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Trump Wants the Military to Target Americans Who Oppose Him (www.rollingstone.com)

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The former president said he thinks U.S. troops should be deployed "if necessary" against "radical left lunatics" on election day

Donald Trump has proposed a fascist plan to deploy military forces against U.S. citizens who oppose him on election day.

“I think the bigger problem is the enemy from within,” the former president told Fox News’ Maria Bartiromo when she asked if he expects “chaos on election day” from immigrants. “We have some very bad people, some sick people, radical left lunatics…. And it should be easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military.”

Throughout his campaign, Trump has laid out a dystopian vision for America where the military uses violence to detain and deport immigrants, suppress protests, and target criminals. He has used fascistic, violent language and recently repeated his vow to be a "dictator" for "one day" if elected.

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[-] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Before you scoff and think to yourself "That would never happen here", cast your mind back to the long hot summer of unrest in '67. And then consider the reality of Sherman tanks on the streets of Detroit

[-] HK65@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 days ago

That tank looks more like an M48 Patton (judging by the turret) than a Sherman, or an M60 Patton (judging by the track shape).

The Sherman is WWII, the M48 is Korean War era, the M60 would be Vietnam, so it would make sense in 1967 that it's an M48.

[-] ModestMeme@lemm.ee 44 points 2 days ago

Remember to vote third party or not at all to teach us all a lesson…. s/

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 29 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I really hope the US military is not dumb enough to hand the country over to this madman if he tries to steal another election

[-] empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 2 days ago

oh awesome this just reminded me I forgot to put my passport application in

[-] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 20 points 2 days ago

snuffing out internal leftist movements is an American tradition.

[-] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago

Oh like he deployed the military on the radical right lunatics on January 6th... Oh wait...

[-] carl_dungeon@lemmy.world 6 points 2 days ago

I’d like the military to target him

[-] yournamehere@lemm.ee 7 points 2 days ago

and still it is a close race.

civilized usa? i dont think so.

[-] deadbeef79000@lemmy.nz 12 points 2 days ago

Trump casually applying the CIA playbook to the USA.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 3 points 1 day ago

"Fascism is imperialism turned inwards"

Also outwards when they think can get away with it, but that's the tricky thing about an ideology that openly embraces the concept of "might makes right."

[-] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

Mayhem has begun

[-] aido@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

Send the marines!

[-] MediaBiasFactChecker@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

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