{"id":2399294,"date":"2025-02-05T14:05:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-credits-bump-in-army-recruits-to-trump-effect\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T14:07:20","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T19:07:20","slug":"tom-cotton-credits-bump-in-army-recruits-to-trump-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tom-cotton-credits-bump-in-army-recruits-to-trump-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Tom Cotton credits bump in Army recruits to &#8216;Trump effect&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftom-cotton-credits-bump-in-army-recruits-to-trump-effect%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2399294&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Senator Tom Cotton (R-AR) attributes a recent increase in Army recruits to the\u200b so-called &#8220;Trump effect,&#8221; stating that more young\u2064 people are enlisting now that \u200cformer President Biden is\u2062 no longer\u2062 in charge. The\u200c Army reported its most successful December in 15 years, with around 346 soldiers joining daily, which is significant in light \u200cof a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">previous recruitment shortfall<\/a> of \u200dabout 42,000.\u200b Cotton argued that many young individuals hesitated to enlist during Biden&#8217;s\u200b presidency\u200b due to perceptions\u2063 of the \u2063military prioritizing issues like &#8220;wokeness and\u2064 DEI.&#8221; He emphasized that a love for the \u200dcountry and the desire to serve are key motivations for young recruits. The article also mentions the conclusion of an era in which\u200c nine military bases were renamed, an undertaking that cost around $62.4 million.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Tom Cotton credits bump in Army recruits to &lsquo;Trump effect&rsquo;<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1966763\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Sen. <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tom-cotton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Tom Cotton<\/a> (R-AR) suggested that an increasing number of people are enlisting in the <a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/army\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Army<\/a> because former President Joe Biden is no longer the commander in chief.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The Army reported &ldquo;the most productive December in 15 years,&rdquo; with 346 soldiers enlisted every day. This came at a critical moment for the military, which had a recruitment&nbsp;deficit of about 42,000.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s the Trump effect.&nbsp;You had some number of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/time-magazine-promotes-trans-the-gay-away-child\/\" title=\"Time Magazine Promotes &#039;Trans-the-Gay-Away&#039; Child\">young men&#038;nbsp<\/a>;and women who didn&rsquo;t want to&nbsp;join the army over the last four years under Joe Biden&nbsp;and Christine Wormuth, the former secretary of the&nbsp;army, when they thought it was&nbsp;more focused on wokeness and&nbsp;DEI and climate change.&nbsp;That&rsquo;s not why young men and women join our military,&rdquo; Cotton said on Fox News&rsquo;s <em>America&rsquo;s Newsroom<\/em>.&nbsp;&ldquo;It was at a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/msnbcs-barnicle-asks-mayor-lightfoot-why-alec-baldwin-shooting-covered-more-than-chicago-gun-violence\/\" title=\"MSNBC&#039;s Barnicle Asks Mayor Lightfoot Why Alec Baldwin Shooting Covered More Than Chicago Gun Violence\">young people&#038;nbsp<\/a>;didn&rsquo;t want to join the army&nbsp;with Joe Biden as the&nbsp;commander in chief.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 100%; max-width: 640px; max-height: 360px; min-width: 320px; min-height: 180px; overflow: hidden;\">\n<div style=\"position: relative; width: 100%; padding-top: 56.25%;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/share.grabien.com\/share.php?id=2788692&amp;userid=11311&amp;loginid=9421&amp;playercolor=%23000000&amp;playersize=auto&amp;code=7c6fca110099d21dd0d27a7663df84e4\" style=\"position: absolute; top: 0px; left: 0px; width: 100%; height: 100%; border: 0px;\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Cotton joined the  Army as an infantry officer following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. The senator explained that people enlist because they &ldquo;love the country&rdquo; and &ldquo;want to serve a cause greater than themselves.&rdquo; As he reacted to these latest recruitment numbers, he suggested that neither &ldquo;competitive pay with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/musk-tells-trump-hed-serve-on-a-commission-to-address-nations-government-spending-crisis\/\" title=\"Musk Tells Trump He&#039;d Serve on a Commission to Address Nation&#039;s Government Spending Crisis\">private sector&#038;rdquo<\/a>; nor &ldquo;overall economic condition&rdquo; were obstacles to enlisting.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It was at a lot of young people&nbsp;didn&rsquo;t want to join the army&nbsp;with Joe Biden as the&nbsp;commander in chief,&rdquo; Cotton said.<\/p>\n<p>This also marked the end of an era that changed the names of nine military bases, which cost roughly $62.4 million, according to retired Army Brig. 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