Jersey Girl wrote: ↑Wed Nov 11, 2020 2:21 am
Why do you guys think he's messing with the Pentagon?
Because he still can. He is addicted to attention and this is one way he can get his fix. Don't forget that
"Your fired!" made him millions once upon a time.
Given Trump's make-it-up-as-you-go-along style and his abject inability for any kind strategic thinking whatsoever, I believe that we need not be too concerned about what is going on in his ravaged brain. Perhaps he is thinking that if the courts won't help him, then the military might. They won't.
Section 1385 of Title 18 of the United States Code (Posse Comitatus Act*) prevents the military (Coast Guard and National Guard excepted) from interfering in domestic issues, including law enforcement, inside the US (with exceptions for nuclear materials or certain drug enforcement duties - see URL).
Trump fired Mark Esper because Esper expressed doubts about using federal troops to clear civilians off the street by force so Trump could make his infamous walk to church and hold up a Bible backwards. None of Trump's Pentagon appointees will have the lawful right or power to interfere in the election, or in any way delay the transition of power.
Come January 20, 2021, Trump is gone. In the meantime, his bogus lawsuits and other forms of denial, delay and general bad behavior are not likely to gain him anything except an higher COVID 19 body count among the civilian population and a strengthened resolve to prosecute the hell out of him when the time comes.
Best thing is to just ignore him, exactly as Joe Biden is doing. Trump should be treated like a two year old having a tantrum and be ignored until he calms down (which admittedly may be well after January 20).
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https://www.northcom.mil/Newsroom/Fact- ... tatus-act/
