the border to paint the fence for a better "aesthetic appearance"• ⁠Trump used his D-Day interview at a cemetery commemorating fallen US soldiers to attack a Vietnam veteran (June 6, 2019)• ⁠Trump started his D-Day commemoration speech by attacking a private citizen (Bette Midler, of all people) (reported on June 4th, 2019)• ⁠Trump made his 2nd wife, Marla Maples, sign a prenup that would have cut off all child support if Tiffany joined the military (reported June 4th, 2019)• ⁠On May 27, 2019, Trump turned away US military from his Memorial Day speech because they were from the destroyer USS John S. McCain• ⁠Trump ordered the USS John McCain out of sight during his visit to Japan (May 15, 2019). The ship's name was subsequently covered. (May 27, 2019)• ⁠Trump purged 200,000 vets' healthcare applications (due to known administrative errors within VA’s enrollment system) (reported on May 13, 2019)• ⁠Trump deported a spouse of fallen Army soldier killed in Afghanistan, leaving their daughter without parents (April 16, 2019)• ⁠On March 20, 2019, Trump complained that a deceased war hero didn't thank him for his funeral• ⁠Between 12/22/2018, and 1/25/2019, Trump refused to sign his party's funding bill, which shut down the government, forcing the Coast Guard to go without pay, which made service members rely on food pantries. However, his appointees got a $10,000 pay raise• ⁠He banned service members from serving based on gender identity (1/22/2019)• ⁠He denied female troops access to birth control to limit sexual activity (on-going. Published Jan 18, 2019)• ⁠He tried to deport a marine vet who is a U.S.-born citizen (Jan 16, 2019)• ⁠When a man was caught swindling veterans pensions for high-interest “cash advances," Trump's Consumer Financial Protection Bureau fined him $1 (Jan 26, 2019)• ⁠He called a retired general a 'dog' with a 'big, dumb mouth' (Jan 1, 2019)• ⁠He increased privatization of the VA, leading to longer waits and higher taxpayer cost (2018)• ⁠He finally visited troops 2 years after taking office, but only after 154 vacation days at his properties (Dec 26, 2018)• ⁠He revealed a covert Seal Team 5 deployment, including names and faces, on Twitter during his visit to Iraq (Dec 26, 2018)• ⁠Trump lied to deployed troops that he gave them a 10% raise (12/26/2018). He tried giving the military a raise that was lower than the standard living adjustment. Congress told him that idea wasn't going to work. Then after giving them the raise that Congress made him, he lied about it pretending that it was larger than Obama's. It wasn't.• ⁠He fired service members living with HIV just before the 2018 holidays• ⁠He tried to slash disability and unemployment benefits for Veterans to $0, and eliminate the unemployability extrascheduler rating (Dec 17, 2018)• ⁠He called troops on Thanksgiving and told them he's most thankful for himself (Thanksgiving, 2018)• ⁠He urged Florida to not count deployed military votes (Nov 12, 2018)• ⁠He canceled an Arlington Cemetery visit on Veterans Day due to light rain (Nov 12, 2018)• ⁠While in Europe commemorating the end of WWI, he didn't attend the ceremony at a US cemetery due to the rain -- other world leaders went anyway (Nov 10, 2018)• ⁠He used troops as a political prop by sending them on a phantom mission to the border and made them miss Thanksgiving with their families (Oct-Dec, 2018)• ⁠He stopped using troops as a political prop immediately after the election. However, the troops remained in muddy camps on the border (Nov 7, 2018)• ⁠Trump changed the GI Bill through his Forever GI Act, causing the VA to miss veteran benefits, including housing allowances. This caused many vets to run out of food and rent. (reported October 7, 2018)• ⁠Trump doubled the rejection rate for veterans requesting family deportation protections (July 5, 2018)• ⁠Trump deported active-duty spouses (11,800 military families face this problem as of April 2018)• ⁠He forgot a fallen soldier's name (below) during a call to his pregnant widow, then attacked her the next day (Oct 23-24, 2017)• ⁠He sent commandos into an ambush due to a lack of intel, and sends contractors to pick them up, resulting in a commando being left behind, tortured, and executed. (Trump approved the mission because Bannon told him Obama didn't have the guts to do it) (Oct 4, 2017)• ⁠He blocked a veteran group on Twitter (June 2017)• ⁠He ordered the discharge of active-duty immigrant troops with good records (2017-present)• ⁠He deported veterans (2017-present)• ⁠He said he knows more about ISIS than American generals (Oct 2016)• ⁠On Oct 3, 2016, Trump said vets get PTSD because they aren't strong (note: yes, he said it's 'because they aren't strong.' He didn't say it's 'because they're weak.' This distinction is important because of Snopes)• ⁠Trump accepted a Purple Heart from a fan at one of his rallies and said: “I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This was much easier.” (Aug 2, 2016)• ⁠Trump attacks Gold Star families: Myeshia Johnson (gold star widow), Khan family (gold star parents) etc. (2016-present)• ⁠Trump sent funds raised from a Jan 2016 veterans benefit to the Donald J Trump Foundation instead of veterans charities (the foundation has since been ordered shut because of fraud) (Jan, 2016)• ⁠Trump said he has "more training militarily than a lot of the guys that go into the military" because he went to a military-style academy (2015 biography)• ⁠Trump said he doesn't consider POWs heroes because they were caught. He said he prefers people who were not caught (July 18, 2015)• ⁠Trump said having unprotected sex was his own personal Vietnam (1998)• ⁠For a decade, Trump sought to kick veterans off of Fifth Avenue because he found them unsightly nuisances outside of Trump Tower. 1991• ⁠Trump dodged the draft 5 times by having a doctor diagnose him with bone spurs.• ⁠No Trump in America has ever served in the military; this spans 5 generations, and every branch of the family tree.In fact, the reason his grandfather immigrated to America was to avoid military service• He saluted a North Korean general.• He stopped joint South Korea training with our troops so if there was a war, they would not be ready to fight it. He says this is to save money?• Trump threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act (9/11/2020) to unilaterally deploy federal troops against American citizens.• ⁠Trump still has not denounced, or even mentioned, the bounty placed on American soldiers by Russia.