Donald Trump says that if wins the White House, he'll fire special counsel Jack Smith “within two seconds” of taking office.
  • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
    651·
    3 hours ago

    I’m hoping he never gets the chance. If he does, I hope he fails to get rid of Smith again.

    • Atom@lemmy.world
      43·
      3 hours ago

      He’s been talking about sending the military after Adam Schiff and other “enemies within”. He definitely heard the SCOTUS arguments. If he’s president and he doesn’t get to fire someone, or everyone, I doubt he’ll hesitate to send a military unit to threaten or even kill them. Who’s going to stop him? Would 15-17 senators vote to impeach him? Would he try to kill them too? Did Tuberville’s General Promotion sabotage leave enough slots open for Trump to install his own “Hitler’s generals”?

      I would say I’m being alarmist, but the man is on TV saying this is what he will do on day 1. If he wins, everyone, left and right, is fucked.

      • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
        22·
        2 hours ago

        Fascinating, isn’t it?

        “On day one, I will take a giant greasy shit in all your mouths.”

        “Did you hear WTF he just said?”

        “You’re just being alarmist, what he actually meant was…”

        It’s like…people want things to be normal, they beg for it, they lie to themselves…but shit is NOT normal right now.

      • _bcron_@lemmy.worldEnglish
        5·
        3 hours ago

        It’d have to go all the way down the chain of command without someone saying “with all due respect, you’re a fucking idiot and we don’t want to be war criminals” so there are some extra checks and balances at play, and I’m sure Trump as heard that personally more than once

        • Atom@lemmy.world
          5·
          2 hours ago

          Maybe, the chain of command and lawful orders really only work if the participants are willing and there are repercussions. A MAGA general will know who his MAGA Colonels are and so on down the line. Could it be scaled to the entire military, maybe, no one has tried. But could a General, a handful of officers and 20 or so troops be selected as superior MAGA soldiers reporting directly to the president and his appointed chief of staff? I don’t think that’s improbable at all.

          • _bcron_@lemmy.worldEnglish
            4·
            2 hours ago

            I hate generalizing but the military is chock full of reasonable nerds. People who want a GI bill to further themselves join and get filled with “if you see something say something”, and people who want action go on to become cops and attend “everyone will murder you if you don’t murder them first” boot camps. If Trump wants hit squads he’d be barking up the wrong tree

            • Atom@lemmy.world
              4·
              2 hours ago

              You’re right, there are a lot of very liberal people in the ranks. There’s no disputing that. I’m just saying there are plenty of MAGAs around too, more than enough to cause havoc. And if shit starts going south, the GI bill nerds with degrees will head for the door because they have the qualifications to do so. They can stand up for the constitution because they will land on their feet after they get kicked out.

              Generalizing myself here, the more conservative a troop is, the more likely the military is all they know. The promise of being special and fighting for the America they believe Trump will give them is more than enough to push some of them over the edge.

  • PwnTra1n@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    3 hours ago

    how can anyone even be surprised by this. trump will likely get into power and say “give me a list of democrats i can fire” and he will fire them plus some democrats he cant as well as “disloyal” republicans

    • Linktank@lemmy.today
      3·
      2 hours ago

      This makes it sound like he’s eating the dirty diapers, which given how morally bankrupt and gross he is in general… Would not surprise me.