Dan Lamothe:
Yes, I think the Army is trying to, like, kind of keep its head down and treat this as a celebration of history.
The challenge with that is that there is a lot of other things going on right now, including the National Guard in Los Angeles, including President Trump’s visit to Fort Bragg, where you had not only him making political commentary in front of soldiers, but some of those soldiers actually laughing and booing on camera.
That’s outside the bounds of what soldiers are supposed to be doing in uniform. And the Army is kind of having to take that on the chin and figure out how they’re going to manage that and stay out of politics.