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Donald Trump has been accused of “turning the military on American citizens” after a Pentagon official confirmed that planning is under way to send National Guard troops to Chicago.

Illinois attorney-general Kwame Raoul also told CBS News that the president’s actions are both “un-American” and “unwise strategically”.

Accusing the president of “turning our military on American citizens in his ongoing attempts to move our nation toward authoritarianism,” he added:

His actions are not just un-American. They are unwise strategically. Our cities are not made safer by deploying the nation’s service members for civilian law enforcement duties when they do not have the appropriate training.

To be clear: We have made no such request for the type of federal intervention we have seen in Los Angeles or Washington DC. There is no emergency in the state of Illinois.

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[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago

It's so weird to first-hand experience how some historical things aren't recognized until after the fact.

Trump is an American traitor. Plain as day. But it's not generally going to be accepted until much later. I mean the nation, in general, is staring a traitor directly in the face and just not seeing it.

This ignorant, uneducated nation is about to go through a very painful experience.

[-] FreshParsnip@lemmy.ca 19 points 1 day ago

Sometimes I question my sanity because the world is going on like everything's normal. I wonder am I just delusional for thinking this is a fascist takeover of America?

[-] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

Nope.

Turns out most Americans are really, really ignorant.

And don't let anyone argue that there's no way that many people can be that ignorant, because history has some stark examples to the contrary.

[-] Typhoon@lemmy.ca 3 points 22 hours ago

I still see many posts getting upvoted with excuses for why they're not doing anything to save their own democracy/lives. And posts trying to prompt them to organize and resist get downvoted.

They're not even willing to try saving their country. They just don't have any fight in them. They've already lost the battle with fascism and it's only just started.

"Home of the brave".

Bullshit.

[-] apftwb@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people.

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