1. There's a big push for amnesia on the Trump era in the name of healing ("let's never talk about this again") so I want to keep insisting that not only was the authoritarian threat real but also that we're in the beginning of finding out how extensive it was.
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3. This is the paradox we still have to grapple with: because Trump didn't know how to govern, he gave impossible orders, which military didn't carry out. But upshot was 4 years with de facto military acting without civilian control. More here:https://jeetheer.substack.com/p/two-paths-to-a-military-coup?r=bh54&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email&utm_source=twitter …
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Did we all forget him offering Kasich the position of “most powerful vice president in history”?
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The military strategically did bot interfere in stopping the 1/6 insurrectionist.
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They weren’t acting rogue against a President. They did what they swore they would do...upheld the Constitution. That is their duty.
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Yup. Scary as hell either way.
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It’s not “acting rogue“ for the military to refuse unlawful orders. It is uncomfortable, yes.
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