Obviously the reason the gathering of the 800 flag officers is VERY important

[Eliot Rosewater]

is because we know for a certainty that while unconstitutional both the piece of shit in the White House and keg‘sbreath or hogshit whatever you wanna call him will absolutely order the military to kill American law abiding citizens.

This is of course going to happen the question is would the generals and admirals or for that matter rank and file go along with it. Obviously at some point somebody’s gonna kill a grandma standing on the corner doing nothing but if the majority of them will obey the constitution then maybe we can survive maybe.

I truly believe that a large percentage of the military is MAGA, whether it is more than half I don’t know.

Noticed the Republican Party all of them are silent, they are going to do nothing when he starts killing us.

[Irish_Dem]

1. They see us as the enemy. They want us dead.

We are in the way of their quest for total power and wealth acquisition.

[intrepidity]

2. But are we, really?

What exactly are we doing to stop them?

[Irish_Dem]

4. It doesn't matter whether we are actually their enemy or not. The result is the same.

We have been demonized to justify the war they wage.
Their war for power, wealth, control.

So we have an important purpose in their propaganda war.
And they will harm us as part of their game.

[travelingthrulife]

14. They have to have an enemy. 'It's biblical' as the idiot at the ag department said.

[Eliot Rosewater]

3. And the reason it will happen is because of the 50 million MAGA

Idiots who will go along with it and who will absolutely be thrilled watching People of Color, LGBTQ, Jewish people, liberals etc. all being imprisoned or killed, they’ve wanted revenge against the adults their entire lives.

But some of us talked about this over eight years ago when we realized the opposition to our candidate at that time from the left for Christ sake was so negative and hateful that we might actually wake up the day after the election and find a piece of shit as president, and we did. We tried to warn, but we were yelled at.

[Irish_Dem]

5. Humans tend to learn things the hard way.

They tend to stay in denial until the shit hits the fan.

Human nature.

[Eliot Rosewater]

7. Wish I could figure out how some of us saw this coming almost 9 years ago

When we begged people to stop trashy our candidate, most could not. And the reason I won’t shut up about it is I’m still waiting for some acknowledgment from them.

[Irish_Dem]

9. You will wait forever.

When the HAMAS attack occurred, it had Putin fingerprints all over it.
It was a ploy to throw the election to Trump by embarrassing Biden.

I warned about it right away. Don't take the bait Putin is throwing at us.

Of course, few listened.

Along with other mental health professionals, I warned that Trump
was mentally ill, a vicious brutal psychopath, cunning and street smart.
He would kill us in our beds if he could.

People didn't buy it. He was stupid and harmless they said.

Will anyone give us credit, NO.

When you can see into the future, people tell you that you are stupid and foolish.
When you turn out to be correct, they tell you everyone knew the future all along.
You are just saying the obvious.

So you cannot win.

Some people are good at pattern analysis and connecting dots.
It is not magic. Just a skill set. But most people don't want to hear it.

[ananda]

10. A lot of it is white bias.

And white nice patterns, especially among women.

[wiggs]

6. They are already depriving citizens of their freedom, arresting and jailing protestors and others. Once that

line is crossed it is not that long of a trip to violence.

[kentuck]

8. He doesn't really need the military in the cities..

With ICE, he has the fourth largest military in the world, his own personal army.

And Congress voted him all the money he needs to pay them, including $50,000 bonuses.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

11. MaddowBlog-Trump pitches generals and admirals on using U.S. cities as military 'training grounds'

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Much of the president’s speech to military leaders was stale and dull. But then he started talking about using the military against the “enemy within.”

Much of Trump’s speech to generals and admirals was stale, boring, and predictable.

But when he turned his attention to the “enemy within,” and started talking about using U.S. cities as military “training grounds,” this was a qualitatively different kind of pitch. www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

— Steve Benen (@stevebenen.com) 2025-09-30T16:48:25.800Z

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-pitches-generals-admirals-using-us-cities-military-training-grou-rcna234708

The rhetoric was mind-numbing, but it was also inappropriate: The in-person audience included several hundred highly decorated generals and admirals. There was no reason to treat these men and women as if they were little more than sycophantic partisan supporters waiting for fresh red meat.

But making matters far more serious was Trump’s pitch on using the U.S. military on American soil. NPR summarized:

President Trump defended the use of U.S. troops in American cities and told top U.S. commanders that the military would be used against the ‘enemy within.’ ... ‘This is going to be a big thing for the people in this room, because it’s the enemy from within, and we have to handle it before it gets out of control,’ Trump told those gathered for the highly unusual event at Quantico, Va. ‘It won’t get out of control once you’re involved at all.’

“The ones that are run by the radical left Democrats, what they’ve done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles, they’re very unsafe places. And we’re going to straighten them out one by one. And this is going to be a major part for some of the people in this room,” he told military leaders. “That’s a war, too. It’s a war from within.”

Trump: "The ones that are run by radical left Democrats -- what they've done to San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles. They're very unsafe places & we're gonna straighten them out one by one. This is gonna be a major part for some people in this room. That's a war too. It's war from within"

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-09-30T14:13:18.668Z

As part of the same argument, the president said he’s told Hegseth that the U.S. “should use some of these dangerous cities as training grounds for our military.”

Trump: "San Francisco, Chicago, New York, Los Angeles...That's a war too. It's a war from within...I told Pete, we should use some of these cities as training grounds for our military — national guard, but military. We're going into Chicago very soon."

— The Bulwark (@thebulwark.com) 2025-09-30T15:19:27.239Z

After troop deployments in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C., as well as announced deployments to Memphis and Portland, Oregon, many raised concerns about the president’s willingness — and apparent eagerness — to use military force against Americans. After Trump’s speech to generals and admirals, those concerns deserve to be a whole lot louder.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

12. These officers are getting a special medal for yesterday

[Emile]

13. If they plan to use the military to attack crime,

will the military arrest Trump, and then force congress to release the Epstein files?

[haele]

15. Majority of the military are non- commited, they just want their benefits and pay.

Of those who have a political preference, maybe MAGA runs 1/3.
While the military runs hierarchal, and the evangelical Jaysus panderers tend to glom onto young sailors and soldiers as their cannon fodder, it doesn't mean the military is full of Nationalist snowflakes and MAGA bullies. Overt political and religious activity in the military is generally recognized as causing conflict and hostility in the ranks, prejudicial to good order and discipline - and getting the mission done with the least amount of casualty to equipment or manpower.
If your best soldier or sailor is a female, an atheist furry off the clock, a naturalized immigrant, a commander that allows that best soldier or sailor to be bullied is seen a shit commander not deserving of his or her rank -

The majority of serious ex military running now are Democrats.