Kinda creepy.
The marines are presently guarding President Trump. Recall he said on Christmas that he was alone in the WH, and that he waved to a soldier with a machie gun on the front lawn.
At the president’s inauguration, the military lined up behind President Trump as he spoke of the peaceful transition of power. The mil behind him glared unsmiling and flinty-eyed out at the public, perhaps in the direction of Obama et. al. in the audience. The message was clear - attack President Trump and you have to take on his military, too.
The video of those military soldiers coming to stand behind President Trump as he says his presidency is not about the transfer of power from one administration to another- its about transferring power back to the people, is harder and harder to find as that particular video clip is being purged from the Internet by the media companies. The link I’ll put here isn’t the best as it is from overhead, whereas it was much better, the faces of the military much clearer (resolute/defiant) when the video is shown from the front.
https://youtu.be/4GNWldTc8VU?t=1810
SO this little story about Nixon comes along as the DS is losing it’s grip on ...everything. It’s as if they are prepping the public to misinterpret any potential action by the military to protect President Trump as “evil” Nixon taking over the country. Creepy.
At the 1:30 second mark, this video shows the military falling in beside President Trump.
https://www.c-span.org/video/?c4650187/president-trump-delivers-inaugural-address
There was a better version of the military display of force originally filmed in the Rose Garden when POTUS first took office. The military decends risers to stand alongside the president, again unsmiling and conveying, “FIght him and you fight US!” and then wordlessly returning to the risers. That video has been so well scrubbed I can’t find it.
Apparently as the impeachment circus draws to a close, the DS wants to prep the public to misinterpret any display of force by the military deemed necessary to repel more significant attempts to remove President Trump from office.