Re:When Not to Obey Orders (2019)
by Erem on Monday February 17, 2025 @02:51AM
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According to Trumps longest serving chief of staff, John Kelly, he regularly needed to be talked down from using the military on citizens:
> Mr. Kelly said that Mr. Trump was repeatedly told dating back to his first year in office why he should not use the U.S. military against Americans and the limits on his authority to do so. Mr. Trump nevertheless continued while in office to push the issue and claim that he did have the authority to take such actions, Mr. Kelly said.
> Mr. Kelly said that Mr. Trump was repeatedly told dating back to his first year in office why he should not use the U.S. military against Americans and the limits on his authority to do so. Mr. Trump nevertheless continued while in office to push the issue and claim that he did have the authority to take such actions, Mr. Kelly said.
From his Oct 2024 interview with NYT: https://web.archive.org/web/20250213113815/https://www.nytim...