Martial law? [View all]
...could the general wisdom among the media be wrong, with Trump and Hegseth actually organizing a Project 2026 plan for a mass military takeover of Democratic cities as Trump has basically promised?
I mean, you have to ask.
Robert Costa @costareports 1h
Per WashPost, President Trump will attend the gathering of generals...
Trump to attend gathering of top generals, upending last-minute plans
“We have confirmation from the White House that POTUS is now attending the speech on Tuesday,” according to a planning document sent Saturday and viewed by The Washington Post.
The addition of the president at Quantico will now put the Secret Service in charge of securing the event. Hundreds of the military’s top commanding generals and admirals, ranked one-star and above, along with their senior enlisted leaders were ordered to attend by Hegseth last week. The orders provided no reason for the event and initially raised concern among attendees and military officials that he was gathering the group to inform them of mass firings or demotions.
“It’s the mother of all photo ops,” said Eugene R. Fidell, a military law expert at Yale Law School. The potential for the event to be politicized, and add to the politicization of the military, “is tremendously concerning and should be tremendously concerning to the American people.”
Trump’s deployment order also comes just days after he signed an executive order directing the nation’s law enforcement and military capabilities to be used against “domestic terrorism and organized political violence,” an edict that gives the administration sweeping powers to investigate and prosecute a broad array of political opponents.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/09/28/trump-hegseth-speech-generals-quantico-security/
...flashback:
The post, originally shared by a user named “Extremely Stable Genius,” features a black-and-white image of Abraham Lincoln along with a caption comparing modern-day sanctuary city mayors to Southern governors who rebelled during the Civil War. It goes further, suggesting that President Trump should “declare martial law,” arrest mayors, appoint military governors, and restore the rule of law—just like Lincoln did.”
Trump reshared the post without adding a caption of his own, but the endorsement of the message by reposting it is being viewed by many as a serious escalation in rhetoric against cities that refuse to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/politics/government/trump-just-reposted-a-martial-law-message-and-people-are-sounding-the-alarm/ar-AA1JBzwG
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