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Eyebrows raised as Trump named 'Admiral' in land-locked red state's navy
What happened
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen named President Donald Trump an admiral in the Great Navy of the State of Nebraska during a Monday midterm rally in Grand Island, AlterNet reported. The title is a civic honor with no military authority, duties, pay or privileges.
Pillen presented it after a speech lasting more than 20 minutes, calling the ceremony “one little fun thing.” Nebraska governors have issued such commissions since 1930, and Trump is reportedly at least the sixth president to receive one.
Power was the point
The admiralship is harmless pageantry. The setting was not politically…
The skinny
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