Trump Marches Towards Absolute Power and Control. I Told You So ... Again
His Dictatorship Is Taking Shape Right in Front of Our Eyes
Donald Trump just fired the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, who is Black, and will replace him with a retired Air Force General, a white Trumper who pledged his loyalty to Trump personally with a lethal promise.
Also fired was the chief of Naval operations, a woman, and another general. Earlier, the woman who headed the Coast Guard was given the boot.
“I love you, sir. I think you’re great, sir. I’ll kill for you, sir.”
— Lt. Gen. Dan Caine, Trump’s choice for chairman of the Joints Chief of Staff
Disturbingly, the chief lawyers for each military branch were canned Friday.
Firing the top military lawyers is crucial to Trump’s abusing his Constitutional duty as commander-in-chief. With Trump loyalists as judge advocates general, Trump need not worry that military lawyers will label anything he does illegal or unconstitutional. Given that Trump has talked about using American troops against the American people, this is a crucial and powerful lever of control.
Replacing military lawyers with subservient attorneys fits with what Donald learned from the man he calls his “second father,” the notoriously corrupt and hate-filled Roy Cohn, the vicious attorney-attack-dog for U.S. Senator Joe McCarthy’s witch hunt committee. By his own account, Cohn spent most of his adult life under indictment, representing a vile melange of mobsters, celebrities, and Donald Trump.
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