One week into the government shutdown, top Republican leaders appear to have lost the plot.
President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune are straining to project a united front against Democrats, just barely concealing tensions over strategy that have snowballed behind the scenes since agencies closed last week.
This IS the reason.
Where are those Epstein files…
Well, I think the reason is so he can disconnect enough of the government that it’s easy to use the insurrection act, which will lead to martial law—and then full control of the country. I think that’s one of the things that was discussed with the generals at the meeting recently.
He already functionally has full control of the country since there are no checks against him. Him getting a stamp of approval to ignore the rule of law doesn’t change anything except giving his lawyers more time to golf instead of pushing court papers.
The real fight here is over optics. He’s very visibly cannibalising and deconstructing the federal government and forcing constitutional crisis by marching ICE/National Guard around peaceful streets. When he has his shiny insurrection papers he can now march out the military as well, which is the only way he can exert real political control. Stochastic terrorism and 20k ICE thugs can’t occupy a nation of 340 million.
But the thing is the military isn’t ICE. They didn’t sign up to wander around Chicago arresting maids and line cooks. They need a real, genuine, convincing reichstag fire or armed opposition to keep those soldiers from wondering why they’re patrolling the streets and shooting dissidents for the emperor with no clothes. If you can’t convince them to be fully on board the maga train then it gets very difficult to hold your kangaroo court to purge the left. That is going to be much more interesting than any phony act or simple declaration of martial law.
I think you overestimate the United States military. It’s a nice thought to think that they would be the ones to finally draw the line, but they are not going to do that. Every single one of them is a bent over baby killing bitch who has not done a thing for this country in decades. They are going to fall in line without question and have no problem slaughtering their own kind.
Don’t get me wrong, they signed up to ooh-rah bomb brown people. But it hits a little different when, statistically, a portion of them are literally from these cities. There’s an insular camaraderie in the military and they’re pulled from a diverse background by design. You can’t just drop a battalion on a city and expect them to behave themselves like a Texas National Guard in Oregon.
I’m also not claiming this is a good thing. A military junta doesn’t make for kind and benevolent rulers, but wouldn’t be bad in the same ways as the current administration.
Sure they will. They put the people who hate the right people in the right spots. Gimme a tank and let me run through the Bible Belt… and they might just have my support.