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Being a career military man, I’m not sure martial law would work at keeping Trump in power. The military takes an oath to protect and defend the Constitution, not the president as Hitler had his military do. The sad part is I’m not sure. I’ve been retired for over 12 years now and I know the military of my era wouldn’t go along with martial law to keep Trump or any president in power beyond the two terms as stated in the Constitution. But the military has changed a lot since I retired.
Thank you for your service, and I hope you are right.
You never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete. R. Buckminster Fuller
My sense is fully one half of the military are in the bag for Trump ... the others believe in and would follow the Constitution. Should Trump give illegal orders, I believe his half would comply and the others would stand down.
Sad to think Americans would so easily give up Democracy for a con man.
ignorance is the enemy without equality there is no liberty Save America - Lock Trump Up!!!!
My message to Sen. Fetterman (my senator). I could only enter 1200 characters in one message so I had to try to summarize what I think about each subject. It too 3 messages just to add the below content.
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Sen. Fetterman,
1200 characters. Really? You don't want to hear too much from us do you? This is part one of a multiple part message.
Although I am not a Democrat, I voted for you in 2022. You are the only representation I have. My house representatives are Republicans, and I doubt they care what I think about current events, or anything for that matter.
I am wondering why when it comes to what Pres. Trump is doing, I do not hear any pushback from any Democrats? I know Dems are not in the majority, but you all still have a voice! You are MY voice, or that's what I though you would be when I voted for you.
Tariffs - really? Are you on board with 25% tariffs on Canada and Mexico? I don't know, because I haven't heard your voice on any media outlets. I think it stinks! It makes no sense. I'm sure you know that consumers pay for tariffs, not the country that has the tariffs on it!
DOGE - how can Elon Musk have any say in what America spends their money on? He wasn't elected or confirmed by anyone! Are you on board with this too? I don't know, because I haven't heard your voice on any media outlets.
The only thing I've heard on the media outlets, is that you are onboard with working with Pres. Trump and the Republicans where you can. What about when push-back is needed? Will you sit there with your mouth shut and just leave happen what will happen?
You're voice is very loud and could be heard by many non-MAGA/Republicans! Is there nothing that you can do to stop this madness? Can't you submit some bill or something that would have at least enough Republican support to stop some of it? Although I try to keep up with all current events, I do not know much about the detail of how this type of legislation process works. I find it hard to believe that Pres. Trump has the Republican senators all backing him. There has to be a few left that would stand up for what is right! Or, maybe not. They are all part of the cult now too.
Right now, people that think we are headed in the wrong direction are hearing no push-back from anyone! What is going on? Will we all sit here and let us fall into a dictatorship because no one is pushing back? We are concerned this is what is about to happen!
I don't expect to hear anything back from you except some form letter thanking me for my input. That's all I've ever gotten in return for writing my legislators.
My sense is fully one half of the military are in the bag for Trump ... the others believe in and would follow the Constitution. Should Trump give illegal orders, I believe his half would comply and the others would stand down.
Sad to think Americans would so easily give up Democracy for a con man.
If they they conduct themselves as constitutional traitors they open themselves up to some pretty severe consequences in the aftermath which I guarantee you will NOT be in their favor. Think about it....if they engage in hostilities against American citizens, do you think that they will be eligible for any kind of healthcare, any kind of benefits, any kind of pension, any kind of status that is universally defined as "honorable"?
It's highly unlikely that the vast majority of the ones who violate the Constitution will be looked upon kindly by history and it is doubtful any of them will escape punishment for their mass actions.
The only environment under which any kind of honorable status for traitorous soldiers becomes a reality is if the entire United States literally turns into North Korea, and I guarantee you DPRK soldiers are lucky if they even get adequate FOOD after a lifetime of service. We saw what happened to the North Korean conscripts sent to Ukraine to fight alongside the Russians. Does anyone think they came home to ticker tape parades and adequate veterans benefits?
And now, take into consideration that out of 420 million guns in private hands, at least two hundred fifty million belong to people who value The Constitution and the Rule of Law. Those aren't odds any soldier wants to confront.
