cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/38388581
Simultaneous purging of the chief generals of all three branches.
They are ensuring the military has no cohesiveness to stage a future coup against the Executive Branch, and are replacing all control with their own loyalists.
Trying to install loyalists to ensure the military won’t go against him when the time comes
I believe Senate confirmation goes all the way down to one-star generals and admirals. So he can’t just install new ones overnight.
I don’t think the old rules will apply much longer. Trump is playing a game the normal US government have never had to deal with. By the time everyone gets up to speed, Trump will have purged anyone that could have done something.
I think the USA is lost at this point. Damaged beyond repair unless the anti-coup happens soon.
He can if the Senate is complicit in his appointments
Trying is the word