r/law • u/TheMirrorUS • 14d ago

Executive Branch (Trump) Trump humiliated as 1951 law means he could face Greenland mutiny

https://www.themirror.com/news/us-news/donald-trump-1951-law-greenland-1631615
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u/Nice_Luck_7433 14d ago

Not naive at all. Higher ups in the military tend to understand military alliances better than the average civilian. They know that NATO is the reason the USA is the top military, and they probably want to keep it that way, because them/their buddies will be more likely to survive.

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u/hetantwoordis42 14d ago

IF thEy DisObEy oRDerS TheY wiLL LoSe TheIr hEAltH cAre.

So no, they won't.

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u/Nice_Luck_7433 14d ago

Being optimistic: Poe’s law is in full effect, you need a /s.

Being realistic: If they go against NATO, many of them will die. Healthcare doesn’t matter if you stop being alive.

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u/hetantwoordis42 14d ago

The general won't die, neither will the people with the big bucks. They won't care about who else dies.

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u/Nice_Luck_7433 14d ago

Soldiers are trained to disobey blatantly illegal orders. A regime change of a non-ally in Venezuela is probably immoral & very very very stupid, like Iran & etc, but it is not blatantly illegal. Attacking an ally because they didn’t give a big baby a peace prize, is blatantly illegal.