Anyone else think this is a possibility?...

[PCIntern]

The military I would assume, at least to some degree, despise the Russians particularly the Putin-variety KGB crowd and the friendly oligarchs, due to their historical mistrust and "Commie-bastard" mentality. They're not stupid: they KNOW that Cheat-o-lini's in bed with them figuratively, and unless I miss my guess about Melanoma, literally, and would see him as a traitor, as a Manchurian or Russian Candidate/President. I would think that even the far RW Rethuglicans in the power grid of the military would take some exception to this and seek to undermine this Red-humping SOB.

Am I being too optimistic? Enquiring minds want to KNOW!

[empedocles]

1. Likely to find out soon where various military types stand.

My guess is that traitortrump is better than even money bet to try for martial law. [Great Salon article re-linked DU July '18].

[byronius]

2. Rank and file lean Republican, perhaps not Trump. Officer corp leans Democrat.

We'll find out soon enough what percentage of the total leans Traitor.

[RHMerriman]

3. Rank and file is (by service) increasingly non-Caucasian, and (generally) not from wealth;

Rank and file is (by service) increasingly non-Caucasian, and (generally) not from wealth; so it's very doubtful there's any significant depth of Trump support there, among whites or non-whites.

Officer corps tends to be middle-of-the-road politically, because of the apolitical tradition of the US military. There are exceptions to the rule (Boykin comes to mind, and Walker before him, back in the '60s), but most professionals are just that, and the oath is to the Constitution.

Treason is taken very seriously, as witness the cases of Pollard, the Walkers, etc.

Semper fidelis means what it says.