He needs enough support that his most rabid fans will keep calling into congress with death threats if they don’t let Trump do whatever he wants. The calls to congressional offices asking them to do fucking anything will drown those out.
Active duty service members look at how much veterans benefits are being cut–things they were planning on having for themselves later–which means the military isn’t a reliable path to maintaining indefinite power. If Hegseth goes down, then they’ve thrown away any chance of controlling the military. He was supposed to be The Guy for that.
He’s got ICE and maybe the FBI. Those can cause havoc on individuals, such as Gaza protesters and green card holders, but they’re too small to grip the entire nation.
A lot will come down to city police and county sheriffs throwing in their support.
He needs enough support that his most rabid fans will keep calling into congress with death threats if they don’t let Trump do whatever he wants. The calls to congressional offices asking them to do fucking anything will drown those out.
Active duty service members look at how much veterans benefits are being cut–things they were planning on having for themselves later–which means the military isn’t a reliable path to maintaining indefinite power. If Hegseth goes down, then they’ve thrown away any chance of controlling the military. He was supposed to be The Guy for that.
He’s got ICE and maybe the FBI. Those can cause havoc on individuals, such as Gaza protesters and green card holders, but they’re too small to grip the entire nation.
A lot will come down to city police and county sheriffs throwing in their support.