U.S. magazine "NEWS WEEK" revealed Thursday, December 24, 2020 that military commanders in the U.S. military are on high alert, ...
U.S. magazine "NEWS WEEK" revealed Thursday, December 24, 2020 that military commanders in the U.S. military are on high alert, fearing what the outgoing president might do in his few remaining days in office, amid a blur of what Donald Trump plans to do on the day of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
The military leaders in charge of the Washington area are making contingency plans in anticipation of calling in the military during the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden on January 20, US magazine quoted an official who asked not to be identified.
Trump may do an unexpected action.
Some leaders also pointed to a deep fear that Trump would do an uncalculated action," like taking pro-Trump gunmen and militias to the streets in Washington, creating chaos and preventing Biden's inauguration, and then imposing martial law and asking for military intervention."
A retired attorney general also explained that current President Donald Trump may wrongly exploit the powers granted to him under the declared emergency law due to the coronavirus pandemic, noting that "some of his supporters are trying to convince him that he has unlimited powers and that he is above the law."
Indications of what Trump intends to do
The magazine notes that the military has actually been dragged into the debate on this issue at a time when everyone assumed the security establishment was far from this political argument.
This came especially after retired General Michael Flynn, President Donald Trump's first national security adviser for whom he recently issued an amnesty order, raised the subject of martial law on the conservative Channel Newsmax last week, saying "the president should use the military to seize the polls and 'recount' votes in some states."
Flynn also argued that the president could reinstate the entire electoral process if he wanted to, in a proposal that was widely denounced by retired officers, in what one described as a"stain on his uniform."
It is noteworthy that days ago the British newspaper "The Independent" reported that Trump had discussed the option of using the military to rewrite the results of the last presidential election in which Biden defeated him.
According to Information reported by the newspaper on the subject, some senior officials have expressed opposition to Trump's plan, which is part of his search for alternative options to circumvent his loss.
Constant rejection and calls for war
Outgoing US President Donald Trump still does not recognize the outcome of the election that brought his Democratic rival Donald Trump to power, considering the election results to be rigged, calling his supporters to war for him.
This was stated in a video posted by Trump last week on his official Twitter account, under the title "fight for Trump.. Save America, Save the world", in which he again urged his supporters to come out strongly in order to reject the election results.
Donald Trump showed off a number of rallies and demonstrations during the campaign, some of which took place not only in the United States, but also in a host of world capitals, such as Kenya, South Korea and the Israeli entity, where many of his supporters came out to support him.
The move left many reactions, especially those critical of Trump's continued insistence on not acknowledging his defeat, with a number of commentators calling Trump a "war for America" and"not for Trump," while his supporters supported him and promised to come out to support him.
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