Despite Trump’s alleged draft-dodging in his youth, the former president’s acolytes are reportedly flirting with a return to requiring mandatory military service if he’s re-elected.
“It reinforces the bonds of civility,” Miller reportedly said, adding, “why wouldn’t we give that a try?”.
(A spokesperson for the Heritage Foundation told the Washington Post that Project 2025 does not “speak for President Trump or his campaign, who alone set his agenda.”).
And Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told the paper he would “take no option off the table” to address shortages in the military.
The concept of bringing back mandatory service, though, is politically unpopular, especially among those it would actually affect.
But… that’s very different from the folks in Trump World reportedly considering the possibility of forcing all young people to actually serve in the military.
But the Trump crew does not have a history of being loyal to evidence when it comes to the matter of mandatory military service. »
