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I hope he can’t have people who refuse to carry out his orders shot. He certainly will try to do that. He has a tutor (Putin) who will no doubt guide his plans for Canada, Greenland, Panama and perhaps Mexico. How he manages all of that I think we will see. The key will be, the junior officers, both commissioned and non-commissioned, like Sargents, Captains and Majors. Will they obey commands that involve plans to invade Canada etc? That will be the key. If they hold back and refuse, it’s hard to see how any plans will work. But I agree with your thoughts on how megalomaniacal Trump is beginning to behave. I agree his rants about the destruction of the Houthi’s definitely give one pause as to what is likely to come next. This administration is increasingly becoming unhinged, which is frighteningly dangerous to us all given the realities of the firepower at his disposal were it to back his craziness without question. I truly hope that there are enough junior staff in the army who have their wits about them and are not ready to commit to the kind of violence that people like Hegseth, Patel and Homan might wish to unleash at their fuhrer’s request. How tragically sad that we even have to worry about this? Unimaginable, I would have thought, just a few weeks ago.

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