With Hegseth dumping out those "stupid terms of engagement" as well!

War crimes for American cities!

The enemy of my enemy... wait...

Assuming we have elections next year, and further assuming Democrats don’t pooch it, impeachment is all but certain (if they don’t screw that up too)

How convenient is it for them that the only body that can hold them accountable (Congress) is rooting them on, and purposefully letting them off the hook!

There are no laws, we made the whole thing up. There is no constitution, we made the whole thing up. There are no human rights, we made the whole thing up. There are no citizens, we made the whole thing up. My suggestion for the new military oath.

I'm still waiting for Trump to publicly burn the constitution on the Whitehouse lawn

4 years, I'm betting on 12. It may not be Trump in charge in 2029, but it will be whom the executive branch chooses because they now have direct control over the FCC, and all Campaign money. They can "legally" nudge out any support for candidates they don't want running.

"special military operation"

Hostile takeover

We are surprisingly fat and stupid as a whole, you could probably kill a lot of people by hanging fried meat over a cliff or spreading new viral trends like eating lead and huffing exhaust fumes.

Being puppeted by the enemy without!

Unfortunately this time, it's not just Russian propaganda.

Enemy of the nation, sure. Enemy of the country, the people, sure sure. But as the uncontested leader of the State, he just declared it's enemies to be the politically disloyal. People like you and me.

It's not a belief, it's a useful lie.

C’mon Americans, do a coup. Get rid of this administration for us.

Apparently it doesn't matter to these people because there are other. weaker people to persecute.

If he suicide bombed a cabinet meeting that'd be great.

“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

I wouldn't assume that yet. They still haven't been given the illegal orders yet. We'll see what happens when Trump orders the military (not the National Guard, the actual Army) into Chicago and New York.

“I’ve never walked into a room so silent before,” said Trump, who also suggested that officers were free to ignore his comments. “If you don’t like what I’m saying, you can leave the room, of course, there goes your rank, there goes your future,” he jested.

Showing token opposition now accomplishes nothing. They could slightly diminish the fascist photo op, but at the price of losing their opportunity to do something later when it actually matters.

That they all seem to be less than thrilled about the situation is a good sign. That said, I'm not going to hold my breath for any of them to disobey orders or arrest the president. At most, I would expect them to only do the bare minimum to be able to say they followed orders, with perhaps a little bit of malicious compliance where possible. Unfortunately, most of them will probably just pass the illegal orders down the chain of command with a brief reminder to the troops that they also need to obey the law while carrying out those orders.

But if there are people in that room who want to resist, it probably wasn't a great idea to drag them back from all over the world and put them in one place where they can potentially meet up and discuss things offline. Given the situation, I wouldn't be shocked if some of them wanted to make sure that others were on the same page and maybe discuss some hypotheticals.

Either that or they know that a walk out is hilariously less effective than sitting there and taking it, and then beginning to plan a coup after they speech is over.

In military tactics, telegraphing your next move to your enemy is generally inadvisable.

I dunno how familiar you are with the US military recruitment and training process, but they are very much selected for and drilled specifically to follow orders without question. I wouldn't advise getting your hopes up that there's going to be some sudden mass resistance within the military against fascist orders. It's not impossible, but very unlikely.