[ghost of nixon]

I think he is partly referring to Trump here

[Dahoser]

I don’t think there’s any partly about it. VDH is directly referring to PDJT.

[rebelskid]

My dad was a topo engineer for the big red 1 (danger forward)... he told me how the bulge came to be.... the 1st had been pulled to rear for a break as they had been pushing so hard they were worn out... the 29th took point and screwed up and got everyone boxed in .. they had to come off their break and rejoin the battle... he said the whole thing wouldn’t have happened if the 29th had listened to them... (dad went in at North Africa and came home after Cheb,CZ) (I may have the 29th screwy. Please forgive as it’s been many years since he related this to me) dad made it to 96 and was always 1st ID..

[Bratch]

Old Blood and Guts and The Donald have a lot in common.

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Before the Battle of the Bulge, Eisenhower, Omar Bradley, Bernard Montgomery and Courtney Hodges thought fellow general George S. Patton was a talented, eccentric, flamboyant and sometimes buffoonish throwback to 19th century glory hounds. Yet it was Patton alone who in America's darkest hour of 1944 most clearly grasped both the dangers of, and the solutions to, the disaster.

To no avail, Patton had warned his superiors that a gambler like Hitler would likely try something desperate in December. Even before the generals met, Patton had preplanned a risky rescue operation. In a blizzard, he turned a large part of his army 90 degrees on a 100-mile trek to save the collapsing American lines to the north at Bastogne, Belgium.

Had the American command followed the rambunctious Patton's recommendation to cut off the overexposed German bulge at its base, rather than conservatively try to push it back at the nose, the campaign would have ended even sooner, with far fewer lost American lives.

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[KrisKrinkle]

“I think he is partly referring to Trump here”

I think he’s mostly referring to what we should expect from Trump’s, and our, opposition.

[romanesq]

“I think he is partly referring to Trump here”

He is in his usual understated brilliance. Hanson is calling the unpredictable President Trump, a political Gen. Patton.

The release of the transcript with President Zelensky of Ukraine being one perfect example.