NeverTrumpers, who worked for President Trump's Department of Homeland Security, claim that former President Donald Trump will form his own mercenary force if he is re-elected, according to reports.
The Daily Mail reported on Tuesday that former Homeland Security official Miles Taylor told a British news program that President Trump wanted his own mercenary force, but security officials “shut down those conversations.” It was reported that he claimed.
“When I was in office, Donald Trump wanted to create our own mercenary force in the U.S. military,” Taylor said.
“He saw what President Vladimir Putin was doing with Russia's Wagner Group and wanted to create his own version of this. This is a true story,” Taylor said, adding that it was doable. He claimed that he managed to end the conversation by saying that he did not take that kind of approach.
Taylor claimed that President Trump has asked the National Security Council to consider the idea.
Taylor published a book about the Trump administration and published anti-Trump doctrine anonymously. new york times In 2018.
There are increasing claims that Trump will take revenge on his political opponents, especially as he appears poised to become the Republican presidential nominee.
On Monday night, Trump won the Iowa Republican caucuses in a landslide, winning a majority of the vote with 51% of the vote, ahead of rival Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who received 21% and 19%. She surpassed former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. . Businessman Vivek Ramaswamy won 8% but later withdrew from the race and endorsed Trump.
A few days ago, NBC News report There is a “fear” within national security officials that President Trump “by speaking out about dictatorships and authoritarian regimes will turn the nonpartisan U.S. military into a powerful force for his political agenda.” . devalue checks and balances That is what has supported this country's democracy for two centuries. ”
