(April 13, 2025 at 4:44 pm)The Architect Of Fate Wrote:(April 13, 2025 at 3:47 pm)HappySkeptic Wrote: The President is the head of the military. Under military rules, he is the King, full stop. He can order a nuclear strike, the military to take over an Ally. Nothing is forbidden as long as it happens off U.S. soil. There is no restraint on this power, except for direct and immediate action by Congress - and that will never happen.Soldiers swear their allegiance to the constitution not the president and they bound by laws that supersede his orders
Trump is King as far as the military goes. Better get used to it.
Of course, with this particular shitbag in office, what is or is not an ‘unlawful order’ is kind of problematic.
Boru
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