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We really have to let Bernie get out of the sun.
Don't melt on us, Bernie.
Get back inside.
I'll try.
Hey guys.
Hello.
Hey there.
Now we had planned this week hadn't we to talk a bit about the US military given the big parade in Washington DC to mark the 250th anniversary of the US Army and the 79th birthday of President Donald Trump as well that is happening in the city here but I mean,
we didn't know that the U.S. military was going to become so front and center to the news this week with the deployment of the National Guard to California,
to Texas, the deployment of U.S.
Marines to California as well.
We've been talking a lot about the U.S. military.
So I think it's probably worthwhile taking a step back and having a look at
if we want to call them Trump's troops and how the president and this administration is really shaping the U.S. military and the various changes that they've made and kind of what we've seen over the last few months.
But if we just start maybe for our non-American viewers and listeners to explain the difference in this country anyway between when we're talking about the National Guard and then when we're talking about other branches of the U.S. military like the Army,
like the Marines.
Well,
I think it's quite different than most other countries do it and that the National Guard in the United States is kind of run at a state level and the government can call up those forces.