Exclusive: Donald Trump's Martial-Law Talk
Has Military on Red Alert
Newsweek,
by
William M. Arkin
Original Article
Posted By: OhioNick,
12/24/2020 5:09:39 PM
Pentagon and Washington-area military leaders are on red alert, wary of what President Donald Trump might do in his remaining days in office. Though far-fetched, ranking officers have discussed what they would do if the president declared martial law. And military commands responsible for Washington DC are engaged in secret contingency planning in case the armed forces are called upon to maintain or restore civil order during the inauguration and transition period. According to one officer who spoke to Newsweek on condition of anonymity, the planning is being kept out of sight of the White House and Trump loyalists in the Pentagon for fear that it would be shut down.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
TrueBlueWfan 12/24/2020 5:15:01 PM (No. 640836)
So now the military does not have to listen to the Commander-in-Chief. Sounds like round 5 in the coup athon.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
ramona 12/24/2020 5:15:08 PM (No. 640837)
Well the secret is out now! Way to go, Newsweak. Now go see if you can find Hillary's emails.
Oops.
Ramona (the Pest)
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
columba 12/24/2020 5:23:17 PM (No. 640841)
NEWSWEEK LIES AGAIN.
The fact of the mention of mrtial law by an advisor TO the President is a fact. The rest is NEWSWEEK's imagination.
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No one is talking Marshall law except loonies in the liberal media.
They like to build up straw men.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Moritz55 12/24/2020 5:27:35 PM (No. 640844)
In the immortal words of Charlie Brown: “Good grief!”
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Dodge Boy 12/24/2020 5:31:32 PM (No. 640846)
Typical reporting from a one-dollar magazine rag.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
JL80863 12/24/2020 5:33:14 PM (No. 640847)
Thanks #2.(PS, you're not a pest)
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NEWSWEAK is Treasonous.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
ho72 12/24/2020 5:37:01 PM (No. 640854)
This has been a prog-tard talking point for weeks if not months, that Trump would declare martial law to invalidate the election and install himself as the Supreme Commander / Dictator of the USA.
Strangely, I'm ok with that. :)
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
udanja99 12/24/2020 5:38:41 PM (No. 640856)
MARTIAL! Not Marshall!!!!!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
HotPatty 12/24/2020 5:45:55 PM (No. 640861)
More NEWSWEEK fake news crap.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Californian 12/24/2020 5:50:28 PM (No. 640862)
All anonymous. All retired. Not a single quote or reference to someone who is active duty, anonymous or not, who is engaged in these alleged discussion that are being held in dark Smokey rooms.
Some Newsweek clown had a deadline, wrote up some fantasy nonsense, all anonymous, submitted for publication and the editor didn't bother to question any of it because it met Newsweek's low standards.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Scribelus 12/24/2020 5:55:25 PM (No. 640863)
Every member of the armed forces takes an oath to “...obey the orders of the President of the United States...”. Politicians promise to follow the laws and the Constitution. Except for Democrats, who live by betrayal.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
Quigley 12/24/2020 5:58:50 PM (No. 640864)
An anonymous source has warned that nasty pelousey is planning to steal Christmas.
Let’s have a discussion of what to do if she does.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
curious1 12/24/2020 6:04:28 PM (No. 640867)
He needs to invoke the Insurrection Act for those states where election fraud was rampant.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
john56 12/24/2020 6:04:38 PM (No. 640868)
Fortunately for the coup plotters, their plans remsin secret. Nobody reads Newsweek.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
chumley 12/24/2020 6:15:44 PM (No. 640870)
Funny, we enlisted swine had a similar talk (among ourselves) during the Klinton years about what we would do if called upon to take arms against our countrymen. I dont remember what prompted the conversations, but the consensus was we would take our rifles and vehicles and join the American patriots.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
MindMadeUp 12/24/2020 6:26:06 PM (No. 640874)
Saber rattling (although with fake, tin sabers) to try and intimidate Trump into being afraid to use the military. Ha! Fat chance you could do that.
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
SALady 12/24/2020 6:50:53 PM (No. 640883)
The Lie-berals at the NY-Time-waster came up with this insane rumor about President Trump declaring martial law.
He immediately called it for the BS that it was.
So, of course, every other BS Lie-beral rag sheet is now running with the "fact" that President Trump is declaring martial law any minute now.
Sadly, as each new day passes, and I see just how vile and evil the Lie-berals of this country have become, I am truly believing more and more that Civil War 2 may be the only thing that saves this republic!!!!
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
LeeBertie 12/24/2020 6:57:09 PM (No. 640884)
WOW!!!
Look at all those brave,yes, even HEROIC, senior and former senior military commanders speaking ON THE RECORD and FOR ATTRIBUTION about contingency plans.
There's an "officer who spoke to Newsweek on condition of anonymity" and yet another "officer who spoke to Newsweek on condition of anonymity", and "half-dozen officers in similar positions", along with "one retired judge advocate general" and "a former Northern Command (NORTHCOM) commander (who) also requested anonymity", and even "a former national security council staffer who spoke off the record".
Such is the selfless respect for civilian control of the military and the high degree of personal courage ingrained in America's 21st century military culture.
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Reply 21 - Posted by:
droopydog 12/24/2020 7:08:00 PM (No. 640886)
News-Weak or News-Tweak, take your pick.
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Reply 22 - Posted by:
stablemoney 12/24/2020 7:13:55 PM (No. 640888)
There is no Trump martial law talk. Trump said explicitly this is fake news. How much plainer can Trump be for Newsweek, who should quit making up stories.
