But Trump Wants ...

 ... his Golden Fleet. 

Sgt. Dakota Meyer, the Medal of Honor recipient who was picked by Pete Hegseth as a senior advisor to the Pentagon’s barracks improvement task force, has spoken out about the “heartbreaking” conditions he has witnessed, including the lack of hot water and air conditioning. Talking to Fox News Digital in an interview Thursday, Meyer said he spoke with troops who have gone a year without being able to take a hot shower or have been forced to sleep in their cars because of the heat in the barracks. “I would tell you that there’s only a couple that I’ve seen that are good,” he said, describing more than eight installations across the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marine Corps he has visited since he was tapped by Hegseth as the task force’s senior advisor. The Medal of Honor recipient said that what he thought was going to a professional job that “very quickly turned into personal” as he listened to the experience of struggling U.S. service members stationed in the barracks. He recalled asking a 19-year-old service member what she would change in the barracks if she had a magic wand and was impressed by her modest response. “If she could just have a hot shower,” Meyer said the service member responded. “It’s absolutely heartbreaking,” he said.

A year without a hot shower? Now recall the latest poll in the US Armed Forces. 

79% of Veterans and Service Members Say Politicians and Society Are Leaving Them Behind: Poll. "Active-duty troops are telling us that politicization is pushing them toward the exit. That's not a talking point; it's a readiness crisis."

I want to stress, again, you cannot fix it, even if you install hot shower booths and ACs. The crisis is systemic and it cannot be addressed properly. It doesn't mean that the US Armed Forces are somehow relegated to the third world status--obviously not. But in terms of ground troops and sustainment it is definitely not the first and even its nominal second place is far removed from the top that it is not even funny.