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Source: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/08/15/inside-the-war-between-trump-and-his-generals
TL:DR - General Milley and other top generals found trump to be unhinged, and apparently willing to turn the USA into a despotic, fascist state.
Possibly related: https://imgur.com/gallery/Wr6ka3I
defcon275
We swear an oath to the constitution, not the fucking president. Jfc
BobRossHB
Here lies liberty, beaten low and violated by the rich and mentally ill.
Wack3d
JFC every time I learn something else about it it gets worse. Is there no bottom?
takingupspace
The unfathomable thing is that there are people who saw his mental state and continued, and CONTINUE to support him.
Txernobog
He thought the U.S. Government was his company, with everybody kowtowing and obeying him as his absolute king and owner.
UnrulyRaven
That was a campaign promise, though. He looted it, ran it into the ground, and took no responsibility.
jimpapadimitrios24
every American should be forced to read that before the next election.
BlairT1
He didn’t want wounded soldiers because he can’t relate to sacrifice. Get him a bunch of Fortune Son draft-dodgers & he’s like “My people!”
NoQuestionMarksInDeclarativeSentences
Fortunate*
BlairT1
Yes
Zxaskad
At this point, public execution after trial would still be too light a sentence...
immortalbucket
Gotta destroy the brains. It’s the only way to stop magatron.
Shybastard
I read the whole thing. All of it. That was alot.
suckstoyourauntie
Very long, did read. It was worth it, but I kinda feel like I deserve a medal for it. And Milley deserves a better one. JFC.
coffeeandprozac
While I'm not surprised by any of this, I'm dumbfounded that we have people here who ever wanted him in power.
Undrave
Well this is all very frightening. We teethered on the edge of madness.
TheGhostofElizabethShue
Wish more had thought this way, resigning in protest might have been meaningful early on, but not by the end
johnvictor
Vacating the position lets them easily put in a sycophant. You cling to that position and hold on for dear life to fight a nazi.
michaelfire
Autocrats & their psychopathology
https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/vice-vs-the-real-dick-cheney
ItsACrazyWorld
This just proves how fucking flawed our system is. We arent a strong nation. We need to fix this. NOW. Not tomorrow. NOW
NoQuestionMarksInDeclarativeSentences
When he dies, I'm buying shots all around
shitheadtookmyname
I bought the most expensive champagne of my life to celebrate him losing in 2020
sjbrooksy7447
Well... duh. The guy is the worst.
RamsesMCMXCI
He seems to be the most directly fascistic president but in effect Reagan and Bush were definitely worse.
JohnSatclaire
They damaged more people, but Trump did more damage to the country's fundamental institutions. Both suck, but fucking up democracy is worse.
lljkstonefish
Failing to demonstrate the leadership that could contain a worldwide plague that has killed 6.4 million people ranks pretty high there.
JohnSatclaire
But see Ronnie, AIDS, etc.
lljkstonefish
Before my time. What'd he do exactly?
RamsesMCMXCI
Without Reagan there wouldn't be a trump though. The Republican party wouldn't have the positions to be able to do the things I do today.
ViolentFlogging
The ONLY reason I'm giving this a heart is to find it again, later. Fucking sociopath.
WisconsinHome
Same
whitefoxkei
This 20-something kid came into my store today wearing a trump shirt that said "I'd love a mean tweet and $1.79 gas right now" and I had 1/
whitefoxkei
to stifle a laugh. I wanted to explain to him all the reasons his shirt was stupid but I didn't have any crayons handy. 2/2
arickertrdh20059
MAGAts are delusional, if they hope that gas prices will be down to $2/gal, even if he gets to squat in the WH again.
whitefoxkei
Gas hasn't been that low since before that kid was born, he's literally never paid less than $2 for gas.
kingkongkeom
So why wasnt that brought up during Impeachment Two, Electric Boogaloo?
browsererror
Everyone knew that if he held power, they'd be dead or in prison, and their families ruined.
Leithoa
Oh, so they only have morals when it's convenient.
browsererror
Yes, as do, frankly, most people. Everyone likes to think they would have done the right thing, but doing nothing is far easier and safer.
thebozworth
immortalbucket
Wouldn’t have mattered.
BlueSkinnedBeast
Not the point. Why did no-one speak out at the time?
Tylurker
Refer to previous comment
elBirdnose
What terrifies me the most is that if the Jan 6th committee didn't exist its unlikely any of this ridiculous behavior would be widely known.
RideTheStimutacs
If you need a laugh, Mar-a-Lago is being raided by the feds, and he compared it to Watergate in the biggest self-own possible.
