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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPresident Trump Could Make Himself a Military Officer
ARTICLE II, SECTION 3
It's right there in the Constitution. There are no restrictions against his granting of a commission, even to himself. With the prospect of a military parade in his honor under discussion, what's to keep him from granting his own commission, maybe to a brand new rank, like "Generalissimo," "Field Marshall," or "Supreme Commander?"
I'm serious about this. Given his massively inflated ego, there's nothing to prevent him from doing this. Really.
PJMcK
(22,048 posts)Turbineguy
(37,364 posts)at least. Maybe even a superior rank for which a name has not yet been invented.
eleny
(46,166 posts)Picturing him at his parade in a uniform with medals on his chest. It gives me the willies.
sunonmars
(8,656 posts)JHB
(37,161 posts)...by pissing people off?
Well, except for people in the past who could fit him with some concrete galoshes. And more current parties who usually sign their names with Cyrillic letters.
maxrandb
(15,349 posts)No matter what he does, they'd eat a yard of his shit, just to see where it came from.
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)regardless of what the law says
Johnny5000
(12 posts)FSogol
(45,524 posts)Silence! In addition to that, all citizens will be required to change their underwear every half-hour. Underwear will be worn on the outside so we can check. Furthermore, all children under 16 years old are now... 16 years old!
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)Until now, I thought I was the only one who remembered that scene (probably because of the underwear on the outside part).
PoorMonger
(844 posts)I think it will piss a lot of active military off to no end. It still baffles me that as a demographic, a large portion actually supposedly support him. I think if he commissions some special spot for himself above them all they will let him know hes a shit.
Was actually thinking how veterans groups and more importantly , active military need to come out and squash this stupid parade idea. It might be one of the few things that would wake some of his mindless thralls up to the sham of his patriotism.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)for himself, with lots of gold braid, medals and bling, that he could wear to review his huge, beautiful military parade (the best ever, and way bigger than the French one). If he made himself an officer he could get away with it. I think there have been a few five-star generals, so he'd have to give himself even more stars. Maybe ten! There have been a number of photoshopped pics of Dolt 45 in a dictator-chic uniform (Gaddafi's, I think), but his would likely be a variation on the Army's, only with a whole lot more medals and braid. The hat would have more scrambled eggs and maybe even a plume. Maybe instead of regular uniform pants he'd have jodhpurs and high shiny black boots. It would be hilarious, but I can imagine him doing it.
Eliot Rosewater
(31,121 posts)he doesnt know.
He is not like a 9 yr old, he IS a 9 yr old who has been spoiled rotten beyond reason raised by a rabidly racist and violent parent.
arthritisR_US
(7,291 posts)side by side in their uniforms making the disgrace to the uniform 100%.
dchill
(38,521 posts)Making way for the debut of his new uniform at the Grand Parade.
mr_lebowski
(33,643 posts)He already HAS the very top 'post' in the Military.
What am I missing?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)Being Commander-in-Chief isn't enough; he'd want physical evidence of it, preferably as glitzy as possible.
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)The president is inherently the highest-ranking military officer with the title Commander In Chief, so I'm not sure what the point here is.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)But 'Commander In Chief' seems self explanatory.
dumbcat
(2,120 posts)to spout some nonsense.
Sometimes it seems that comprises half the posts on this board. Sad.
Frustratedlady
(16,254 posts)struggle4progress
(118,332 posts)The constitution already makes him "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service": what more would awarding himself an additional military title accomplish, beyond making him seem pompous and silly?
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,829 posts)He does things that he thinks are impressive, glamorous and that display his awesomeness. Everybody else thinks those things are pompous and silly. He'll probably get talked out of making himself an officer, but he'd never get that doing it would be pompous and silly.
MineralMan
(146,325 posts)I can promise it would bother a helluva lot of people.
Commission as a military officer is earned. If Trump commissioned himself, it would be a serious case of "stolen valor." I doubt he will do it, but it is certainly within his authority to do so, if he wanted to.
It's an interesting thing to think about.
struggle4progress
(118,332 posts)If he does anything like that, we can have loads of fun shredding his Fifty-Star Silly Pompousness
And since we know how we'd handle that, we can turn to more pressing matters
Sneederbunk
(14,298 posts)Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)And even if we're read to him aloud we can rest assured he would lose interest midway through the second section of Article I.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)He wants to play dress-up too.
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(108,170 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)*scary stuff
unblock
(52,309 posts)syringis
(5,101 posts)A Military offenser more like...
Which he already is...
DemoTex
(25,400 posts)Catch-22
mindem
(1,580 posts)Major Catastrophe works for me.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)tRump....ah ah... Savior of the Universe
tRump....ah ah... He'll save every one of us
Quemado
(1,262 posts)would be his military rank. A tin horn dictator.
bigbrother05
(5,995 posts)He could cite a precedent. When MacArthur complained to Truman about firing a 5 star general, Harry supposedly said he had a 6th star as CinC.
Maybe he would dress in a gold lame Elvis jumpsuit and parachute into the review stand.
Or ride in on the backs of unemployed coal miners.
eta: General Pain-in-the-Ass = Gen PITA