Optional@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoTrump considered awarding self Medal of Honor amid Iran war chaos: insiderswww.rawstory.comexternal-linkmessage-square145linkfedilinkarrow-up1682arrow-down114file-text
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minus-squareBradleyUffner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoIts reserved for the military, isn’t it? The president is a civilian.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down1·1 month agoSomething something commander in chief blah blah nothing matters and what if it did. Trump.
minus-squareCharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month ago“He was elected by the American people, therefore everything he does is fine.” -all his collaborators, almost literally.
minus-squareformergijoe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoAnd congress awards it, so he can’t just make a tweet decree and give himself one.
minus-squareMML@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoYes. The civilian “equivalent” is the medal of freedom. Although technically the president is the highest ranking as commander in chief during war.
minus-squareDisgruntledGorillaGang@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoHe hasn’t declared war tho, right?
Its reserved for the military, isn’t it? The president is a civilian.
Something something commander in chief blah blah nothing matters and what if it did. Trump.
“He was elected by the American people, therefore everything he does is fine.”
-all his collaborators, almost literally.
And congress awards it, so he can’t just make a tweet decree and give himself one.
Yes. The civilian “equivalent” is the medal of freedom. Although technically the president is the highest ranking as commander in chief during war.
He hasn’t declared war tho, right?