Make Aircrew Great Again. It is a play on words. They had been wearing them since 2017. It was not a political statement. The patches had been approved for wear in crew spaces. Novelty patches have been worn by aircrews since at least WWII. Some are funny, some are depictions of the grim reaper, comic strip characters, punisher emblems, super heroes etc. None are misconstrued to mean supporting the creators of the icons, only this one. The only time this became an issue was the rabid media and left wingers seeing it as a chance to persecute Trump. He was the Commander in Chief. Literally their boss and the highest ranking VIP of the DoD. Showing support for a current or former POTUS was never an issue in the past. If this was a civilian political rally, it would be a different story, but it was during a visit from their Commander in Chief aboard a military station/ship. Fortunately, none of the sailors were actually punished at Mast.
Make Aircrew Great Again. It is a play on words. They had been wearing them since 2017. It was not a political statement. The patches had been approved for wear in crew spaces. Novelty patches have been worn by aircrews since at least WWII. Some are funny, some are depictions of the grim reaper, comic strip characters, punisher emblems, super heroes etc. None are misconstrued to mean supporting the creators of the icons, only this one. The only time this became an issue was the rabid media and left wingers seeing it as a chance to persecute Trump. He was the Commander in Chief. Literally their boss and the highest ranking VIP of the DoD. Showing support for a current or former POTUS was never an issue in the past. If this was a civilian political rally, it would be a different story, but it was during a visit from their Commander in Chief aboard a military station/ship. Fortunately, none of the sailors were actually punished at Mast.