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Hotler

(13,711 posts)
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 08:43 AM Jan 2025

Trump 'wants a paramilitary arm' for his 'war with half of America': analysis.

Arm yourselves my friends.

(snip) In an article published Tuesday, Bulwark Editor Jonathan V. Last wrote, "I don’t think there’s any way to read yesterday except as President Trump deciding that with the Republican party fully subservient to him, he can subjugate the other remaining power centers in American life. He can finally be a wartime president. It’s just that he’s going to war against America."

Trump made it clear during the inauguration that he's "governing not for all Americans—and not even just for the benefit of 'his' voters—but as an attack on the half of America that opposed him," Last wrote.

According to the article, Trump "believes that Democratic voters should not be bargained with or bribed, but intimidated, punished, subdued—and rendered unable to oppose him in his quest for total power."

And Trump is going to use all the power at his presidential fingertips to ensure everyone falls in line. This includes using the courts, government bureaucracy, and mob rule to get what he wants. Last wrote that Trump released the J6 rioters, even the violent ones, for a purpose: "The message is unambiguous: Trump wants supporters who engage in street violence on the loose. He wants a paramilitary arm for which he has plausible deniability."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/trump-wants-a-paramilitary-arm-for-his-war-with-half-of-america-analysis/ar-AA1xBK02?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=ffe527d522154a05af17793f9d8cf1b4&ei=18

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Trump 'wants a paramilitary arm' for his 'war with half of America': analysis. (Original Post) Hotler Jan 2025 OP
Which is why he released the J6 criminals. brush Jan 2025 #1
The... 2naSalit Jan 2025 #4
We know who they are and where they live. C_U_L8R Jan 2025 #6
Yep. dalton99a Jan 2025 #2
It's more than half that strongly dislike shithole..................... Lovie777 Jan 2025 #3
msn, a little late mwmisses4289 Jan 2025 #5
Why else would Clarence Thomas put machine guns in the hands of children? Kid Berwyn Jan 2025 #7
The PutinGOP has been at war with America for decades. Irish_Dem Jan 2025 #8
Sturmabteilung or Schutzstaffel sarisataka Jan 2025 #9
They won't get far. Criminals nearly always leave a trail to themselves - and maybe to TSF himself! nt Exp Jan 2025 #10
 

brush

(61,033 posts)
1. Which is why he released the J6 criminals.
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 08:49 AM
Jan 2025

The Oath Keepers and Proud Boys are now free and ready to strap up for the orange turd.

C_U_L8R

(48,724 posts)
6. We know who they are and where they live.
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 09:09 AM
Jan 2025

And we are everywhere. This isn't a fight they should welcome.

Kid Berwyn

(22,609 posts)
7. Why else would Clarence Thomas put machine guns in the hands of children?
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 09:14 AM
Jan 2025

They’re trainable.

Irish_Dem

(78,909 posts)
8. The PutinGOP has been at war with America for decades.
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 10:58 AM
Jan 2025

We are seeing the logical conclusion of their hatred and desire for endless power and wealth.

sarisataka

(22,183 posts)
9. Sturmabteilung or Schutzstaffel
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 11:24 AM
Jan 2025

While the J6ers more resemble the SA, a bunch of semiorganized thugs, he will need a more reliable group to carry out all his wishes.

By 1923, the Nazi Party led by Adolf Hitler had created a small volunteer guard unit known as the Saal-Schutz (Hall Security) to provide security at their meetings in Munich.[4][5] The same year, Hitler ordered the formation of a small bodyguard unit dedicated to his personal service. He wished it to be separate from the "suspect mass" of the party, including the paramilitary Sturmabteilung ("Storm Battalion"; SA), which he did not trust.[6] The new formation was designated the Stabswache (Staff Guard).[7] Originally the unit was composed of eight men, commanded by Julius Schreck and Joseph Berchtold, and was modelled after the Erhardt Naval Brigade, a Freikorps of the time. The unit was renamed Stoßtrupp (Shock Troops) in May 1923.[8][9]

The Stoßtrupp was abolished after the failed 1923 Beer Hall Putsch, an attempt by the Nazi Party to seize power in Munich.[10] In 1925, Hitler ordered Schreck to organise a new bodyguard unit, the Schutzkommando (Protection Command).[1] It was tasked with providing personal protection for Hitler at party functions and events. That same year, the Schutzkommando was expanded to a national organisation and renamed successively the Sturmstaffel (Storm Squadron), and finally the Schutzstaffel (Protection Squad; SS).[11] Officially, the SS marked its foundation on 9 November 1925 (the second anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch).[12] The new SS protected party leaders throughout Germany. Hitler's personal SS protection unit was later enlarged to include combat units.[13]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schutzstaffel#Origins

Exp

(730 posts)
10. They won't get far. Criminals nearly always leave a trail to themselves - and maybe to TSF himself! nt
Wed Jan 22, 2025, 07:03 PM
Jan 2025
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