You just have to look at the headlines to see how the media is spinning President-elect Donald Trump's pick for Secretary of the Navy. NBC reports, "Trump picks John Phelan, a businessman with no military experience, to be secretary of the Navy." Military.com's headline reads, "Trump Picks Big Donor with Background in Finance and Little Experience with the Military for Navy Secretary." The Associated Press reports, "Trump turns to outsider to shake up Navy, but his lack of military experience raises concerns."
President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to be secretary of the Navy, John Phelan, has not served in the military or had a civilian leadership role in the service. While officials and defense experts said the Navy is in sore need of a disruptor, they cautioned that Phelan’s lack of experience could make it more difficult for him to realize Trump’s goals.
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Not all service secretaries come into the office with prior military experience, but he’d be the first in the Navy since 2006. Current Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth similarly does not have prior military service. She, however, has spent her career in a host of defense civilian positions.
So Trump didn't pick someone from the swamp. Retired admiral and former Senate candidate Mike Franken wants to know if Trump voters have buyer's remorse yet:
Hey, Trumpers.
— Admiral Mike Franken (@FrankenforIowa) November 27, 2024
Buyer's remorse, yet?
Looks like Franken isn’t too keen on replacing the Secretary of the Navy with a Wall Street guy who’s more about passing audits and fixing shipbuilding than bowing to the Pentagon’s perfumed princes https://t.co/V0TJp9eKHw
— John Ʌ Konrad V (@johnkonrad) November 27, 2024
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Lol, nope. Thanks for checking tho
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) November 27, 2024
Your candidate just posted a video piss drunk.
— J (@ARaised_Eyebrow) November 27, 2024
So...no.
This you? pic.twitter.com/BvadH5OpBY
— 100 Proof 🥃 (@ChampionCapua) November 27, 2024
Not remotely. Just a secure border alone is enough to applaud a Trump presidency.
— Nick Jay (@Nick_Jay_D) November 27, 2024
Nope thanks for asking!
— Tomi Lahren (@TomiLahren) November 27, 2024
Remorse?
— YuriActual 🏴☠️GOLDCORP Logistics 🏴☠️ (@Yuri6Actual) November 27, 2024
Only that I have to suffer the current clown show for another month and a half
Nope. Trump isn't even in office yet and he's already making things better. DEI is dying, the illegals are deporting themselves, and intelligent world leaders are seeking peace. We are already winning and January isn't even here yet.
— GenXJoJo (@Elevate_JRiden) November 27, 2024
Sit down.
— Sean Kelly 🪓 (@skenzyme) November 27, 2024
We can't even keep the Red Sea open to shipping because of what clowns like you did to the @USNavy.
It's bad enough the Army lost to an opponent without tanks, but the Navy losing to an opponent without ships really takes the cake. pic.twitter.com/eOPYMvDHpT
Let me check.
— Mike Lee (@BasedMikeLee) November 28, 2024
(Checking notes).
Definitely not.
Not for a second
— Jillian Anderson (@Jillie_Alexis) November 27, 2024
The Navy might even pass an audit under Phelan. No, we certainly don't have any buyer's remorse. The other option was Kamala Harris, and who would she have picked as Secretary of the Navy? Admiral Rachel Levine?
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