"In the book, “American Crusade,” Hegseth ties his belief in an existential struggle over America’s “native” and “Judeo-Christian” culture to the Crusades, writing that
Christians, along with their “Jewish friends
and freedom-loving people everywhere,”
must fight back against secularism,
leftism,
globalism
and Muslim immigration.
“See you on the battlefield,” he writes in closing out the book. “Together, with God’s help, we will save America. Deus vult!”
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"The Deus Vult tattoo, which appears on Hegseth’s arm as early as 2018,
invokes a phrase that has grown popular among some Christians — it is the rallying cry of a Catholic school in New Jersey and the title of a podcast hosted by two Catholic priests.
But it has also been used by extremists,
including the man who opened fire on two New Zealand mosques in 2019 — killing 49 Muslims —
and white nationalists, such as some of those who marched in Charlottesville in 2017.
It appeared on at least one flag carried by rioters on Jan. 6."
What Type of "Christians" is the crux of the issue.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/2024/11/16/pete-hegseth-tattoo-national-guard/.
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"Secret Service agents rushed President Donald Trump to a White House bunker on Friday night
as hundreds of protesters gathered outside the executive mansion,
some of them throwing rocks and tugging at police barricades.
Trump spent nearly an hour in the bunker, which was designed for use in emergencies like terrorist attacks,"
"My presence in that moment and in that environment created
a perception of
the military involved in domestic politics."
Milley has drawn pointed criticism from retired military officers not only for accompanying the president in what turned out to be
a staged photo-op in front of a boarded-up St. John's Church,
but for having done so dressed in baggy battle fatigues.
The four-star Army general appeared to express regret for that as well."
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Trump and Miller have described plans to federalize state national guard personnel and deploy them for immigration enforcement, including
sending troops from friendly Republican-governed states
into neighboring states with governors who decline to participate.
Miller has also advocated for building
large-scale detention “camps” and tents.
In his first post-election interview, Trump told NBC News that he had “no choice” but to implement a mass deportation plan, regardless of cost.
“It’s not a question of a price tag,”
"Trump at various points claimed he would deport
at least 15 million – and even as many as 20 million
– people who are in the US illegally"
Sure, fascist.
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"The Supreme Court's majority opinion didn't address
whether
a president would be immune
from prosecution for assassinating
a political rival while in office.
Many saw that omission as conspicuous given Sotomayor's dissenting opinion – which was joined by her fellow Democratic-appointed justices, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson – accused the majority of providing cover for just that.
"Orders the Navy’s Seal Team 6 to
assassinate a political rival? Immune," Sotomayor wrote.
"If the president can kill his political rivals without consequence, who's going to prosecute him?
Then he can just kill the prosecutor. .
The judge says it's illegal?
Then he just kills the judge."
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