Earlier this week, the establishment media criticized the president for failing to visit U.S. troops serving abroad over the Christmas holiday.
No sooner than those reports began to appear that they had to be walked back because, as it turned out, POTUS and first lady Melania Trump both visited with American troops in Germany and Iraq.
Then the mainstream media had to change tactics. Since the order of the day is all Trump bashing, all the time, CNN decided to criticize the president for his visit.
And American troops themselves, just for good measure.
At one point, POTUS was seen signing “Make America Great Again” caps that some of the troops had with them. The sound you hear are liberal media heads exploding.
The brainacs over at CNN rushed to proclaim such activity a violation of laws governing the political activities of military personnel.
CNN analyst and former member of the Obama administration John Kirby warned that having a Trump campaign hat is a violation of military guidelines.
“It is, in fact, a campaign slogan, that is a campaign item, and it is completely inappropriate for the troops to do this,” Kirby said.
“It’s just not appropriate in front of a military audience,” added retired Lt. Gen. Mark Hertling on CNN Thursday morning.
Really? Let’s go to the regulations.
CNN cited Department of Defense guidelines, which state: “Active duty personnel may not engage in partisan political activities and all military personnel should avoid the inference that their political activities imply or appear to imply DoD sponsorship, approval, or endorsement of a political candidate, campaign, or cause.”
Well, that’s it then, right? Not exactly.
The network left this part out: “Active duty members may, however, express their personal opinions on political candidates and issues, make monetary contributions to a political campaign or organization, and attend political events as...
