• LillyPip@lemmy.ca
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    10 days ago

    He does, but anyone following illegal orders doesn’t. Sure, he could pardon them, but only after a long, expensive, and potentially life-changing legal battle after which they’re convicted.

    That doesn’t sound like a fight most regular troops should want to gamble on.

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        10 days ago

        That’s true, but trump is transactional. He and Giuliani were selling them for 2 million a pop. How many military regulars can afford one? Why should trump care to pardon them if they can’t give him something?

        If I was rank-and-file, I wouldn’t take that bet.