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onetexan

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Sat Aug 17, 2024, 05:11 PM Aug 2024

Raw story: Trump has 'made clear' he will turn the U.S. military loose on America if re-elected: NYT

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-insurrection-act-2668981400/

" ... as he has sought a return to power, he has made clear that he intends to use the military for a range of domestic law enforcement purposes," adding, "During his time out of power, allies of Mr. Trump have worked on policy papers to provide legal justifications for the former president’s intent to use the military to enforce the law domestically."
The Times goes on to report that not everyone in Trump's inner circle is on board with his desire to exert previously unheard-of power.
"Indeed, even by the standards of various norm-busting plans Mr. Trump and his advisers have developed, the idea of using American troops against Americans on domestic soil stands apart. It has engendered quiet discomfort even among some of his allies on other issues," the report states before adding, "Most of the open discussion of it by people other than Mr. Trump has focused on the prospect of using troops in border states — not against American rioters or criminals, but to arrest suspected undocumented migrants and better secure the border against illegal crossings."

Posting the Rawstory summary given NYT is paywall blocked. The buffoonery is insane but this sick conman is dangerous.
I hope members of the military will not vote for this draft dodger who insults them regularly.


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Raw story: Trump has 'made clear' he will turn the U.S. military loose on America if re-elected: NYT (Original Post) onetexan Aug 2024 OP
Link to original, no paywall: Ocelot II Aug 2024 #1
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