Painting a grim portrait if Donald Trump is re-elected, the New York Times is reporting there is every reason to believe the former president will make use of the Insurrection Act to deploy the U.S. military against American citizens during protests he finds objectionable.In a deep dive from the Tim...
They’ve also made it clear they want to cut military and veteran benefits. It’s surprising they think the military will be absolutely loyal to them if they try to power grab and go full dictator.
I was a medic in the AF - it was a pretty even split of red and blue. Air Force medical is probably the bluest slice of the military there is, so overall there’s definitely a strong lean red, but there’s this weird notion of absolution when it comes to the military’s political loyalty. Worse case scenario, Trump gets elected and attempts to ‘execute order 66’ …the military will implode on itself with infighting, and my money’s on one of the troops will take an opportunistic shot at him in accordance with their Oath of Enlistment’s promise to defend the constitution against domestic enemies. Officers and civilian federal employees oath has the same language.
Edit - Also, Donald Trump fucking hates us. If anyone ‘supports the troops’ they’ll vote blue.
I’m currently in the AF. Can confirm, we’re a snapshot of the country. Not some frothing red dog.
The military isn’t a democracy: If the top of the hierarchy is following Donald’s orders, everyone else will be too…
Look up duty to disobey.
That’s just propaganda, not how it operates in practice…
Wow! I was expecting a link to one incident but there was a list of many, many unrelated incidents. He really does hate the military.
Thanks for the link!
Yeah, but nobody who goes out of their way to advertise that they “support the troops” actually gives a shit about them. It’s always been jingoistic performative nonsense.
If he loses and tries to claim a stolen election, project 2025 promising a bloodbath will not go well for any of them. Especially since Trump continues to disrespect military personnel at every turn.
I know there are some maga nuts in the ranks, but last I heard most generals have spoken out against the Trumpet crumpet.
There’s a model for this. Basically, the reason you see dictatorships having a Republican Guard. Those guys are the loyalists that will do anything for the dictator and they get sinecure positions and help if they’re hurt. The rest of the military is lucky to get rations because the dictator is worried about other people using them to end their reign.
The total transition would take awhile but Trying was already effectively using the Department of Justice and federal agents to run a Republican Guard during the BLM protests.
The military is filled with the most loyal beaten dogs in America. Master can beat them as much as he wants and they’ll never bite.