Skip to content
Search AI Powered

Latest Stories

Don Jr. Absurdly Blames U.S. General 'Learning About 97 Genders' For Taliban Resurgence In Afghanistan

Don Jr. Absurdly Blames U.S. General 'Learning About 97 Genders' For Taliban Resurgence In Afghanistan
Samuel Corum/Getty Images

Donald Trump Jr. isn't an expert on war or international relations.

But in a statement posted Friday afternoon that served to denigrate his progressive opponents, he claimed that the United States military failed to predict the Taliban's resurgence in Afghanistan because its generals were "too busy" learning about critical race theory and gender identity.


Responding to commentator Bill Roggio's assessment that the U.S. military is "directly responsible for the biggest intelligence failure" since the Vietnam War, Trump Jr. wrote:

"I can only assume that General [Mark] Milley was too busy reading the latest CRT literature and learning about the 97 genders along with their requisite pronouns to pay much attention to such trivial matters."

Trump Jr.'s statement referenced a remark made in June by General Mark Milley, Chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

In June, Milley said he didn't believe that the Taliban would force Americans to evacuate their embassy in Kabul like when the North Vietnamese took Saigon in 1975:

""I may be wrong, who knows, you can't predict the future, but I don't see Saigon 1975 in Afghanistan."
"The Taliban just aren't the North Vietnamese Army. It's not that kind of situation."

Trump Jr.'s statements quickly garnered criticism on social media. Many pointed out his lack of military experience.





At least one person pointed out that Trump Jr.'s father, former President Donald Trump, was in charge of the armed forces at the time that plans to withdraw from Afghanistan were decided.



It's true: Former President Trump's administration had proposed leaving Afghanistan by January 15, 2021.

Trump was also largely supportive of an Afghanistan withdrawal.

In April, he put himself at odds with other Republicans when he suggested that American troops should leave Afghanistan ahead of President Joe Biden's proposed deadline of September 11.

So why did Trump Jr. bother to comment, if General Milley's statement on the future of the U.S. embassy had nothing to do with critical race theory or gender pronouns?

The answer is a simple one.

In June, Milley responded to accusations from Republican members of Congress that the military is indoctrinating troops by teaching critical race theory, a body of legal and academic scholarship that aims to examine how racism and disparate racial outcomes have shaped public policy via often implicit social and institutional dynamics.

At the time, Miller noted that critical race theory is taught at West Point because it's a college. He further bristled at the use of the word "woke" to disparage the success of military troops:

"And I personally find it offensive that we are accusing the United States military, our general officers, our commissioned, non-commissioned officers of being, quote, 'woke' or something else, because we're studying some theories that are out there."

And there you have it. It's safe to say Milley's statements were misconstrued in an attempt to take a weak jab at Black and transgender people.

Better luck next time, Trump Jr.

More from News

Pedro Pascal; JK Rowling
Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images for Disney; Dave J Hogan/Getty Images

Pedro Pascal Opens Up About Why He Called Transphobe JK Rowling A 'Heinous Loser'

Actor Pedro Pascal recently explained why he said Harry Potter author and anti-trans activist JK Rowling behaves like a "heinous loser," and suffice it to say he has absolutely no regrets.

The comment came in reference to Rowling gloating over the U.K. Supreme Court's recent decision to define what exactly constitutes a "woman" in the eyes of U.K. law, a decision that subjects trans people to violence, among other problems.

Keep ReadingShow less
JD Vance
Johannes Simon/Getty Images

Vance Dragged After Making Cringey Middle Finger Joke About 'Pink-Haired People' At GOP Dinner

Vice President JD Vance was criticized profusely after he attempted to make a joke mocking liberals during his appearance at the Ohio Republican Party dinner this week—only to have people calling out his lack of class for holding up his middle finger as he delivered the punchline.

Vance was in the middle of giving the event's keynote speech when he said the following:

Keep ReadingShow less
Donald Trump
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Trump Ripped After Posting Disturbing Parody Music Video About His Attack On Iran

President Donald Trump is facing harsh criticism after he shared a music video featuring the 1980 song "Bomb Iran"—a parody of The Regents song "Barbara Ann" that is best known for being covered by the Beach Boys—amid a ceasefire between Israel and Iran that could further inflame tensions in the Middle East.

The controversial parody song by Vince Vance & the Valiants plays over footage of B-2 stealth bombers, the same aircraft used to drop 14 GBU-57 bunker-buster bombs on Iranian nuclear facilities, including the Fordow enrichment plant, Natanz complex, and Isfahan site.

Keep ReadingShow less
Donald Trump; Zohran Mamdani
Omar Havana/Getty Images; Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

Trump Just Tried To Slam Zohran Mamdani's Looks And Voice—And It Was Projection At Its Finest

President Donald Trump lashed out at Zohran Mamdani after the 33-year-old democratic socialist handily defeated former New York Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York City's Democratic mayoral primary on Tuesday—only to be called out for projecting his own feelings of inadequacy onto the star candidate.

Mamdani ran a campaign centered around economic populism, arguing that the city, a global financial center, has grown unaffordable for everyday residents, citing soaring rents and grocery prices, and outlining policies aimed at reducing the cost of living.

Keep ReadingShow less
salad
Anna Pelzer on Unsplash

Doctors Explain Which Seemingly 'Healthy' Foods Aren't All That Good For Us

Every day it seems like some new health fad pops up.

Eat this, don't eat that.

Keep ReadingShow less