Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of the Navy has said some crazy things.
The Pentagon confirmed that failed congressional candidate and current undersecretary of the Navy Hung Cao would be replacing John Phelan, who was abruptly fired on Wednesday. It’s an appalling move, given that Cao once made a poor joke about the KKK in an interview with Steve Bannon.
“I know I’ll be attacked by the left, and call me a white supremacist, but I have one ask for them, it’s just than when you give my hood, make sure it’s got the little slits and not the circles so I can see better,” Cao said on Real America’s Voice during his failed 2024 campaign for Senate.
I’m a Navy veteran with service connected PTSD. People question if I have PTSD sometimes and it does indeed piss me off, but I’m not out here claiming to have been blown up while serving. People are starting to become aware that PTSD doesn’t always stem from combat, and that awareness will help more people going forward. Mine comes from being attacked and raped by my shipmates, I didn’t expect to survive it.
I don’t feel disgust that USA Today asked him about his service, instead I wonder why he didn’t have a better response. He could have offered education about PTSD or said he wanted to increase transparency around disability ratings in the VA, or any number of things.
I’ll take “things that make me hate humanity” for $1000, Alex.
Bet that’s the cause of more cases of PTSD that actual combat
That’s exactly it. If it is PTSD, he should talk about that. He’s talking about physical scars, so it’s hard to parse.
I’m really sorry about the PTSD, especially the cause. I hope the help you’re getting is beneficial. IME, people who haven’t been exposed to mental health issues, can be really stupid about them.