Stop me if you’ve heard this before. Officials within the United States government are conspiring against Donald Trump to undermine whatever decisions he may make. It might as well be 2017 again.
According to a new report from Natasha Bertrand, who was such a purveyor of the Russian collusion hoax that she was nicknamed “Fusion Natasha” after Fusion GPS, Pentagon officials are coordinating how they’ll respond if Trump orders U.S. troops to assist with illegal immigration:
Pentagon officials are holding informal discussions about how the Department of Defense would respond if Donald Trump issues orders to deploy active-duty troops domestically and fire large swaths of apolitical staffers, defense officials told CNN…
…“We are all preparing and planning for the worst-case scenario, but the reality is that we don’t know how this is going to play out yet,” one defense official said.
Trump’s election has also raised questions inside the Pentagon about what would happen if the president issued an unlawful order, particularly if his political appointees inside the department don’t push back.
“Troops are compelled by law to disobey unlawful orders,” said another defense official. “But the question is what happens then – do we see resignations from senior military leaders? Or would they view that as abandoning their people?” […]
— Read More: redstate.com
