Trump suggests using military against ‘enemy from within’ on Election Day

https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/13/politics/trump-military-enemy-from-within-election-day/index.html

29 Comments

  1. “I think the bigger problem are the people from within. We have some very bad people. We have some sick people. Radical left lunatics,” Trump said told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo in an interview on “Sunday Morning Futures.” “I think it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military, because they can’t let that happen,” he added.

    So he’s going there. Using the military against American citizens who hold different political views. 

  2. HeadstonePoetry on

    >We have some very bad people. We have some sick people.

    Says the rapist and suspected pedophile.

  3. If Trump tries to turn the military into a weapon against Americans then all hell will break loose. That’s some absolutely insane banana Republic bullshit.

  4. AcanthisittaFlaky385 on

    I’m still gobsmacked on how trump even still even has a chance on winning. For all intense and purposes, I believe he could wave a Nazi flag and people would still vote for him “because he is republican”.

  5. NY Times: Trump hints that he might deal with domestic issues using an alternative method

  6. in 2016 some far right lunatics made a website listing information about any perceived ‘leftist’. so that if one day republicans had enough authority to start rounding them up they’d have a database to start with.

    my name and info is still on that site. it’s infuriating that nobody on the left has even attempted to fight this.

  7. ChanceryTheRapper on

    He’s not even president and he’s calling for elements of the government to throw a coup for him.

  8. JoostvanderLeij on

    If Trump wins, he will purge the military first and then use the purged military to establish a dictatorship.

  9. Agressive-toothbrush on

    Trump is that “domestic enemy” the Military Oath of Enlistment is talking about.

    >I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States **against all enemies, foreign and domestic**; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God.

  10. taco_studies_major on

    Why do I get the feeling that there’s going to be like a mass shooting or something at a voting center in a swing state. There’s too many unstable people out there.

  11. This mfer is talking about Republicans that aren’t getting onboard with MAGA, this dude is legit crazy.

  12. Americans, you realize this guy is Hitler 2.0?

    Like unless you’re a maga lunatic who kisses the ring you’re in danger of being sent to death camps.
    Vote like your lives and your families lives depend on it.

  13. Every vote counts folks, Republicans wouldn’t be trying so hard to prevent your votes if they didn’t matter. 3rd party is not an option. Vote and defend democracy, even if you’re in a MAGA family, they won’t be able to see who you voted for, lie to your family if you need to but vote to save American democracy. This lunatic can not be allowed to be dictator, it will be the end if America as we know it.

  14. Ok, so all of this is horrifying, but as a member of the National Guard, I’m also kind of insulted by him suggesting we aren’t really members of the military.

    Then again, I’d bet my mortgage that he couldn’t actually describe the differences between the active duty, reserve and National Guard components.