The Official "Damned Trump" Thread: Phase II

[Deesse23]

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.

Trump is King as far as the military goes.  Better get used to it.

Actually, that’s not the case. AFAIK, military personnel are not required to follow illegal orders, even from the President. In fact, they have a duty to disobey unlawful orders.

Boru

I am shocked, but not surprised at all, that this has to be told to some people.
On the other side it explains why the US version of democracy is in danger: too few to support it, and apparently too few to understand it. How is someone like this supposed to support a system he does not even understand.

On the plus side, the way you always can claim to just have followed orders after poop has hit the fan.

Welcome to the 1930s re enactments.