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Reply 23 - Posted by:
sagman 12/24/2020 7:33:51 PM (No. 640902)
Arkin has been a left wing hack/journalist for a long time. When you see his byline, best to just move on and not waste a minute reading his drivel.
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Reply 24 - Posted by:
Norway 12/24/2020 7:34:29 PM (No. 640903)
More 'anonymous sources.' Newsweak makes sh^^ up....again.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
red1066 12/24/2020 7:38:45 PM (No. 640908)
This is a BS report. As is the notion that Trump isn't in the loop or that the Trump needs to be kept out of the loop.
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Reply 26 - Posted by:
Krause 12/24/2020 7:43:21 PM (No. 640911)
I’m so used to lefty headlines I can spot them a mile away.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
Urgent Fury 12/24/2020 7:55:02 PM (No. 640920)
So he's NOT rolling the tanks? Bummer.
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Reply 28 - Posted by:
Venturer 12/24/2020 7:56:45 PM (No. 640922)
There won't be any need for martial law unless the legal system of law states that Trump won.
In that case the liberals will go wild and it may be necessary
If thing stand as they are trump will leave and Biden will be inaugurated------if he can remember the words.
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Reply 29 - Posted by:
montwoodcliff 12/24/2020 8:12:15 PM (No. 640931)
It's "Newsweep" people. Boy, Trump is living rent-free in the heads of the Commies! If he calls out the military, it will be to put down the likes of Antifa and BLM, who will be doing the rioting. Besides, these military people are Obama lackeys, the ones he put in to replace the good guys he fired. Trump can fire them too.
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Reply 30 - Posted by:
Imright 12/24/2020 8:15:09 PM (No. 640933)
Very Interesting.....FTA: ~~ "Similarly, officers who were willing to speak about the subject insisted on anonymity, fearful that use of their names might provoke the ire of the president. They feared that publicly stated opposition to the president's scheme to undermine the election—whether that is to proclaim martial law, to seize voting machines, or even to halt Congress from ratifying state elector's results on January 6—could actually embolden Donald Trump to act."~~
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Reply 31 - Posted by:
NYbob 12/24/2020 8:17:47 PM (No. 640934)
Before we go there, how about arresting William M. Arkin and everyone at Newsweak for inciting riots and aiding the enemy? You know most other times in history Billy would be mulling over his lies in a cold, dark, cell. President Trump is far too gentle for rats like this. Billy is working hard to start something, so nip it in the bud, I say.
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Reply 32 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 12/24/2020 8:20:07 PM (No. 640936)
Liar, liar, pants on fire.
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Reply 33 - Posted by:
clipped wings 12/24/2020 8:21:51 PM (No. 640938)
My editor's sense has reached a point of irritation that demands a comment. "Martial Law" refers to the military taking over. A useful definition comes from Wikipedia. "Martial law is the temporary imposition of direct military control of normal civil functions or suspension of civil law by a government, especially in response to a temporary emergency where civil forces are overwhelmed, or in an occupied territory."
There was once an operation called the "Marshall plan," but that was an aid program for European countries, devastated by WWII
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Reply 34 - Posted by:
brother ram 12/24/2020 8:41:24 PM (No. 640952)
Remember your oath . . . .defend against all enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC . . . . not really choice.
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Reply 35 - Posted by:
chance_232 12/24/2020 8:57:08 PM (No. 640962)
Once upon a time, people were commenting here that Obama would declare martial law to prevent an election. It didn't happen then, and it won't happen now.
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Reply 36 - Posted by:
passchendaele 12/24/2020 9:44:34 PM (No. 640985)
F off, Newsweek.
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Reply 37 - Posted by:
The Remnants 12/24/2020 10:52:40 PM (No. 641013)
Dear Newsweek: It is a lie that the President considered martial law.
Is it true that your company was sold for a dollar?
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Reply 38 - Posted by:
web 12/25/2020 2:13:57 AM (No. 641065)
So, if President Trump presents proof of voter fraud and foreign interference in the election, (not that our less than useless and treasonous so-called media would report it) and invokes the provisions of his executive order, these military officers are going to commit treason and refuse to obey his lawful orders?
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Reply 39 - Posted by:
SavageRider 12/25/2020 5:39:04 AM (No. 641109)
This is the best laugh of the day. FTA: “ According to one officer who spoke to Newsweek on condition of anonymity, the planning is being kept out of sight of the White House and Trump loyalists in the Pentagon for fear that it would be shut down.” Well, cat’s out of the bag now. One of those Trump loyalists surely knows about it now that Newsweak has blabbed.
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Reply 40 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 12/25/2020 6:37:06 AM (No. 641130)
Good, do it and have the military confiscate the election machines for an independent audit. Then indict the governors that certified the fraudulent results.
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Reply 41 - Posted by:
DCGIRL 12/25/2020 6:41:54 AM (No. 641134)
I say do it and have the military confiscate all the voting machines for an independent audit. When election fraud is detected, indict every governor that certified the election for Biden. They were in on it.
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Reply 42 - Posted by:
BarryNo 12/25/2020 7:41:39 AM (No. 641159)
In other words, they are are acting like traitors, who should be taken out and shot.
Trump is still CIC. You brasshats work for him.
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Reply 43 - Posted by:
Strike3 12/25/2020 9:14:47 AM (No. 641229)
Fake News. The Supreme Court has failed us but the US Military will not.
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Reply 44 - Posted by:
cheeflo 12/25/2020 10:21:50 AM (No. 641290)
Have I missed something? When has Trump ever talked about martial law? Only the losers and has-beens have ... they wish.
What a pantload.
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