• Telorand
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    3 months ago

    Worse than that, some people think they’ll just start a rebellion.

    Like bruh, he’ll have control of the military. 100,000,000 people with semi-auto rifles are no match for tanks, helicopters, and people with training.

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      3 months ago

      The military isn’t made of stormtroopers. The oath of both enlistment and commissioned officers is to the Constitution, not the president; specifically to defend it against “all enemies, foreign and domestic”.

      He’d get himself assassinated, likely by a military servicemember in accordance with their sworn obligation.

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        3 months ago

        Just because you swear an oath doesn’t mean you will feel like sticking your life on the line to sneak past the secret service and assassinate a domestic enemy president. At best, the military might refuse some unlawful orders.

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          That’s true. All it takes is one person who takes their oath seriously, though.

          Hopefully we never get to the point where we find out.