Via the Washington Post, Trump’s former chief of staff has... found a calling?
“Wonderful day — honored to be able to serve! #GoNavy!” Priebus, 47, said in a tweet. Reached by phone, he declined to comment further.
Priebus’s commissioning follows a lengthy process in which former defense secretary Jim Mattis recommended him and a board of officers selected him as a reserve officer, according to defense officials and a memo obtained by The Washington Post late last year.
He remembers his sister serving as a Navy doctor, but here’s what really inspired him.
...He added that he especially felt called to serve after an Oval Office meeting in which Trump met with the wife and children of Senior Chief Petty Officer William “Ryan” Owens, a Navy SEAL who was killed early in the administration in a Special Operations raid in Yemen.
He was sworn in by VP Mike Pence.
I’m not disposed to ridicule anyone willing to serve in the military, but this is just so over the top unreal and smacks so much of privilege… it’s where we are now.
Best wishes Ensign Priebus. May you serve your country well.