GRAPEVINE, TEXAS — Joseph Bolick feels betrayed by President Donald Trump. And it’s because of the war in Iran.

The 30-year-old Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran voted for Trump in 2024. But at the annual Conservative Political Action Conference gathering this week he sported a hat emblazoned with “America First” — a slogan Trump championed during his campaign, along with the promise not to start new wars in foreign countries.

“He’s lied about everything,” said Bolick. “If you go into a war where there’s no end game, how is it going to end? There’s no clear objective.”

  • 🍉 Albert 🍉@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    him being a pedophile racist dictator with a long documented history of lying and grifting was a good thing for his supporters. they saw him as relatable.

    the problem for them is that gas prices went up. so now it affects them a little bit.

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      And the young Republicans boys don’t want to be sent to war ! They may be stupid but they know who gets sent to wars.

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        The poor, minority men who don’t have enough cash or clout from Daddy to get out of it or get cushy non-frontline positions? Cause that’s who gets sent to fight these wars. These guys would be officers sitting in offices and not fighting. And they know it as well as we do.