Col. Bill Connor ——Bio and Archives--December 15, 2025

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Since Trump’s election, Americans have witnessed a miraculous turnaround in military recruiting. Recruiting went from historically low numbers to the highest level of recruiting in decades. Despite this unambiguous success, Democrats and mainstream media mouthpieces have refused to give credit to Trump. Instead, we are experiencing the ultimate in gaslighting.

The media outlet National Security Journal (NSJ) is one of many in claiming “Real Reason US Military Recruiting Numbers are surging” is not due to Trump’s efforts.Instead, NSJ would have us believe recruiting is up now primarily due to reasons like an alleged slow economy or the US not being at war (National Security Journal, Dec. 14, 2025)

In another article, the NSJ credits a Biden era initiative of the Army allowing substandard recruits to attend a pre-course before basic training as bringing on a recruiting surge. (National Security Journal, Dec. 14, 2025)

Another NSJ article claimed US Navy recruiting success under Trump was due to Biden era higher pay and a Navy pre-course before basic. (

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