Just to put on my tinfoil hat here, I think the Trump administration realizes that it’s grasp of the populous is slipping. So now they’re doing big military shows and making speeches to try and curry favor with the military. You know… just in case something happens and they need to use the military against US citizens.
I have a different take: this is all according to plan. It normalizes the idea of live fire over and around US infrastructure. This normalization is meant for the troops, not the public. … though it is a side benefit.
Trump is already using the military against American citizens, that’s hardly a tin foil hat belief. I’d suggest that this is more of a show of force against his enemies and that Trump is too dumb to realize he needs to curry favor with the military.
I doubt this won him any friends because it’s not like the Marines have historically been dying to shell Camp Pendleton and nobody involved is being paid right now. Another note on the “don’t mistreat your military” wanna-be-dictator checklist is Trump screwing over the National Guard by deploying them 29 days at a time so their housing allowance doesn’t kick in.
just like RUSSIA, where krasnov gets his advice from. kegsbreth kinda got rid of the competent high ranking members, that would consildated the forces.
Just to put on my tinfoil hat here, I think the Trump administration realizes that it’s grasp of the populous is slipping. So now they’re doing big military shows and making speeches to try and curry favor with the military. You know… just in case something happens and they need to use the military against US citizens.
I have a different take: this is all according to plan. It normalizes the idea of live fire over and around US infrastructure. This normalization is meant for the troops, not the public. … though it is a side benefit.
Trump is already using the military against American citizens, that’s hardly a tin foil hat belief. I’d suggest that this is more of a show of force against his enemies and that Trump is too dumb to realize he needs to curry favor with the military.
I doubt this won him any friends because it’s not like the Marines have historically been dying to shell Camp Pendleton and nobody involved is being paid right now. Another note on the “don’t mistreat your military” wanna-be-dictator checklist is Trump screwing over the National Guard by deploying them 29 days at a time so their housing allowance doesn’t kick in.
just like RUSSIA, where krasnov gets his advice from. kegsbreth kinda got rid of the competent high ranking members, that would consildated the forces.
Judging by how the crowd reacted to Hegseth after giving his “big speech” a few weeks ago, I’d say there is still hope.