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National Guard members of Reddit, what do you think of Trumps DC deployment announcement? What is the general vibe among
National Guard members of Reddit, what do you think of Trumps DC deployment announcement? What is the general vibe amongst your peers?
Veteran.
I guarantee you plenty aren't happy. NG is locals--they don't want to be called away from their 9-5s for this because they're going to be expected to be assholes to their own neighbors.
Also there was a lot of paperwork and pay issues when the Guard got sent to LA. It would not shock me if we get a repeat of that. Any commander worth his salt isn't going to send his people in again for the President if there's pay fuck ups.
I'll tell you who you really need to start worrying about--
There's a lot of policy about exactly what the military can and cannot do on US soil against US citizens. And yeah, we might start to see those lines crossed, but I think it'll still be a bit yet. And I dunno that there's enough blind devotion at the middle-management level, and you'll probably see at least a few proud officers who remember their oath is to the Constitution and not one man. The vast majority of officers have at least their bachelor's and plenty of them did it at public universities, and plenty of them still retain critical thinking skills and are already concerned about the state of things. I've seen rumors Pritzker put the IL guard on standby due to the number of Texas House Reps who are holding up Quorum. These conversations at the Guard level are happening and they're not as blindly devoted to Trump as you might fear--
The point is, it'll be a while still before we risk seeing actual mass martial law orchestrated through the military.
You know who doesn't have those rules? Federal agencies. FBI, ATF, but most importantly now is ICE, since they've got a 400% budget increase. If we start to see real militarized violence against citizens, it's going to be Federal agencies leading the charge.
I guarantee you plenty aren't happy. NG is locals--they don't want to be called away from their 9-5s for this because they're going to be expected to be assholes to their own neighbors.
Also there was a lot of paperwork and pay issues when the Guard got sent to LA. It would not shock me if we get a repeat of that. Any commander worth his salt isn't going to send his people in again for the President if there's pay fuck ups.
I'll tell you who you really need to start worrying about--
There's a lot of policy about exactly what the military can and cannot do on US soil against US citizens. And yeah, we might start to see those lines crossed, but I think it'll still be a bit yet. And I dunno that there's enough blind devotion at the middle-management level, and you'll probably see at least a few proud officers who remember their oath is to the Constitution and not one man. The vast majority of officers have at least their bachelor's and plenty of them did it at public universities, and plenty of them still retain critical thinking skills and are already concerned about the state of things. I've seen rumors Pritzker put the IL guard on standby due to the number of Texas House Reps who are holding up Quorum. These conversations at the Guard level are happening and they're not as blindly devoted to Trump as you might fear--
The point is, it'll be a while still before we risk seeing actual mass martial law orchestrated through the military.
You know who doesn't have those rules? Federal agencies. FBI, ATF, but most importantly now is ICE, since they've got a 400% budget increase. If we start to see real militarized violence against citizens, it's going to be Federal agencies leading the charge.
Yeah but they can’t seem to fill enough ice positions to get the force they would need to actually pull off such a coup.
Honestly I think they picked the wrong country to try and do this in
The ones who will loyally shoot citizens on command can barely run 5 ft without getting winded. The leadership are incompetent, pampered rich cowards with no actual real world skills and they’re insufferable cunts. They also keep forgetting to do everything in their power to keep the military they keep deploying feeling like they have their backs. In LA they were sent and left there with no resources or a place to even sleep
Imagine that, rich know nothings know nothing and care about no one but themselves. Hard to maintain loyalty when you shit on the people who are supposed to be your goons, too.
The whole thing’s a clown show and all the chest puffing always ends up being laughable when they actually try to execute. They keep getting cucked by protestors and blue state governors because they know they don’t have unlimited authority no matter how loudly they insist on it. The system isn’t grinding to a halt for Donny shitspurs and he’s getting frustrated with it - especially with the Epstein shit hovering over his head like the sword of damacles.
He’s desperate and I really hope his frantic flailing ends up being his downfall finally
We need to either expose the excessive cheating that went down or manage to last till midterms and steamroll the regime with a well placed blue wave. I have a feeling people will be extra diligent about any tomfuckery they attempt
Real question is how far can they get at vote suppression when everyone’s ready for it and watching this time? I feel like everyone’s gonna be awake this time around
Honestly I think they picked the wrong country to try and do this in
The ones who will loyally shoot citizens on command can barely run 5 ft without getting winded. The leadership are incompetent, pampered rich cowards with no actual real world skills and they’re insufferable cunts. They also keep forgetting to do everything in their power to keep the military they keep deploying feeling like they have their backs. In LA they were sent and left there with no resources or a place to even sleep
Imagine that, rich know nothings know nothing and care about no one but themselves. Hard to maintain loyalty when you shit on the people who are supposed to be your goons, too.
The whole thing’s a clown show and all the chest puffing always ends up being laughable when they actually try to execute. They keep getting cucked by protestors and blue state governors because they know they don’t have unlimited authority no matter how loudly they insist on it. The system isn’t grinding to a halt for Donny shitspurs and he’s getting frustrated with it - especially with the Epstein shit hovering over his head like the sword of damacles.
He’s desperate and I really hope his frantic flailing ends up being his downfall finally
We need to either expose the excessive cheating that went down or manage to last till midterms and steamroll the regime with a well placed blue wave. I have a feeling people will be extra diligent about any tomfuckery they attempt
Real question is how far can they get at vote suppression when everyone’s ready for it and watching this time? I feel like everyone’s gonna be awake this time around
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Absolutely right. He literally is not capable of such things. He's an emotionally and intellectually stunted man who is controlled by his severe personality disorders and will never know what it means to take responsibility for his own actions.
It would be very sad if he wasn't in a position to harm millions of people. 
Good lord.
