Courtney Kube, NBC News correspondent for national security and the military, talks with Rachel Maddow about whether Donald Trump is actually invoking the Insurrection Act to allow him to deploy U.S. troops on U.S. soil against Americans. Aired on 6/2/2020.
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Pentagon Not Clear On Trump Threat To Use Military On Americans | Rachel Maddow | MSNBC
In East Germany the commies power collapsed when their soldiers refused to crush their own people. Be very careful here @U.S. government.
That was preceded by 66 years of soldiers crushing their own people. Don’t be complacent now, because those freedoms are slipping away fast.
@DC Means I Oh I agree with you on weak Democrats, I want a conniving rule breaking Liberal version of Mitch McConnell, breaking rules to destroy hate filled republican laws just like Mitch destroys helpful caring Liberal bills. I want a Grim Reaper for all republican policies.
@Bryan Lee I live in Northern Michigan and feel Canada would be better stewards of the Great Lakes and tributaries. Once this insane 2 party mafia style government blows up over here I hope they get this section of states under their power. I’m all in for that right now.
Yes we will not fire upon our own people, let Trump come out and face what he has created
@Mike MUC Very well expressed, thanks. Best wishes from the UK.
When China threatened to use their military against the Hong Kong protesters after months of unrest, the US and the West were quick to condemn Beijing. Ironically too, HK Governor Carrie Lam never hid inside a bunker.
Only she ain’t got no bunker to hide….
@Ronin Thanks A bunker at the governor’s residence was created where the British WW2 governor hid.
L8 Bloom3r lmao that’s why he’s so intimidated by women. He knows that women have more sense and backbone than he ever will
Meanwhile, fox news disabled the comment sections. And the propaganda continues.
They aren’t a News Organization, the are an Entertainment Channel. With just Show Business Schills for The POS POTUS. None are real Journalists!..😎💪🇺🇸
Report them for obvious propaganda.
I know, like him walking away from the press, the VOICE OF THE PEOPLE.
@Mickey Holler Fox news has started habitually disabling the comments on most of their YouTube videos because their own viewers were constantly engaging in blatant racism in the comments that didn’t jibe with their propaganda, and were also being shouted down by a much larger anti-Trump contingent which just made them look bad. Basically they can’t win an honest argument so they just don’t allow it.
They are afraid of what their viewers will post. They honestly would rather not know.
“land of the free”
“best country”
yeah, I highly doubt that
@Madhujya Burhagohain yes it is. Under Trump’s “leadership”, the US looks like the best funded 3rd world country.
You are sowing discord and fear
Stop wasting our time
@avid Non pointing out how ridiculous the US looks like is not sowing fear. It should people wake up. This hmis not normal, this is an fascism in the making.
Not under trump
@Rebecca Williquette especially under Trump 🤣 the US is the laughing stock of the world.
Be careful what you ask for Donald.
If Trump goes too far, the military will mutiny.
I think the Generals will wait till Friday, by which time DT will have forgotten. Most everything Donald Trump ever says goes away without incident.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/16/politics/trump-top-lines-2019/index.html
https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/president-trumps-first-100-days/promises-promises-what-trump-said-he-would-do-hasn-t-n748531
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/05/trumps-lies-about-coronavirus/608647/
And so on, and so on. Anyone can crush revolts and allocate blame, we need leadership.
ASK PUTIN!!!! HE IS GUIDING TRUMP!!!!
Son stop it now……..its past your bed time
Exactly! Both have secretly studied all our laws, our policies, classified, intricate, and otherwise. They have focused, intently, on the hoopholes. The two heads, are simply, edging, inching, torturing, focusing on all elements, to timely, make the revolting, anarchy happen! God! Put on YOUR HEAVY SPIRITUAL ARMOUR OF PROTECTION on us all! WE HUMBLY, BESEECH YOU, please! Guide us! Please God! Ensure, anarchy, never, ever, prevail in this land! Amen and Amen!
