Trump's ominous move to recruit generals and admirals to his political cause

When a federal judge rebuked the Trump administration’s use of the military in Los Angeles earlier this month, he included a little-noticed but shocking footnote.

After National Guard Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman privately objected to the administration’s planned show of force in the city’s MacArthur Park, the footnote said top Department of Homeland Security official Gregory Bovino set about “questioning Sherman’s loyalty to the country.”

Sherman is an Iraq veteran with 30 years of service, and here was a political appointee suggesting he was disloyal for questioning the administration’s plans.

The scene epitomized the political pressure military leaders face as Trump presses forward with deploying the military on US soil and even saying that US cities could be used a “training ground” for troops, as he did Tuesday. His remarkable speech to military generals and admirals in Quantico, Virginia, took things to another level.

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