Trump Says Biden Doesn't Know 'What He's Doing' As Confidence In U.S. Military Hits 20 Year Low

A recently released poll from Gallup has shown precisely the kind of public sentiment that you don't want with tensions ratcheting up with China and Russia. The troubling poll has found a dramatic loss of confidence in America's military, leaving it at its lowest point in twenty years.

According to Gallup, a mere 60 percent of Americans polled held either a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in the United States military, the lowest public opinion in the most trusted of American institutions since 1997. As noted by Timcast News, the last time public sentiment dipped lower was in 1988 when it dropped to 58 percent.

Writing for the pollster, Mohamed Younis observed that during the 1970s-80s amidst both the height of the Cold War and the Iranian hostage crisis, public confidence fluctuated between 50-58 percent. This generally improved during the two terms of President Ronald Reagan in the 80s and then skyrocketed following the overwhelming U.S.-led coalition victory in the Gulf War.

Following the historic trend, confidence remained high through the 90s and jumped up again after the 9/11 attacks holding above 70 percent in the subsequent twenty years until 2021 when it dropped to 69 percent and then continued to plunge following the disastrous military withdrawal from Afghanistan by the Biden administration.

Much of the weight of the loss in confidence comes from the Republican side of the aisle, where since 2002 public confidence remained steadily high, above 80 percent, up to 30 percent higher than Democrats at times. However, a truly harrowing decline began in 2020 following the election of President Biden when it dropped over the course of three years from 91 percent to 68 percent.

The name of the game here seems to be politicization. As one might expect, during the Trump administration confidence from Republicans nearly reached the post-9/11 high, while Democrats' confidence in the military dropped to an all-time low. Under Biden, while Republican confidence in our armed forces has collapsed, Democrats' sentiment gained ten points back to 68 percent before dropping back to 62 this past year.

Gallup reported, “Now that the U.S. has completely withdrawn from both Iraq and Afghanistan, the two most significant military legacies of the 2001 terrorist attacks on the U.S., confidence in the military has continued to decline among the public."

Younis explained, “The declines this year were across all party identification groups, with Republicans remaining the most likely to express confidence and independents becoming the least likely.”

It isn't hard to see why Republicans are losing faith in our military under the control of President Joe Biden and the radical Democrats. In the name of 'diversity, equity, and inclusivity' we see high-ranking officers appointed to check boxes for their gender, race, and sexual identity rather than merit, logistical, leadership, or combat experience.

We see millions in taxpayer dollars being spent "to fund DEI programs that are divisive in nature," as Congressman Matt Gaetz (R-FL) pointed out in June with “child-friendly” drag shows being planned at highly sensitive military installations like Nellis Air Force Base in Nevada.

Gaetz told Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, "DoD resources should be used for mission-essential operations, not diverted toward initiatives that create cultural fissures within our service ranks," as previously reported by DC Enquirer. 

Under this type of 'leadership,' Republicans are alarmed and dismayed, even fearful, that the strength and cohesion of the U.S. military have eroded to the extent that we are not confident we can hold our own against Chinese or Russian aggression. And the Biden White House's commitment to pump Ukraine full of American arms and munitions, publicly announcing the depletion of our own reserves to do so, only adds to the growing concern.

In an interview on July 23rd with Maria Bartiromo, GOP frontrunner and 45th President Donald Trump did what he does best by giving voice to what the American people are thinking and feeling.

"Look, this is the most dangerous time in the history of our country because of weaponry. The nuclear power is so enormous. This isn't two Army tanks going and shooting each other in World War I, World War II, soldiers standing behind a bunker and shooting people," Trump began. "This is obliteration."

"And we have a man that doesn't understand what he's doing. We have a man that … stood up and told the whole world that we have no ammunition,"

"Do you know I had every ammunition building full to the brim three years ago. We've given it all away. But if you gave it all away – terrible. The only thing worse than that is to tell the world. … He has told China and these other places that are hostile that we have no ammunition."

Based on what we're seeing from Gallup, the only sure way to restore confidence in the American military is to restore its effectiveness and stop the disastrous policies that the radical Biden administration has imposed upon it. Only with a responsible government in power, under a proven leader like Trump can that capability be restored, and confidence follow.

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