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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMark Esper (DOD) offers letter of resignation. Trump asking for military intervention?
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Mark Esper (DOD) offers letter of resignation. Trump asking for military intervention? (Original Post)
Johnny2X2X
Nov 2020
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Nah, Esper just isn't waiting around to be fired. Joint Chiefs have made clear they won't interfere
Fiendish Thingy
Nov 2020
#7
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)1. Wouldn't surprise in the slightest, Trump wants to be dictator.
jmowreader
(50,557 posts)2. The military would tell him to get fucked if he tried it
The military takes very, very seriously the Posse Comitatus Act.
BlueLucy
(1,609 posts)3. Whoa! This is scary shit!
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)4. This is very disconcerting
Anything is possible with this gang.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,181 posts)5. I think Esper just wants off the sinking ship.
And I don't blame him.
berni_mccoy
(23,018 posts)6. DEFCON 1
Fiendish Thingy
(15,601 posts)7. Nah, Esper just isn't waiting around to be fired. Joint Chiefs have made clear they won't interfere