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In reply to the discussion: Trump Is Considering Deputizing the Military as a Civilian Police Force. That Is Terrifying. [View all]jmowreader
(50,533 posts)The Chief of Staffs of the Army and Air Force, The Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Marine Corps have the duty to refuse such an illegal order. The Commandant of the Coast Guard cant accept it because his service HAS arrest authority over civilians but his jurisdiction is limited to admiralty and maritime law.
I really wonder: is the whole point of this to give Trump license to be an imperial president? I figure this to be Trumps intent:
Step 1: do something so outrageous he has to be impeached to save the republic
Step 2: get acquitted in the Senate
Step 3: take that acquittal as permission to go full dictator on us because he knows no ones going to stop him
At this point Id be willing to trade one full term of Mitt Romney, who is one of the few sane Republicans left, for an absolute guarantee Trump, Pence and everyone in the current Cabinet is removed from office and Trump is thrown in prison.