Trump’s Politics Starve Our Soldiers: How Neo-liberalism Betrays America’s Military Families
As an American veteran who served in the first Gulf War, I write this reflection with seriousness and lucidity. I will describe how Trump's neo-liberal policies undermine the fundamental role of the military. Then I will describe the unbearable conditions imposed on troops and their families. Finally, I will outline the moral responsibility of patriots to save the military. Here, we will discuss concrete cases: military families affected by the federal government shutdown, food in barracks, federal aid cuts, and the budget impasse. The Institutional and Political Context First, let's recall that the federal government has been shut down since…