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U.S. troops say they were pressured to buy “Melania” tickets

Ellsworth Toohey
Feb 07, 2026
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Illo: Beschizza

The Department of Defense says there’s no directive requiring service members to see the Melania documentary, “though the film is fantastic.” (The statement also referred to the Pentagon as the “Department of War” — a secondary title Trump gave it but cannot legally use.)

That’s cold comfort to troops who say they were pressured to buy tic…

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