# More and More Veterans Say Their Duty Is to Resist Trump

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/more-and-more-veterans-say-their-duty-is-to-resist-trump/
- Published: 2026-11-11T12:30:00+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-11T13:38:47+00:00
- Original publisher: Mother Jones (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2026/11/more-and-more-veterans-say-their-duty-is-to-resist-trump/
- Topics: Americas, Culture, Politics, Travel, World

## Key points

- Veterans are organising against Trump’s policies and the Iran war.
- Hotline calls more than doubled after the first strikes on Iran.
- The conflict was estimated to have cost $47 billion by late October.

## Summary

Veterans, serving personnel and military families are increasingly organising against President Donald Trump’s policies, describing resistance as a form of duty to the United States. Their protests and calls for conscientious objection have grown as the US war with Iran continues, challenging the idea that patriotism requires military service or obedience.

At a Philadelphia march on 4 July, more than 500 people joined what organisers called the largest anti-war veterans protest since the Vietnam War. Veterans For Peace says about 1,000 of its 3,500 active members joined since Trump returned to office in early 2025. The GI Rights Hotline recorded its highest call volume this spring, with calls more than doubling after the first US strikes on Iran; by late October, the war was estimated to have cost $47 billion and the attacks had killed more than 3,500 people in Iran.

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