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Originally Posted by crockett
I'm pretty certain the military would not act on the orders of a deranged madman. That's not the issue. The issue is that Trump is such a deranged madman that he thinks he can give those orders.
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In theory the U.S. military "serves at the pleasure of the President". They do not take orders from Donald Trump, but instead take orders from the President of the United States. If Donald Trump is removed from the office the U.S. military will not "have his back". He will have zero power in the United States government, and zero power with the United States military.
At the same time, the U.S. military will not follow an unlawful order.
Some interesting notes... The U.S. military traditionally leans Republican, however, since Trump has been elected he has been losing support in the U.S. military from a high of 46% to a low of 31%. Support for Trump with Veterans remains unusually high.