Oct 8, 2026 · 58 min · 15 segments
Trump never misses a chance to say he loves the troops. The reality on the ground looks very different. Marine Corps combat veteran Matt Gordon (USMC Angry Veteran) joins the crew to talk about what…
Are you seeing those numbers get bigger?
Uh, there were guys that I served with that I thought for sure would never in a million years be like, "Mm, I just can't get behind him anymore." Uh, but with the way that he's handling things, or not handling things, and the way that he's, uh, putting us into these situations, I've seen more and more people, maybe they're not coming out and outright saying, "Oh, I'm not gonna support him," but all of their Donald Trump stuff has come down.
Yeah.
You know, you start to see, it, it looks like an actual neighborhood now and not a Donald Trump rally in a lot of the small town America, because people are pissed.
And I mean, you know, I get angry 'cause I'm like, "I don't know what the fuck took y'all so long." Um, but, you know, you're here now, so, you know, here you, here we are.
Well, and I, it, I think something I, I want to remind people of too, because I hear this a lot, is like, "Well, we heard this in 2024." Um, it didn't happen in the last midterms.
It d- when, when, like, when Trump's not on the ballot, c- 'cause those people, they'll take their shit down and then they'll still go out and vote for him like he's their own personal Jesus Christ.
Mm-hmm.
But only when he's on the ballot.
When he's not on the ballot, I think the enthusiasm in, that we see in the world is actually a fairly accurate measure for the enthusiasm, like, for Republicans in general.
It's not, uh, it's not transitive.
And I think that's why we're seeing him going out and doing these, uh, you know, midterm rallies this year.
Uh, he's gonna be just down the road from me on Friday, so I'm about to get into some trouble this weekend, but.
Oh, that's right, he's coming- Trump Jr.'s coming to me.
I'm gonna get in trouble tomorrow.
Are you seeing those numbers get bigger?
Uh, there were guys that I served with that I thought for sure would never in a million years be like, "Mm, I just can't get behind him anymore." Uh, but with the way that he's handling things, or not handling things, and the way that he's, uh, putting us into these situations, I've seen more and more people, maybe they're not coming out and outright saying, "Oh, I'm not gonna support him," but all of their Donald Trump stuff has come down.
Yeah.
You know, you start to see, it, it looks like an actual neighborhood now and not a Donald Trump rally in a lot of the small town America, because people are pissed.
And I mean, you know, I get angry 'cause I'm like, "I don't know what the fuck took y'all so long." Um, but, you know, you're here now, so, you know, here you, here we are.
Well, and I, it, I think something I, I want to remind people of too, because I hear this a lot, is like, "Well, we heard this in 2024." Um, it didn't happen in the last midterms.
It d- when, when, like, when Trump's not on the ballot, c- 'cause those people, they'll take their shit down and then they'll still go out and vote for him like he's their own personal Jesus Christ.
Mm-hmm.
But only when he's on the ballot.
When he's not on the ballot, I think the enthusiasm in, that we see in the world is actually a fairly accurate measure for the enthusiasm, like, for Republicans in general.
It's not, uh, it's not transitive.
And I think that's why we're seeing him going out and doing these, uh, you know, midterm rallies this year.
Uh, he's gonna be just down the road from me on Friday, so I'm about to get into some trouble this weekend, but.
Oh, that's right, he's coming- Trump Jr.'s coming to me.
I'm gonna get in trouble tomorrow.
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