Hopefully NO!
1 Like
Itās a Big Step not given to the Executive in the Constitution. Federal troops can only be used to protect the nation against foreign powers that attack us like the Russians did with their cyber hacking. The 2nd Amendment is for raising militias to do Internal interstate security issues.
Is this a ploy to fire all the border guards (replacing them with the military) so he can use that money to build his Wall? His suggestion this weekend to take funds directly from the Pentagon didnāt go over so well with the Military Industrial Complex. The Con Man is obviously now trying to see how far he can scam the system in another direction.
Why does Trump love Putin so much and hates illegal landscapers and maids even more?
7 Likes
More like channeling his inner James K. Polk
From the They might be giants song.
āAustere, severe, he held few people dear
His oratory filled his foes with fear
The factions soon agreed
Heās just the man we need
To bring about victory
Fulfill our manifest destiny
And annex the land the Mexicans command
And when the votes were cast the winner was
Mister James K. Polk, Napoleon of the Stumpā
2 Likes
If Trump dares to march his toy soldiers on Washington, the marches of Millennials on Mar-a-Largo and Trump Tower should be staggering in comparison.
4 Likes
Will there be enough to send to the border once he kicks out the transgender troops?
2 Likes
Word!
1 Like
I think Cadet Bone Spur should take personal charge of these troops , and weāll see if he starts a second Mexican War. Sad.
2 Likes
Send Donnie and Eric āBIG GAMEā hunting!
Trump talking about something he doesnāt know about, what else is new?
4 Likes
One of his advisors mentioned āPosse Comitatusā and Trump replied, āI do not know that woman. Fake news.ā
10 Likes
Most of the military voted for Trump. They should be rewarded with a field trip to the Sonora Desert & the Big Bend in the summer.
3 Likes
Better at the border than some useless foreign war. I wonder what Texas Teatards have to say about this considering the Jade Helm ignorance.
4 Likes
This from Joshā¦
Trump: If only the US-Mexico border could be as good as the barbwire, hyper-militarized DMZ between North and South Korea!!!
10:27 PM - Mar 29, 2018
4 Likes
Posse Comitatus? Trumpkins will be really confused if he has to deal with a Latin dictionary.
2 Likes
Grab 'em by the Posse (Comitatus Act)!
2 Likes
I taught US History and Government courses at the public school and college level for years, and one of the things my students learned was that our military could not be used to enforce public policy unless federal and/or local legal authorities were unable to do so. The situation on our border with Mexico is not out of control except in the feeble minds of Trump and his supporters ā¦ hopefully our military leadership will reject any such intervention.
MEXICO HAS NO NUKES !!!
1 Like
But he does know about martial law. Maybe heās been talking too much with Turkeyās Erdogan? It was (is) a big concern of mine when trump took office that weād end up like Turkey.
2 Likes
Breitbart? Oh for fucks sake.
3 Likes
Trump obviously doesnāt understand that according to the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act, he can only have National Guard troops operate on the border to enforce civilian policy.
I can imagine those Guard troops will really enjoy a long, hot Texas summer away from their day jobs and their families to enforce Trumpās idea of border security.
3 Likes
Itās in your own goddam story, AP.
Active duty U.S. troops were not used for the operation since there are
prohibitions on using so-called Title 10 troops for law enforcement and
similar duties within the United States.
The lead should have been that trump is either lying without compunction (something he says he makes a habit of doing with leaders of other countries) or else proposing a blatant violation of federal law. Or maybe casting as a āBig Stepā something thatās been done repeatedly before (using the national guard).
7 Likes