Donald Trump has already enmeshed the United States military in domestic law enforcement operations involving immigration to an unprecedented degree. He has authorized a major military buildup at the border. He has maximized the use of military planes for deportations, complete with the White House pumping out imagery of migrants getting frog-marched onto souped-up military aircraft. He sent the National Guard into Los Angeles amid large-scale protests there—and then sent in the Marines.

  • justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io
    15·
    18 hours ago

    Los Angeles was the test case.

    If it failed, it was at the other end of the country from him, and functionally no one voted for him there so its no loss to him or his cult

    As it succeeded, he now gets to juanta up the US knowing the place most likely to resist him in a major capacity was conquered first without an issue.

    • dugmeup@lemmy.world
      6·
      13 hours ago

      Exactly. It was an impotency test, in the home of the opposition.

      The opposition failed at basic protections guaranteed by the constitution.

      The opposition needs new blood, these current bunch of hand-wringers are not going to cut it.