Concerns have been raised within the military command that US President Donald Trump may mobilize US troops in the event of post-election protests, suggesting the possibility of opposition to the presidential election.
Senior leaders of the U.S. Department of Defense told the New York Times (NYT) on the 25th (local time) that they are talking internally about what to do if President Trump invokes the Insurrection Act to put troops into the protest scene on the premise of anonymity. Delivered.
The reason for the concern is that President Trump remains in command of the military even after Election Day until the next president takes office early next year.
The basic position of the US military is that the military is a non-political organization, but if civil unrest over the results of the presidential election arises and the incumbent president orders the US military to suppress it, it could be in a difficult situation.
In a written response to the House of Representatives last month, JC Chairman Mark Milley said, "I deeply believe in the principle of the U.S. military unrelated to politics." "We have to solve it", but it's unlikely that President Trump will mess with the "military mobilization" card.
President Trump has already hinted at the possibility of using troops based on the Riot Suppression Act during protests triggered by the death of black George Floyd by a white policeman.
At that time, the NYT said President Trump had stepped down against the opposition of Joint Chiefs of Staff Milly and Defense Secretary Mark Esper.
At that time, the Joint Chiefs of Staff Millie immediately apologized when he was accused of'breaking the principle of non-political intervention' in uniform and accompanied by President Trump's visit to the church in Washington, DC, in the midst of protests.
Meanwhile, senior defense officials told NYT that if President Trump attempts to mobilize troops to quell the post-election unrest, senior generals, starting with the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Millie, could resign one after another.
One of these is General Charles Brown, the first black Air Force Chief of Staff in US history.
In a video message shortly after the George Floyd incident, Chief of Staff Brown said in a video message "I think about my own experiences and the history of racial issues that have not always celebrated freedom and equality."
Some have argued that the US military leadership should go beyond adhering to the non-political principle and take proactive measures against President Trump's dissent.
Former Iraqi war veterans John Nagle and Paul Engling posted an open letter to the Joint Chiefs of Staff Millie on the Defense One, a military website, on the 11th of last month. You have to bring him down and you have to give him the order."
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