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Senior Democrats in US cities are preparing to defend their communities in the event of Donald Trump’s return to the White House after the former president has repeated threats that he would use presidential powers to seize control of major urban centers.

Trump has proposed deploying the military inside major cities largely run by Democrats to deal with protesters or to crush criminal gangs. He has threatened to dispatch large numbers of federal immigration agents to carry out mass deportations of undocumented people in so-called “sanctuary” cities.

He also aims to obliterate the progressive criminal justice policies of left-leaning prosecutors.

“In cities where there has been a complete breakdown of law and order … I will not hesitate to send in federal assets including the national guard until safety is restored,” Trump says in the campaign platform for his bid to become the 47th US president, Agenda47.

Trump provoked uproar earlier this week when he called for US armed forces to be deployed against his political rivals – “the enemy within” – on election day next month. But his plans to use national guard troops and military personnel as a means to attack those he sees as his opponents go much wider than that, spanning entire cities with Democratic leadership.

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[–] oce@jlai.lu 26 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do we have any idea of what military heads are thinking about that? Are they enthusiastic, mixed, or ready to oppose their commander in chief?

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 46 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works 23 points 1 day ago (1 children)

But on the flip side: go into any mess hall, on any base, and tell me what is on the tv for the news channel. I can guarantee that you won’t like the answer.

[–] Theprogressivist@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

Fox News, unfortunately.

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 1 day ago

Some high ranked thoughts could be inadvertently leaked to the press, though.

[–] MoonRaven@feddit.nl 8 points 1 day ago

I guess he's seen the episode of deep space nine and thought it would be a good idea...

[–] Rapidcreek@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

You do not execute orders that aren't moral. The US Military is not like the Russians. Although, I wouldn't depend completely on that.

[–] ovalofsand@lemmy.world 2 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

I don't believe anyone is perfectly immune from propaganda but I don't even know if you need propaganda to get people to follow orders. All you need is someone to give the order. There isn't any Morality In following orders. That's why they're called soldiers

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[–] uberdroog@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day ago

Oh goodie, this that whole reason we have the 2nd amendment thing? Should work out great.

[–] reddit_sux@lemmy.world -2 points 14 hours ago

US will get a taste of its own medicine nothing else.

[–] ArmoredThirteen@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

Sounds like he's promoting firing up civil war tbh. How much of that could he get away with before people aggressively fight back? Or at least I hope we'd aggressively fight back

[–] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Hey if the military takes over my town they're going to be upset. As well they should be.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com -2 points 1 day ago

I can imagine the various branches of the US military getting into slap fights over who gets to oppress whom.

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