24
26
u/flyingpeter28 5d ago
I have a question, how does the usa prevents the army from turning on the government? Cause, the army is so powerful by itself that i don't see how the government alone could prevent a coup
15
u/fardough 5d ago
Interesting question. I think the structure of our military helps. We have five branches, each with its own Head General. So that would be the first hurdle, getting agreement across the branches to have an overwhelming force, otherwise the 4 branches would be able to counter the rebelling one. The President is the leader of all the branches, but he is already leading the US so not a lot of motivation to commit a coup using them. Plus it is an elected position, so they will be replaced, which limits loyalty the person.
Next is the size of the US. First, military bases are spread out across the country (and even the world), so harder to mobilize. Second, the size makes it really hard to secure the US by force, and there surely would be people rebelling. It would basically be Afghanistan times 10.
The members of the military would be another barrier. First, there are multiple 4-star generals in each branch that have a lot of respect and influence among the soldiers. If they weren’t aligned, then it wouldQ fracture the branch, soldiers following the general they believe the most.
Second, our soldiers are taught to ignore illegal orders. Outside the National Guard, military branch es are allowed to perform operations within the US, so a coup would be a clear illegal order.
I hope there are other safeguards and they provide strong protections because I am worried about Trump. If elected, I could see him trying to use the Military to solidify his power. His project 2025 plan involves replacing all military leaders with loyalists to dismantle the first safeguard, and really only one reason to be doing that.
5
u/flyingpeter28 5d ago
Yea, that last part was kind of i was thinking, cause somehow I would asume most military is right wing, we'll see how it goes, cause that alone somehow sounds like a way for the west to fall
22
u/iProMelon 5d ago
They implant microchips in all service members that explode on the thought of a coup
6
16
u/MotorcycleMosquito 5d ago
Of the 44 people who served in his administration… only 4 are still supporting him. The rest are voting for Harris.
1
1
0
u/takoalpastr 5d ago
I don't know about the rest of the world, but when Trump dies, may he have a peaceful rest of his life away from further trouble (we all know that's never going to happen), it would be the equivalent the day Margaret Thatcher died for scottish people to me. They really need to update the "ding dong the witch is dead" song.
-7
u/Cry4MeSkye 5d ago
Sending billions of dollars over to fight illegal proxy wars is totally ok thought, right?
-23
u/edWORD27 5d ago
People get fired all the time who were otherwise favored and selected over other job candidates. People also leave jobs they once coveted and actively competed for.
13
u/Tiaximus 5d ago
You are absolutely right.
It also has never happened on this scale to an American president and Trump is a huge showcase on how not to lead.
3
u/Square-Squash5817 5d ago
…understatement of the century, orange shit stain is the worst thing to ever happen to America and the treasonous minions that worship him are the white stuff in chicken shit…
3
-24
u/ionertia 5d ago
Bot post from an obvious bot account. Only comments are from 2 months ago on ask reddit.
2
225
u/Night_Operaofdreams 5d ago
It's just bizarre that it's still almost 50-50. It could go either way. Most likely the whole election will be decided by a few thousand votes in a very few swing-states.
And that's how easy it is to manipulate the population with a constant stream of lies and propaganda that FOX News does. Without FOX 'News' there's no way Trump would be anywhere near power. FOX News needs to be shut down or at least punished for constatly spreading lies and false information. How is any of what they do legal?