DEA Watch 03 May 2025

Should Honorary Military Veteran Status be Awarded to Former Commanders-in-Chief Who Never Served in the U.S. Military...
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TOPIC: In 2000 with the help of the Supreme Court, George W. Bush defeated a U.S. Military war veteran, Albert Gore. Stung by critics for enlisting in the Air National Guard for the specific purpose of avoiding being sent to Vietnam, Bush ordered his new Secretary of Defense to insert a new rule in the upcoming National Defense Act he would be signing that would allow all members of the U.S. National Guard and Reserves to become retroactively eligible for the National Defense Service Medal, which previously, could only be awarded to active duty personnel. Upon signing the NDSA after his election Bush instantly became authorized for the wartime National Defense Service Medal.

Donald J. Trump has many times privately and publicly voiced his contempt for Americans who served in our military. Along with referring to American servicepersonnel and veterans as "losers and suckers", Trump has refused to personally attend many veteran and military ceremonies despite all previous Commanders-in-Chief making those personal appearances.

Today the news is reporting that Bush, again, desires to reduce respect for Americans who served in uniform by writing an Executive Order that does away with Veterans Day. The news reports say that the reason why Trump wants to abolish Veterans Day is because he wants America's support in the victory of WW1 to be acknowledged despite the fact that Armistice Day (November 11th, annually) was created to honor the winning of WW1, but the name Armistice Day was changed to Veterans Day in 1954 for the purpose of honoring ALL military personnel in ALL of America's wars, from our Revolutionary War to the Present...

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QUESTION 1/2: Instead of issuing an ExecOrder to abolish Veterans Day and replace it with 'Victory Day' that only honors five of the wars America was victorious in (Revolutionary, War of 1812, Spanish-American, WW1 and WW2), and does not honor the Korea, Vietnam, Iraq and Afghanistan wars in which America failed to achieve victory, should Donald Trump write an Executive Order that bestows Honorary Military Veteran status on all FORMER Commanders-in-Chief regardless of any or no prior military service?

No
Yes

QUESTION 2/2: If Congress approves bestowing Honorary Military Veteran status on all civilian FORMER Commanders-in-Chief for leading the U.S. military, should Trump's ExecOrder also require the Secretary of Defense to design a unique military uniform to be authorized to all FORMER Commanders-in-Chief as is the custom in 171 of the known 195 countries on our world that authorizes military uniforms for their current, highest civilian military leader?

No
Yes

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