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In reply to the discussion: So when will the Generals lock him up? [View all]regnaD kciN
(26,044 posts)10. True, but...
...it shouldn't be their call, except as an absolute last resort to prevent Armageddon. That is the role of his cabinet and Congress, via the 25th Amendment. Hopefully, enough of them will eventually be steered by literal self-preservation over party loyalty, because the former is just about the only thing that would suffice to break the latter.
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Could have fooled me with all the calls for locking up a political opponent who lost the race.
haveahart
Aug 2017
#22
I would predict if there was a military coup, it would be to keep him in power rather than take him
onenote
Aug 2017
#31
DT is a clear and present danger. He is the one who abides by no rules of democray and law.
haveahart
Aug 2017
#24
It will be done under the 25th amendment or their oath to protect the Constitution.
roamer65
Aug 2017
#13
Arthur Schlesinger, Nixon's SecDef, was said to have told the Joint Chiefs
The Velveteen Ocelot
Aug 2017
#9