Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Trump hints at expanded role for the military within the US. A legacy law gives him few guardrails

BY GARY FIELDS
Updated 12:03 AM EST, November 27, 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — Campaigning in Iowa this year, Donald Trump said he was prevented during his presidency from using the military to quell violence in primarily Democratic cities and states.

Calling New York City and Chicago “crime dens,” the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination told his audience, “The next time, I’m not waiting. One of the things I did was let them run it and we’re going to show how bad a job they do,” he said. “Well, we did that. We don’t have to wait any longer.”

Trump has not spelled out precisely how he might use the military during a second term, although he and his advisers have suggested they would have wide latitude to call up units. While deploying the military regularly within the country’s borders would be a departure from tradition, the former president already has signaled an aggressive agenda if he wins, from mass deportations to travel bans imposed on certain Muslim-majority countries.

A law first crafted in the nation’s infancy would give Trump as commander in chief almost unfettered power to do so, military and legal experts said in a series of interviews.

The Insurrection Act ...

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/trump-military-insurrection-act-2024-election-03858b6291e4721991b5a18c2dfb3c36

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

1. Keep on talking Donny boy

My guess is most Americans don't want your Fascist autocracy.

[keithbvadu2]

2. 1+

[Skittles]

3. this is why Tuberville is stalling

they want fascists in there

[Mister Ed]

5. Exactly. n/t

[brush]

4. The fat fuck cares nothing for the Constitution.

That's a violation of the Posse Comitatus Act of 1878 which prohibits deployment of active duty military within the US borders.

Apparently he wants direct control of military forces as Nat'l Guard units are controlled by state governors. He wants the equivalent of Nazi SS units he personally can deploy.

Paraphrasing Henry the Second: “Will no one rid me of this troublesome fascist wannabe?”