r/politics • u/WingComplex6771 • 14d ago

Soft Paywall Trump Plans Military “Reaction Force” to Use Against Americans

https://newrepublic.com/post/199008/trump-plans-military-reaction-force-use-americans
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u/acraswell 14d ago

This is why Trump replaced the generals early on, and then put Hegseth in charge.

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u/lazyFer 14d ago

Which means nobody is going to listen to any of them

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u/SnoodDood 14d ago

I wouldn't be so sure, especially if they agree with what they're being used for. You just have to convince them that they're opposing terrorists, invaders, and insurgents

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u/lazyFer 14d ago

The issue here is that too many people are assuming the military as a whole are going to just listen and follow clearly illegal orders.

Based on what?

All the evidence shows a pretty even split all the way down to enlisted for political viewpoints.

So I'll assume it's going to be a fracturing of command, not everyone in lock step.

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u/SnoodDood 14d ago

clearly illegal orders.

The problem is that it takes very little muddying of the waters to remove the "clearly". Even the use of the national guard in California this year was arguably illegal, let alone the deployment of the marines. All the administration needed was a nominal legal justification - exceptions for terrorism, invasions, and insurrections gives them plenty of ammo in that regard.