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Ms. Toad

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6. Trump is doing what Trump does - going of script and blathering about his wet dreams,

Reply to RoeVWade (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 08:53 AM

Jan 5

Not the carefully decided plans his handlers have crafted to provide cover for otherwise blatantly illegal crap.

Formally, the action was to test the legal theory being pushed by Miller, et al, that it is OK to use the military - without the usual prerequisites - to protect non-military parts of the government. Same justification for the national guard on US soil. Here - they are just protecting a seizure of a wanted criminal.

Just like making flag burning a crime with a specific punishment (Trump's wet dream) by an executive order which said absolutely zero about a new crime, let alone a specific punishment.

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