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Robert Reich: Trump's use of the military backfired - but will it back him if he refuses to go?
Trump's use of the military backfired but will it back him if he refuses to go?
Robert Reich
Faced with the George Floyd protests, the president wants to be seen as a strongman. What happens if he loses at the polls?
Sun 7 Jun 2020 01.00 EDT
(Guardian UK) History teaches that mass protests against oppression can lead either to liberation or brutal repression.
This past week, Donald Trump bet his political future on repression. Much of the rest of America, on the other hand, wants to liberate black people from police brutality and centuries of systemic racism. As of this writing, it looks like Trump is losing and America winning, but the contest is hardly over.
Trump knows he cant be re-elected on his disastrous response to the coronavirus pandemic or on whats likely to be a tepid economic recovery. But he must believe a racist campaign could work. After all, stoking racism got him into the White House in the first place.
The protests against George Floyds brutal killing by Minneapolis police seemed like a golden opportunity. ...............(more)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jun/07/donald-trump-military-mattis-mullen-george-floyd-protests
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Robert Reich: Trump's use of the military backfired - but will it back him if he refuses to go? (Original Post)
marmar
Jun 2020
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beachbumbob
(9,263 posts)1. Military swears oath to uphold the constitution, not a president.
I see nothing to be concerned about.
BlueMTexpat
(15,365 posts)2. I worry about this too.
And, if the military does not back him if he refuses to go, will he then use Blackwater?
marie999
(3,334 posts)3. The Secret Service will evict him.
I do not have any doubts.