And the democRATS are worried about Trump having the nuclear codes?
Bwahahahaha!!!
Posted on 01/09/2021 12:41:18 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Despite a campaign by Democrats and the establishment media to delegitimize President Donald Trump after Wednesday’s Capitol incursion, Department of Defense officials intend to avoid outside pressure and continue to recognize him as the commander in chief while avoiding taking part in “a military coup,” according to a report.
It was widely reported Friday that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi asked Army Gen. Mark A. Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, to limit the president’s access to the country’s so-called nuclear football, which contains launch codes for America’s vast arsenal of nuclear weapons.
Pelosi called Milley to ask him to ignore orders from Trump to use those codes. It’s unclear what initiated the call to Milley. No specific threat from Trump seems to exist, suggesting the call was made for political purposes.
The California Democrat reportedly told Milley she wants to limit the president from responding to international threats during the final days of his term.
NPR reported Pelosi told her Democratic colleagues she spoke to Milley about “available precautions for preventing an unstable president from initiating military hostilities or accessing the launch codes and ordering a nuclear strike.”
“The situation of this unhinged President … could not be more dangerous and we must do everything that we can to protect the American people from his unbalanced assault on our country and our democracy,” Pelosi wrote.
But according to The New York Times, the Pentagon is remaining neutral in the partisan squabbling.
A statement from Col. Dave Butler, a spokesman for Milley, confirmed to The Times that the call took place.
“[Milley] answered her questions regarding the process of nuclear command authority,” Butler said.
The newspaper spoke to other Pentagon officials who were reportedly hesitant to get involved in Pelosi’s political match, according to Times reporters David Sanger and Eric Schmitt.
“Mr. Trump, they noted, is still the commander in chief; unless he is removed, the military is bound to follow his lawful orders. While military officials can refuse to carry out orders they view as illegal — or slow the process by sending those orders for careful legal review — they cannot remove the president from the chain of command. That would amount to a military coup, the officials said,” Sanger and Schmitt reported.
“The one issue that has worried officials the most is Iran’s announcement that it has begun enriching uranium to 20 percent purity — near the quality to make a bomb. In December, Mr. Trump asked for military options that might be taken in response to Iran’s escalating production of nuclear fuel, but he was talked out of it by a number of top officials, including General Milley and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo,” the Times also reported.
Pelosi and other Democrats have used the events at the Capitol Building on Wednesday to justify going after Trump, and they have signaled they intend to exact political revenge against him following years of fear-mongering about his mental state during his final days in office.
Democrats have also announced they plan to again impeach the president, and there is chatter they might attempt to remove him from office by using the 25th Amendment with less than two weeks left in his term.
Other Democratic lawmakers have also reportedly put pressure on Milley since Wednesday. But for now, the military has reportedly rebuffed them and intends to remain neutral from politics.
Trump remains the only person in government with the capacity to directly order military action and who has the discretion to use the country’s nuclear arsenal. Any attempt to deny him the tools to carry out his duties presiding over national security would be unlawful, unless there is an invocation of the 25th Amendment, or any orders given to Pentagon officials by him are determined to be themselves unlawful.
President-elect Joe Biden will be inaugurated on Jan. 20, at which point he will be given command over the country’s military and nuclear arsenal.
Sorry, the ‘just following orders’ defence was tried at Nuremberg. It failed.
Now, do I believe that PDJT would issue an illegal order? No, absolutely not!
Should Pee-lousy be charged with sedition? As surely as I am breathing. Would the charge stick? Hell, no! No point in trying to charge her. The good news is, she’s not long for this Earth and her Eternity doesn’t look pleasant. Leave the revenge to God.
Thanks.
5.56mm
That's what she did alright.
A military coup would start a civil war in the blink of an eye. National chaos. Just what the Marxists hope for.
Speaking of giving America’s enemies aid and comfort, how many members of Congress and military have probably already been stripped of their powers for violating Section 3 of the 14th Amendment?
”14th Amendment, Section 3: No person shall be a Senator or Representative in Congress, or elector of President and Vice President, or hold any office, civil or military, under the United States, or under any State, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of Congress, or as an officer of the United States, or as a member of any State legislature, or as an executive or judicial officer of any State, to support the Constitution of the United States, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof [emphasis added]. But Congress may by a vote of two-thirds of each House, remove such disability."
remain Neutral??
These people need to arrest the traitors.
Not remain neutral.
And the democRATS are worried about Trump having the nuclear codes?
Bwahahahaha!!!
RE: Nancy knows Trump’s going to burn her house down shortly. She is freaking out. I am making more popcorn.
Someone took Pelosi’s laptop during the Capitol Building breach last January 6. Something tells me she’s got information in there she didn’t want people to see. Her actions smack of desperation.
When will we get to see the data dump from Nancy’s laptop?
“And in those same military minds, they are asking themselves right now... How am I going to follow these people in 20 days?”
It’s my belief that many in the military industrial complex would love to see a Biden presidency, since he will give them all the wars they want, for as long as we send in our taxes. You see, war is not about winning anymore for the US. It’s all part of the deception. Consider Viet Nam.
She has committed high treason against the United States of America
Nope. Attempted Treason is still Treason.
>>> It’s my belief that many in the military industrial complex would love to see a Biden presidency
No doubt there are those within the ranks.
If and when they rise to the top, we are doomed.
The real nuclear launch she’s worried about is the declassifying of criminal activity by the democrats,the Left and deepstate actors.
Make them disobey a direct order President Trump.
My suggestion President Trump:
I President Trump in full rights and authority of my position hereby declare a 30 day period of martial law contingent on a successful re vote of the Presidential election for the United States.
This election will be held in manner that ensures voting integrity and the absence of mail in voting. If this order is not complied with I declare any government formed to be illegitimate and lacking any ethical or moral of obedience by the American people.
I understand we are under rare and unique times in our country but the rule of law and our countries right to vote is more important than any one individual or party seeking power.
Sincerely
DT
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Military : UP YOURS PELOSI
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Can you imagine living with this crazy woman? If she acts like a loon in public, she must be something else in private.
>>> It’s my belief that many in the military industrial complex would love to see a Biden presidency
Hence Trump’s recent alteration of the chain of command.
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However, when petard is used as an idiom, it means to be undone by (or be the victim of) one's own schemes.
Hoisted by or on one's own petard means caught by the very device one had contrived to hurt another.
The idiomatic usage originated with Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, written in 1600.
Hamlet, upon learning of a plot to kill him, contemplates how to turn the tables against the plotters, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.
The phrase "hoist with one's own petard" thus meant "to be blown up with one's own bomb." It became a commonplace expression in 17th century English.
What about Obama, the Italian PM, and the EU Satellite used to manipulate the Dominion machines
That’s the story I was reading and asking about earlier. I still hope the President releases crap on on the actors who have participated in this coup against America foreign and domestic........for what good it would do in a lawless administration, unless the President goes the sedition route.......
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