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

The dog on the street knows Trump is a dictator, and the military either don't have the mental capacity to differentiate or don't care and hide behind their "duty".

It's a load of b0llox.

Quite honestly amazing coverage of the meeting. Just shaking my head in disbelief at whats being said. This is only year 1 of the presidency, heaven knows what the next three years are going to bring.

did hegseth say something about the rules of engagement no longer mattering?

Is he always drunk or just when he’s performing?

Trump say they face an invasion from within.

I would say the Invasion has already taken place and MAGA has full control of the country now.

Jesus, He put a raving drunk lunatic in charge of the "Dept of War".

So the big mission for the armed forces is to be used against their own people. That one sentence says it all.

From Yahoo News…

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered 200 Oregon National Guardsmen to be placed under federal command for operations in the state. The seizure of the troops came two days after President Donald Trump said he was sending the military to Portland, which he accused of being “war ravaged.”

A Sept. 28 memo, signed by Hegseth and directed to the adjutant general of the Oregon National Guard via Gov. Tina Kotek, called for federalizing 200 members of the Oregon National Guard under Title 10 of the U.S. Code. They are being called into federal service to “protect U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other U.S. Government personnel who are performing Federal functions,” the memo notes. The order outlines a mobilization of 60 days.

The Pentagon did not immediately have information on Trump’s order on Friday, and a spokesperson for the Department of Defense would not confirm the authenticity of the memo on Sunday. However, Gov. Tina Kotek’s office did. In a statement, Kotek said that she had spoken with Trump on Saturday and said there was no insurrection in the city to justify such a response. “Putting our own military on our streets is an abuse of power and a disservice to our communities and our service members,” she said.

On Monday, Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell confirmed the order and said that the federalized Oregon Guard soldiers will be “under the command and control of the Commander of U.S. Northern Command.”

There has been no widespread unrest in Portland. The ICE facility in the city has seen small but ongoing protests for months. Oregon's mayors condemn Trumps move while Portland's mayor confirms it's Sanctuary City identity. I assume with it's sanctuary city identity, the city is using tents alongside buildings to house the homeless.

With the court action the city has taken against Trumps Title 10 activation of Oregon's N/G, and to revoke the permit ICE has for land use, issuing ICE with a land use Violation Notice, differences are breaking out full time against use of the N/G to support ICE by way of it securing the ICE facility buildings.

These are Oregon state citizens being called up by Trump for use in Oregon's state capital.

Since POTUS has been given 100% immunity on any presidential act, then doesn't anything he calls for automatically fall under 'lawful orders'?

And are generals really going to start taking POTUS to court over certain orders? Bearing in mind that he walked into the room today and told them not to laugh, and that if they didn't like what he said, they should leave, but also that it is the end of their rank and their earnings. Sounds like a threat to me.

Remember the times when all the 2A supporters said they needed their guns to protect the population from the government? Now MAGA backs the army. That as.hole Cal Thomas has justified it on Today FM by saying Trump is justified on focusing on Democratic cities because they are soft on crime

Just heard Heggy now wants all the sexy soldiers to be clean shaven.

Seems he has type.

And ideally lop his own head off with it.

This talk from Trump of deploying the core military (NOT the National Guard) to a list of Democrat stronghold cities, and to utilise them as training grounds for the personnel, is undisguised, unabashed fascist intent.

He is engaged in a personal war of vengeance against former officials, Democrat and Republican politicians alike who have crossed him, and cities and states where he is unpopular and resisted.

He is quacking like the fascist duck. If his own party don't come together with the Dems, the Courts and the tools of the Constitution to stop him, well America is finished in its current form, and may God have mercy on all their souls.

hegseth is a toe rag and will have plenty of dead American soldiers on his hands, they won’t mind though because they’ll be clean shave and skinny