The temptation for Trump to emulate South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will be overwhelming.
Why not shut up the critics, in Congress and the media, by declaring martial law when the going gets tough?
“The US Constitution allows for the suspension of habeas corpus which is in effect martial law,” David Maxwell, a retired U.S. army special forces colonel, reminds the Daily Beast. “That is a presidential decision and one which he will make based on his assessment of the threat to the constitution and the nation.”Having shown zero tolerance for the most well-meaning of critics, Trump would no doubt be more than happy to resort to that stratagy if the next Congress were dominated by Democrats.
Not to worry, though. Trump is not burdened by such atavistic precepts. He did not hesitate to fire his first defense secretary, the retired marine general Jim Mattis, and pillory the chairman of the armed forces chiefs of staff, General Mark Milley, one of his strongest critics. We can be sure he will name friends and allies to those posts despite the embarrassment of his first choice for defense secretary, the alleged womanizer and Fox News talking head, Pete Hegseth.
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