Trump and Musk Are Going to War Against Military Veterans

[Uncle Joe]

The president’s new exec order gives Musk and DOGE carte blanche and sets limits on hiring veterans and transitioning active duty military personnel

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The VA is already grappling with severe workforce shortages, particularly in medical and benefits processing roles. This new hiring bottleneck guarantees growing backlogs, delayed care, and increased suffering for veterans. But that may be the goal. If Musk and DOGE aim to dismantle the government, they achieve two objectives at once — denying care to veterans while making the VA so dysfunctional that veterans either forgo medical treatment or are forced into the private sector.

For years, politicians have promised to fix the VA and take care of veterans. But this Trump executive order does the opposite — it throws veterans under the bus and a few other fast moving objects. First, by cutting veteran federal workers who make up a huge part of the workforce; second, by slashing the very services those same veterans need; third, by denying our military service members and their families adequate support overseas and here at home; and finally, doing anything but making sure veterans have a stable place and support system to build a life post-service.

Trump couldn’t care less about veterans — he never served and doesn’t understand or respect those who do. It’s not clear whether Musk has taken an oath to the U.S. Constitution. Neither man can begin to grasp the sacrifices military members and their families make every day to keep Americans safe. Their reward? A callous system run by billionaires who claim to want to slash government spending — except when it comes to the White House budget or the tens of billions Musk’s companies receive from U.S. taxpayers. Right now, Trump and Musk are scrambling to find revenue to fund their mass deportation schemes and extend the trillions in tax cuts Trump passed in 2017, which are set to expire. Those cuts primarily benefited corporations and the wealthiest Americans.

Musk and Trump have claimed that he’s saving the U.S. government lots of money, no one can give a real number. What we do know is that number is getting smaller as the State Department is poised to spend $400 million to buy “armored” Teslas. Like naming a government agency after a crypto meme coin (DOGE), or launching a new crypto meme coin, Musk and Trump are just getting started with their giant grift.

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https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/trump-musk-military-veterans-war-doge-1235266086/