Trump Would Demand ‘Afghanistan disaster’ Resignations, ‘back pay’ for Troops Fired for Refusing Vax On Day 1, He Says at NC Rally; Nearly 90% of NYC Subway, Bus Workers were Assaulted, Harassed by Unhinged Passengers During COVID Pandemic, and other C-Virus related stories

Trump would demand ‘Afghanistan disaster’ resignations, ‘back pay’ for troops fired for refusing vax on Day 1, he says at NC rally:

Former President Donald Trump pledged to demand mass resignations of top military officials behind the chaotic Afghanistan withdrawal and give “back pay” to service members fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccines should he return to the White House in January.

The Republican presidential nominee’s focused on his national security policies in his Asheboro, NC, stint – his second visit to the state in a week. He gave his remarks from behind bulletproof glass, which the Department of Defense and Secret Service ordered for all his outdoor events after he was nearly assassinated on July 13 in Butler, Pa.

Trump, 78, touched on issues related to Afghanistan, the war in Ukraine, Iran, “woke-ism” in the military and recruitment crisis facing the US armed services.

Afghanistan

The former president laid blame on both President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the botched US exit from Afghanistan, arguing that it has been “open season on America and our allies” since the “Afghanistan disaster.”

“It was the most humiliating event in the history of our country,” Trump said of the nation’s “catastrophic retreat” from the now Taliban-run country.

Biden, 81, has not fired anyone related to the Afghanistan withdrawal, but Trump vowed to hold the government and military officials responsible for it accountable.

“I will ask for the resignations of every single senior military official who touched the Afghanistan disaster,” he announced. “I want their resignations immediately.”

Trump said he expected to see resignation letters on his “desk in the Oval Office” on Inauguration Day.

He also criticized the Biden-Harris administration’s decision to leave behind equipment in Kabul.

“Afghanistan is now one of the largest arms merchants in the entire world,” he added, highlighting the eye-popping tally of equipment – “70,000 armored trucks” and “700,000 rifles and guns” – abandoned during the August 2021 withdrawal. --->LOTS MORE HERE

Nearly 90% of NYC Subway, Bus Workers Were Assaulted, Harassed by Unhinged Passengers During COVID Pandemic: Shocking study:

All aboard the terror train.

Nearly 90% of New York City’s public-facing subway and bus workers said they were assaulted or harassed by unruly, unhinged and violent passengers during the pandemic, according to a shocking new study.

Women MTA workers particularly faced the brunt of rider rage, with 70% telling researchers they were physically assaulted while on the job, the New York University study published Wednesday found.

The wave of transit violence didn’t come as a surprise to MTA worker Mohammad Quader, who still suffers on-the-job panic attacks after a December 2022 attack in which a loony hooligan bludgeoned him in the head with a hammer-like tool.

“It’s happening almost every day,” Quader told The Post. “Most of them are unreported.

“Some people report, some people stay quiet.”

The study was conducted by the NYU School of Global Public Health in collaboration with the Transport Workers Union Local 100 and covered nearly 1,300 workers who opted to fill out a survey about their experiences between 2020 and 2023.

Of MTA workers surveyed, 89% reported victimization — a catchall including physical or sexual assault, harassment, intimidation and theft. The study noted it’s a much higher rate than that in other professions such as health care, where 58% of workers reported experiencing assault or harassment.

Nearly half of MTA workers surveyed reported they were physically assaulted, the study states.

“Physical assault was significantly more common among women in the bus division compared to female subway workers, male bus workers, and male subway workers,” the study states.

The findings — which researchers noted could be inflated owing to the volunteer responses — broadly dovetail with other data showing a COVID-19-era spike in assaults against subway and bus workers, largely by perps with histories of mental illness. --->READ MORE HERE

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