Donald Trump the Megathread part II - Mod Warning updated in OP 12/2/26

To be fair, if Blatter were still FIFA president, I think Russia would probably be participating. That man's completely amoral.

Infantino is hardly going to publicly battle the president of the United States over anything. His plámásing of Trump could be down to corruption, at least partly, but FIFA will obviously want the tournament to go off as smoothly as possible as well if only for the advertisers and so on.

This overl;ooks what imho is the real reason for the deployment: intimidation of not only the population of DC (90% Democratic voteers) but also of the other Dem cities, especially those where people of colour are prominent in politics.

A strong degree of retro training would be in order to prevent an over-reaction by troops working with cops or on their own interacting with civilians. Some-one mouthing off and squaring up to you doesn't mean they need to be pacified totally, which does happen occasionally regardless of one's country, regardless of training. The amount of times I met people who were trained to know and do better sometimes threw me.

I cannot see or have heard anyone provide any other even close to logical reason for it other than it being intimidation.

I have no doubts, that along with intimidation, that is his aim as well as hoping he will get a reaction that will give him the excuse to declare military law where he can deploy the full time armed forces as well as the National Guard

What I am hoping for is that if Trump tries to bring the regular army onto the streets using the same purpose he brought the N/G on to the streets "to lower street crime in the cities and stop the murder of civilians" is that the generals tell him they, across the board, will not obey his clearly unlawful orders and will orders all the military personnel under their command to remain in Bks AND they inform him and A.G Bondi that they will act to ensure the constitution remains the main stay of law and order in the the U.S. not whatever flight of fancy comes from Trump's scrambled brain, making it clear that Trump and Bondi will be made amenable for any blood spilt on the streets.

I'd hope that, were the above to happen, that the governors who had sent N.G troops to Washington to do Trump's wishes would issue "return to armoury" orders to those NG units to avoid the two different sections of the U.S military clashing over an incapable head of state's rambling thought processes. The thing to keep in mind is that Trump is the convicted criminal who is engaging in further criminal activity day by day against the U.S citizens and constitution, the latest being an attempt to take the postal vote away from millions of those citizens. He will do his worst to prevent those citizens objecting to his criminal actions using the military to enforce his will.

Wishful thinking, the generals will roll over like puppies to have their bellies scratched. Theres no appetite to go against Trump, they'll just be replaced if they do a solo run. And even if a few worked in unison, then it would be framed as a coup.

The only hope the States has is for the people to rise up and protest in their millions. If it doesnt happen soon then the grasp on total power will be too tight and there'll be no one to push back when the worst excesses are used.

Milley?

The rules of engagement that soldiers armed to the teeth are schooled in are a lot different from those police forces are. For soldiers it`s kill and destroy.

When the likes of Manicmoran come on and tell us all is fine because of precedent from 19dickedy2 they forgot to talk about the times when the national guard shot innocent civilians.

Between the army, NG and ICE I can't see a scenario where someone doesn't open fire soon. There are just too many examples from modern history as to how this plays out.

I don't believe any of the US military have the stomach for the fight. They're too divided. The military is full of maga bellends.

It’s mad watching the American MAGA and Republicans willingly giving up their freedoms all the while thinking they are sticking it to the woke lefties.

The more you try and hide a lie…

I think actually showing the bruise would be less obvious.