RideTheStimutacs
Like how do you NOT know that Watergate was about a President being busted for criminal activity? Especially AS a former President?
TogeEpine
Especially, as a former president who is also guilty of criminal activity? More of that projection that Rs seem to do so often...
Chromentor
Imagine the liters of ketchup dripping down the walls from that meeting.
danimals847
Almost 3 years out of office and it's still insane bullshit from that fucker almost every week. I can't wait to never hear his name again.
WisconsinHome
And stop using the word- nothing “trumps” anything and it’s not part of a card game either.
Nim449
beenbannedb4
Don't underestimate your enemies.
Nim449
True enough. I'll keep an eye out for the Gazpacho police.
Venomagneto
If republicans could understand this, they'd be very angry.
Nim449
if they could understand it they wouldn't be republicans.
Ellisd83
@OP FBI just raided mar-a-lago, have a great night =D
SisterMidnight
johnvictor
BabeAfett
DreamingOfDistantShores
This will be an interesting story to follow. His page long response has already been posted, and is exactly what you'd expect (if someone
DreamingOfDistantShores
else wrote it, because it contains long words, sentence structure, and basic historical knowledge).
SometimesAmusedOftenPerplexed
As a veteran, how utterly, repulsively anti-military he is.
Raygereio
He has a stiffy whenever he fantasizes about the military. It's the people serving in the military he doesn't give a shit about.
Hashbrown123
We are all toy soldiers to him, and the broken and dead are just trash. The fact he has support from anyone that served baffles me.
NoQuestionMarksInDeclarativeSentences
You're toy soldiers to literally every president.
Hashbrown123
In a way, but there as at least some respect from them.
johnvictor
They can at least pretend to care because they know they need to. Trump is transactional and if there's no value he throws you away.
JackalopeElope
If Trump blew his brains out in a bunker, I'd have one nice thing to say about Trump.
Gra55hopper
‘Good shot’
blainetog
Given how much he admires Hitler, it's a little surprising that he hasn't followed him to oblivion already.
skawn
You think he's competent enough to wield a gun?
Rehjee
Best The Chief Orange can do is ketchup.
Iblamemyparentstoo
This????????
BlairT1
He decorated the walls SO nicely
AlmightyThor117
Wouldnt even have the courtesy to do that, after a bullet passed through his head it would just leave a hole in the wall, can’t splatter air
NotAHugeSpider
I think the grip on most pistols is too large for Tiny Hands to hold.
gyrum
Well, no. He also taught me what I want from a President every day he was in office. So there's two.
RideTheStimutacs
Only if M&M Fucker Carlson had to clean up the mess.
BeneGesseritConspiracyTheorist
Best thing about Hitler is that he killed Hitler. Trump can be round 2
RideTheStimutacs
True, but he also killed the man who killed Hitler.
BeneGesseritConspiracyTheorist
The ultimate conundrum
celestedrake
But he killed the man who killed the man who killed Hitler as well.
RideTheStimutacs
Yes, but that could've been for other reasons.
OseaDidNothingWrong
Trump needs to be dead. It's that simple. There's no way around it.
iScootsMcgee
Only thing worse than a cult leader, is a martyred cult leader. Unfortunately, I think that's how it play out. There needs to be consequence
RevolutionOnHerLips
It would help, maybe, but he's laid the groundwork for all the other high school dropouts and pedophiles to follow
WisconsinHome
Practice run for fascism
JohnSatclaire
He does, but it needs to be in a way that precludes martyrdom. Stroke or heart attack in bed with a dead girl and/or live boy would be fine.
takingupspace
It unfortunately seems like the hold he has over his cultists will not otherwise be broken.
DukeDarkwood
Let nature take its course on that. If he dies any other way, his cult will have their "excuse" to go to war. Besides, I'd MUCH rather he be
lljkstonefish
Monkeypox. Hurts like hell, makes you look terrible, and I heard 98% of positive cases are in gay men.
lljkstonefish
If that doesn't put the brakes on martyrdom, nothing will.
Undrave
You think they'll believe it if he dies of a heart attack or a stroke?! Pff. They'll have conspiracy about it in the hour.
DukeDarkwood
prosecuted and face the lawful consequences for his unlawful actions.
johnvictor
They will spin it as a liberal assassination regardless of how he dies and go rampant, so will the reactionary media.
grapesofwrath1120
His prosecution would strengthen the nation, serve to warn others of his kind, show allies and enemies alike that America is not lost.
shitheadtookmyname
He's never gonna be prosecuted tho
DukeDarkwood
I mean, I'm not holding my breath about it, but I can hope. The noose has been tightening lately, and now they're searching his place.