Former President Donald Trump won the Iowa Caucus with a historic victory. This solidifies the belief that he will be the Republican nominee for President, as he is pulling ahead against President Joe Biden in certain parts of the country. However, this has sparked fears among the left and even some on the right regarding what a second Trump administration might look like. Mainstream media headlines are now discussing possible dictatorship, retribution, and the destruction of democracy. There is a group of operatives setting up to mobilize against Trump under the guise that a Trump presidency would mean the abuse of his authority over the military.
NBC News posted an article that honed in on the fears among D.C. elites that Donald Trump will misuse the United States military if he wins the presidency. This group is concerned that he won’t create enough war. The article opens up with the following: “Donald Trump is sparking fears among those who understand the inner workings of the Pentagon that he would convert the nonpartisan U.S. military into the muscular arm of his political agenda as he makes comments about dictatorship and devalues the checks and balances that underpin the nation’s two-century-old democracy.”
The Insurrection Act gives the President the authority to deploy the United States military domestically in order to suppress rebellion or domestic violence. The scenario those on the left claim to be worried about is a future President Trump deploying the military on the streets of America in the event of violent riots against his election.
Democratic Senator Richard Blumenthal is one of these “quiet” lawmakers trying to sabotage a possible Trump presidency. He has been working to limit the scope of the Insurrection Act. The media is concerned that the last time Trump was Commander-in-Chief, there were people around him to manipulate and adjust his orders.
It seems the military has no problem deciding what orders they will follow and which ones they won’t, and they aren’t shy about operating in their own capacity outside the desires of the Chief Executive. The fears that Donald Trump will turn the United States into a dictatorship by using the military or any other arm of the federal government to impose his will is not just unfounded but not even real. These “quiet” entities are scared Mr. Trump will unmask them as the dangerous, unelected puppet masters they are and strip them of their undeserved power. The NBC News article alludes to just that: “Part of the aim is to identify like-minded organizations and create a coalition to challenge Trump from day one…” Their goal isn’t to protect democracy; it’s to do everything in their power to keep Donald Trump from executing his duties as President of the United States.
