Days before the 2020 presidential election, former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley called Communist Chinese General Li Zuocheng. Millie reportedly I felt relieved Sajo said that if the commander-in-chief, then-President Donald Trump, decides to attack, thereby negating the strategic advantage of a possible surprise attack by the United States in the interests of an adversary, He said it would give actionable warnings.
According to the book “Peril” by Bob Woodward and Robert Costa, Millie also
planned in secret It stripped the U.S. president of the ability to rapidly defend the country with nuclear weapons and instructed senior military officials in charge of the nation's military command center not to follow orders unless the president personally gave the green light.
Pentagon officials appear to be coming up with ways to undermine President Trump once again, perhaps at the expense of the nation.
recent defense officials
said According to CNN, Pentagon leaders are holding private talks about how to respond to Trump's orders, including firing redundant bureaucrats and sending troops into the country.
“There are great risks in disobeying the president's orders.”
“We're all preparing and planning for the worst-case scenario, but the reality is we don't know yet what will happen,” one defense official said.
Among the concerns that would-be obstructionists reportedly have is that President Trump may send active-duty troops to assist Customs and Border Protection. I'll be happy to do it When President Joe Biden took office. The difference, it seems, is that Trump may use military force effectively.
A former Pentagon official said that unlike the military, law enforcement agencies “don't have the personnel, the helicopters, the trucks, the expeditionary capabilities” that would be needed to carry out President Trump's mass deportation plan. The official suggested that while using the military to fulfill President Trump's campaign promises would be wise, “it would be a big deal.”
Sending troops into American cities is completely unprecedented. For example, President George H.W. Bush.
called During the 1992 race riots in Los Angeles, the Insurrection Act was used and federal troops were tasked with restoring order.
“We will wipe out all corrupt actors.”
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
issued a memo Following President Trump's landslide victory, he directed the military to “conduct a calm, orderly and professional transition to the incoming Trump administration.”
Austin also specified that the military must follow “lawful” orders.
“The U.S. military stands ready to implement the policy choices of the next commander-in-chief and will follow all lawful orders from the civilian chain of command,” Austin said.
“The military is forced by law not to disobey illegal orders,” one defense official told CNN. “But the question is what happens after that. Will we see resignations from military leaders? Or will they see it as abandoning the people?”
Kori Shaikh of the American Enterprise Institute made it clear to Reuters that there is a big difference between legal orders and orders that are considered immoral.
“There is a widespread misconception that the military can disobey immoral orders, but this is not actually the case.”
said Shake.
Rachel VanLandingham, former Air Force attorney, said:
said The Washington Post reported, “They will likely follow Trump's orders, especially since the president can legally order the use of military domestically in a variety of situations.”
“While there is great risk in disobeying the president's orders, there appears to be little risk in following them,” VanLandingham added.
Another big concern that insiders are reportedly “playing with” is that President Trump might trim the fat as promised, at least when it comes to concerns about government bloat.
President Trump plans to reissue 2020 presidential election
presidential order Establishes a “Schedule F” employment category for federal employees to facilitate the removal of non-subordinate and useless bureaucrats from the federal government. Estimation Pool of 50,000 qualified candidates.
President Trump: “I will use that power very aggressively.''
swore In video March 2023. “We're going to get rid of all the corrupt officials in the national security and intelligence community, and there are a lot of them.”
Vice President-elect J.D. Vance
said “If the people in your government don't follow you, you have to remove them and replace them with people who are sensitive to what the president is trying to do,” Tucker Carlson said ahead of Election Day.
Biden on the other hand
announced The rules, which went into effect earlier this year, aim to further prevent the ouster of federal officials under a Schedule F-like framework, with one defense official telling CNN that “a new administration could circumvent these protections. There are still ways.”
“My emails are flooding in on this,” said an anonymous defense official. “It's definitely going to be a busy few months.”
Blaze News reached out to the Pentagon Press Office for comment, but did not receive a response by deadline.
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