# Donald Trump gets hero's welcome at Army/Navy football game. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 11, 2016, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463 "2016-12-11T19:39:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/21 "2016-12-11T23:26:44Z")
What? He didn’t come back? :eek: December 20 is generous. I’ll take Dec 15th. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Odds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/d_odds/32/2882_2.png) [@D\_Odds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Odds)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2016, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/22 "2016-12-11T23:28:39Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > I honestly don’t know why we worship veterans so much and I don’t think their opinions should be more valued than others in society. > As to why they can support him so? The majority of the military is the same demographic as other poor people who vote Republican. If people want to worship veterans and their opinions, I’m all for it. However, no one worships me nor pays heed to my opinions (or maybe they did as NYC was overwhelmingly blue except for Staten Island, and who gives a fuck about them…) and I’m a veteran. ---
**Author:** ![alphaboi867](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alphaboi867/32/3898_2.png) [@alphaboi867](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alphaboi867)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/23 "2016-12-12T00:14:59Z")
My niece is graduating from West Point next year. She’s not happy with Trump and I got the impression that he’s not especially popular with her classmates aren’t either, but they’re going to be military officers so he will still be shown the same high levels of respect any President is when he speaks at graduation this Spring. Of course this is Trump so he may just not bother showing up and send Pence instead. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/24 "2016-12-12T00:23:47Z")
There will be a gleaming pot of adulation to be had. No power on Earth would stop him. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/25 "2016-12-12T00:36:01Z")
\*\*Donald Trump gets hero’s welcome at Army/Navy football game. \*\*Was it the Russian Army-Navy game? ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/26 "2016-12-12T01:00:26Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > \*\*donald trump gets hero’s welcome at army/navy football game. > > \*\*was it the russian army-navy game? да. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/27 "2016-12-12T01:06:41Z")
Wouldn’t that be just a trip? A bunch of Russians sig-heiling the American President? ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/28 "2016-12-12T01:43:18Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I can pretty much guaranty you that each of them was think something involving “lying, asshole, mutant life form” as they “supported” him. Huh? Not the military I was in. I could have told you the military would love him the moment he announced he was running, probably even before that. His saying he was going to make the military strong again was just icing on the cake. Trump is exactly like people in the military, except a lot richer of course. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/29 "2016-12-12T01:55:40Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > Huh? Not the military I was in. I could have told you the military would love him the moment he announced he was running, probably even before that. His saying he was going to make the military strong again was just icing on the cake. Trump is exactly like people in the military, except a lot richer of course. Of course, based on the poll linked early, the truth is actually in the middle, just a little bit than half of the military people polled reported to be in favor of Trump. Much less for Clinton of course, but not really 100% in favor as the trolling OP implies. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/30 "2016-12-12T01:57:25Z")
> [@HurricaneDitka](#): > > I can pretty much guarantee you that you are wrong. In all fairness, the MAJORITY of the people in America agree with me. ---
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/31 "2016-12-12T02:47:33Z")
Military people who _are_ tough supporting someone who _talks_ tough. Hardly surprising. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/32 "2016-12-12T02:47:37Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I fail to understand how the military supports him. > > He demonstrated his disdain for POWs. > > He tried to keep the money from a fundraiser. > > He was gifted a Purple Heart and was pleased he didn’t need to earn it. > > He compared his sleeping with lots of women and having financial success with serving in Vietnam. > > He called the military weak. > > He expects the military to commit war crimes on his orders. > > ETA: His treatment of the Khan family. Not to mention he dissed both teams during his interview. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/33 "2016-12-12T03:43:45Z")
You were expecting a bunch of military cadets to boo the commander-in-chief? ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/34 "2016-12-12T05:32:56Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I can pretty much guaranty you that **each of them** was think something involving “lying, asshole, mutant life form” as they “supported” him. You’re projecting. Given that Trump won 46% of the popular vote, and the military has long leaned Republican, I think that quite possibly at least one-third to half of the cadets at the game who met Trump personally, supported him. So no, not “each of them.” ---
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/35 "2016-12-12T05:34:05Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > You were expecting a bunch of military cadets to boo the commander-in-chief? This is correct too. It’s not like the cadets could have given Trump the public cold shoulder and not suffered consequences. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/36 "2016-12-12T05:53:53Z")
> [@Velocity](#): > > You’re projecting. > > Given that Trump won 46% of the popular vote, and the military has long leaned Republican, I think that quite possibly at least one-third to half of the cadets at the game who met Trump personally, supported him. > So no, not “each of them.” I doubt it. Honor, duty country, etc. Hard to reconcile those words when you have to salute known pathological liar, knowing full well he’s failed to EVER live up to the honor code they’ve lived by for 4 years. “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” Kind of sounds like they were talking about Trump doesn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![HurricaneDitka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/96bed5/32.png) [@HurricaneDitka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HurricaneDitka)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/37 "2016-12-12T08:42:12Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > MAJORITY You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/38 "2016-12-12T09:02:21Z")
I think it’s fairly obvious why too many people support Trump. The man talks tough. Now, mind you, he doesn’t actually say anything; it’s just his words sound tough. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/39 "2016-12-12T10:05:28Z")
> [@pleks](#): > > Our troops just love the winner. Just think how much they’d love him if he had ever served in the military. Oh right…bone spurs or something. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2016, 10:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463/40 "2016-12-12T10:11:07Z")
> [@Morgenstern](#): > > I doubt it. Honor, duty country, etc. Hard to reconcile those words when you have to salute known pathological liar, knowing full well he’s failed to EVER live up to the honor code they’ve lived by for 4 years. > > “A cadet will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.” Kind of sounds like they were talking about Trump doesn’t it? Keep in mind - these are officer candidates who are presumably planning on a career in the military. As such, they’re going to be (and I believe they already are) subject to the UCMJ, which makes it a court-martial-able offense for an officer to direct “contemptuous words” at the president. If I were a cadet, I certainly wouldn’t want to be seen publicly disrespecting the president, regardless of whether I liked him or not. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/donald-trump-gets-heros-welcome-at-army-navy-football-game/774463.md?page=3)