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Oh boy. I haven't read this yet and am still deciding if I want to. I'm already have a feeling of doom and gloom, and this might throw me over the edge!
UPDATE: Okay, I've read it. And now that my blood pressure has dropped back down to almost normal, I can comment.
I think would be the easiest path for him to take:
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The text bars anyone from being “elected” to a third presidential term. It says nothing about a person becoming president for a third term by some other legal avenue — for instance, by being elected vice president and then ascending back to the presidency through the death, resignation or removal of the person at the top of the ticket.
This technicality seems to permit a shrewd scenario. Imagine that, near the end of Trump’s second term, some other person — call him JD Vance — wins the Republican nomination for 2028. Vance chooses Trump as his vice-presidential running mate — and pledges that, if he wins, he will resign on Day 1 and hand the presidency back to Trump.
The campaign slogan writes itself: “Vote Vance to Make Trump President Again.”
I am surprised the article didn't mention it, but I thought about him using Martial Law to remain president. He could easily start some global incident that he could use as an excuse to put us into a state of Martial Law. And, as ruthless as he is, I could see it happening!
It didn't work out very well for South Korea.
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If they they conduct themselves as constitutional traitors they open themselves up to some pretty severe consequences in the aftermath which I guarantee you will NOT be in their favor. Think about it....if they engage in hostilities against American citizens, do you think that they will be eligible for any kind of healthcare, any kind of benefits, any kind of pension, any kind of status that is universally defined as "honorable"?
I don't think you git it. We live in Trump's world where everything you thought you knew about our Democracy has been thrown out. Everything Trump does is a presidential order and therefore Constitutional according to the SC. And should anyone actually be charged .... well they were acting under the orders of Trump and would receive a pardon. So why would any of these folks care about your threats?
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It's highly unlikely that the vast majority of the ones who violate the Constitution will be looked upon kindly by history and it is doubtful any of them will escape punishment for their mass actions.
They don't care about history or their legacy. They have power and they will use it. ahhhh .... pardon. solved.
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The only environment under which any kind of honorable status for traitorous soldiers ... Does anyone think they came home to ticker tape parades and adequate veterans benefits?
Didn't you see what Trump did for insurrectionists? We do not live in the world you think we do. This is Trump's world. It is an authoritarian regime purging the last visages of anyone in government who would have the temerity to following the rule of law and not Trump. In Trump world insurrectionists i.e. traitors for Trump, are considered heroes, receiving accolades from Trump himself. Better open your eyes to the reality Democracy is dead in America.
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And now, take into consideration that out of 420 million guns in private hands, at least two hundred fifty million belong to people who value The Constitution and the Rule of Law.
You have grossly overestimated the number of people who actually believe in the rule of law or would have the fortitude to do anything about their loss. You must have been absent the day they put out the memo .... Democracy is Dead!!!!! Very few people give a flying frak about the Constitution as can be seen from the results from the last, and maybe the actual last, election.
The world is no longer what you once believed it to be.
ignorance is the enemy without equality there is no liberty Save America - Lock Trump Up!!!!
Voted for cheaper eggs and got four hundred dollar insulin and empty EBT cards instead. Yeah I think those approval poll numbers are a bit delayed.
Yes, polls are delayed. It usually takes 3 days to take the poll, then another day to compile the results and release the poll. A plurality of Americans still approve of the job Trump has done for his first two weeks in office.
But I have this feeling, call it a gut feeling that not many Americans are paying attention to what Trump is or has done over his first two weeks in office. To get their attention this far from an election, whatever is being done has to affect them personally. Only 10-15% of all Americans are political junkies who pay attention to politics all year long. The rest are nothing more than casual observer paying little to no attention to the daily grind.
It's high past time that we start electing Americans to congress and the presidency who put America first instead of their political party. For way too long we have been electing Republicans and Democrats who happen to be Americans instead of Americans who happen to be Republicans and Democrats.
Have we considered the possibility of Trump putting Musk in charge of the nuclear codes, it would make so much sense inside Trump's demented skull that it may be less possibility and more probability.
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