I remember that there was a fair amount of concern that Nixon would refuse to turn over the secret WH tapes despite the court order, and that he would use the military to resist complying with the order. But even Nixon had a few shreds of respect for the institutions of the government, while Trump seems to have none.

Jeffy is recused, remember?

I don't know why it keeps coming up

It would make it more believable.

They'd resist the orders.

The US is probably closer to a coup with trump in office than ever before in history.

And why is this speculation any less silly than what a Fox News commentator would say?

It happen if they had to subpoena records from the WH?
Basically everyone was explaining how it went down w Nixon and what various scenarios could happen if Trump was resisting the processes of our institutions. Basically to the point of not letting anyone on WH grounds. So it was just one of many comments speculating on all possibilities.

If you don’t know who he is.....why are you here???

seriesly

Try a little googling

Holy LORDY!

Sad!

As the other poster says, he probably knows more about hair shitler’s finances than anyone

Certainly more than T himself

Ever try typing while snorting?

Made my day!

Google "Site Search" is on every DU page.

how did you pose your inq?

I is not gud at that

My search was the DU username and David Cay J's full name and it popped up in the list.

lol

I mean OMG...That is hilarious!

has known tRump for over 27 yrs, do a goggle search on him. You will be quite surprised what he knows about Donald.

He write 2 books on the maggot?
I'd rather study the ebola virus....

DCJ is a prof.

He is also a journalist, and has written a book about Trump (worth reading).

He's also written a book about what Republicans are doing, the title is something like It's Worse than you Think. I haven't read that yet.

He was also talking about a potential involvement with Russians during the campaign.

Theorists.

heavens man!!

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028792064

who writes mostly about tax and economic issues. He has a very long track record in this area. He's not a celebrity journalist, just one who is in the trenches covering this stuff.

His book Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With The Bill came out in 2007 and was scary enough back then.

I most recently heard him interviewed by Amy Goodman. Her show Democracy Now is one I wish everyone here would watch or listen to. i wake up to her every morning.

I'd bet that he is generally the smartest man in any room that he's in.

Military officers' oath is to the constitution. That oath - for want of a better word - trumps the duty to obedience to the President. Military officers are taught from their earliest days they have a duty to disobey illegal orders - that obedience to orders is the "Nuremberg defense" and the Nuremberg defendants were hanged. After nearly thirty years of duty as an Army JAG, I know the lawyers would be screaming bloody murder threatening prosecution for sedition (Article 94, UCMJ).

I have no reason to believe that the military would participate in a coup d'etat.

pray tell?

Seems like they’d be good Germans, in the traditional sense, Nein?

However, lying for the boss is a fundamentally different thing than an armed insurrection. If the US military takes part in a coup d'etat, my disappointment will be the least of our problems. Nevertheless, I see no reason to believe that any such order would be seriously considered. If some commander marched on DC, every other commander in the area would be obliged by the sedition provisions of the UCMJ to intervene.

There are a host of things to worry about these days. This one is way down the list.

Doing anything

Do you think the Germans thought Hitler would turn out like he did?

It was all laid-out very clearly in Mein Kampf.

The disappointing bit from that story is that the Wehrmact succumbed and pledged its loyalty to Hitler personalty. I just don't believe the US military would go down that road. US soldiers are not nearly so compliant as pre-WWII German soldiers and they teach history at West Point.

What would we do about it?

He's going to call on his crazy base to defend him. Hopefully the military will be on our side.

he is a demented man and his base is 36% with guns.

to retain power and anyone who thinks he wouldn't isn't paying attention. Thankfully I doubt the military would be on board with it.

The military ignored him.

.......

tell Trump to get fucked.

Link to tweet

I can think of about 3...

this is not even on my list.

Trump’s WH photo op with all the generals and spouses. Was he trying to cement their loyalty to him?

He wrote a book about trumpy years ago and tried to capitalize on his "insight" for years. Only guest I saw that Rachel had to calm down. She did it politely, but he was going off the rails about trumpy's one page leaked tax return

Do some reading on this thread alone, for starters

He’s one of the few journalists currently worthy of the term, and was simply answering the question put to him contextually

JFC

Jumpstart for the ignorant:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2017/03/15/david-cay-johnston/99202670/

Doesn’t even mention his key role in the panama Papers

JFC

The military leaders appointed by him are loyalists to him and not our country and they would back him, but would the ordinary rank and file officer and service person follow the treasonous anti-American self protecting orders to hurt other Americans or destroy institutions? That's the real question.

but I'm hoping he's completely wrong about this.

I can see Trump attempting to do so, but I don't see him pulling it off. I think our military is far too smart to allow it.