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.

  • @mkwt
    7•15 hours ago

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

    • @[email protected]English
      3•3 hours ago

      I don’t think the old rules will apply much longer. Trump is playing a game the normal US government have never had to deal with. By the time everyone gets up to speed, Trump will have purged anyone that could have done something.

      I think the USA is lost at this point. Damaged beyond repair unless the anti-coup happens soon.

    • ZamoticEnglish
      20•14 hours ago

      He can if the Senate is complicit in his appointments