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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38388581

Simultaneous purging of the chief generals of all three branches.
They are ensuring the military has no cohesiveness to stage a future coup against the Executive Branch, and are replacing all control with their own loyalists.

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[–] Bonifratz@lemm.ee 19 points 9 hours ago

to stage a future coup

to stop the coup that is happening <-- FTFY

[–] ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com 45 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

Just a reminder that, especially for Trump and those who staff his new media-manipulation-savvy regime (Fox News defectors), Friday night is when you take action or release things that you don't want people paying attention to. Friday night, we're all exhausted and/or distracted. By Monday there will be a new news cycle.

Installing loyalists in the top military positions is one of the things that is signal, not noise.

[–] xyzzy@lemm.ee 73 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Trying to install loyalists to ensure the military won't go against him when the time comes

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I believe Senate confirmation goes all the way down to one-star generals and admirals. So he can't just install new ones overnight.

[–] Zamotic@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 hours ago

He can if the Senate is complicit in his appointments

[–] thetortureartist@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago

Trying is the word

[–] TommySoda@lemmy.world 33 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

You guys literally have all the guns. You know that, right?

[–] JigglySackles@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

And the ones that voted for this have way more of them and spend more time with them

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 15 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Whenever one of that countries millions of morons would defend all those fucking guns they have, it is for this exact reason they say.

"iF ThE gOvErNMeNt OvErStEpS", against drones, jets and tanks...

[–] unemployedclaquer@sopuli.xyz 3 points 14 hours ago

hey bright side is we probably don't want whatever outcome from that hypothetiocal coup either