@Margaret Alexander if (and that is a big IF) that is true, Putin is only using Trump to destroy America. No other reason I can think of. Trump is no match for Putin intellectually. I just find it strange that in the middle of this pandemonium, Trump felt compelled to call his big brother.
Start with the government, the Republicans and campaign donors firstly. They are in charge for destroying US democracy, health and wealth and international influence. China, India and Russia cannot believe all their fortune….they simply have to sit ,wait and watch the USA committing suicide.
@Troy Stocker You clearly didn’t read them
Are you better off today than four years ago? Do you feel safer today than four years ago? Do you trust your current elected leaders more than four years ago? Do you feel that your current elected leader has accomplished the promises made four years ago? Are you financially more confident than four years ago? Has your quality of life improved any more than four years ago?Ask yourself those question on 3 November 2020 & vote accordingly.
@passion4posh I don’t care if you believe it or not! Truth hurts sometimes! Luck doesn’t run my business! Skills do!
@geezusispan Just read Christinas responses!
@Adventure54 You are a true Bozo the Clown!!!!
@D B Yup! You know what that is right?
@james morton Yes Really!! You mean the worst for you when Trump wins again! I got you!
Susan Collins: “Trump has learned his lesson.” Trump: “Hold my.. diet coke.”
Wikipedia says: “Unlike most superheroes, Batman does not possess any inhuman superpowers. He does, however, possess a genius-level intellect and is a peerless martial artist, and his vast wealth affords him an extraordinary arsenal of weaponry and equipment.”
So Batman is exactly like Trump
@Thomas Yes, except he is FATman, without the genius intellect.
@Richard Reynolds No I said he’s exactly like him, not partially like him.
Trump’s the hero we deserve and the one we need right now.
@Thomas
Pity Trump’s reality distortion field can’t hide his true family identity! L😷L https://youtu.be/zyhUHJKfR5Y
WiiNV ok. https://youtu.be/u_aLESDql1U
HE IS HOLDING THE BIBLE UPSIDE DOWN!!! LOL
@Martin Sean witty response
That hydroxychloroquine is doing him no good.
Maybe he’s trying to hand it to you liberals, god knows you need one.
Pamela Jerousek, yes, if you hold any book upside down with the spine on the left it is both backwards and upside down. Another possibility is that Trump is backwards and upside down.
@Roshan vermezyari
I say Both!
Big man.
Wont serve in the military but wants to use it against his own people.
Who are the looters?
Start with the top 1% who wont help out now that times are tough.
@Troy Stocker okay you had your say, now crawl away….
@tyrone thomas I dont need a to run and bunker to hide. I dont talk tough,brag, bully and bullshyt my way thru life.Unlike Trump.
Who are the looters? American..
Thank u white man I’d like to formally invite u to my family cookout when its safe for black ppl to BBQ again 🤣🤣🤣
@trip tissle, thank you for that moment of humor and clarity. 🤣😂👍
He’s got more people in DC protesting than he had at his inauguration.😆😆😆😆😆
@Ra JeSh That’s exactly where you are missing the point. You don’t feel the need to be angry about the fatal use of unlawful police force. That doesn’t mean other people are feeling the same way. Whether you acknowledge it or not they are angry. They’re so angry they aren’t all thinking rationally. You can’t reason away their feelings.
@Dark Knight
They’re just the ones looting
Yes ! 👍🏼🗳💙
My God, Ra JeSh, if she can do that when she has no power, think of how wonderful she’d have been as President!
@Ra JeSh , lay off the hash man.
The people have the full rights under the American constitution , to protest in a civil orderly way.
@DC Means I DC like DC Comics? Wikipedia says: “Unlike most superheroes, Batman does not possess any inhuman superpowers. He does, however, possess a genius-level intellect and is a peerless martial artist, and his vast wealth affords him an extraordinary arsenal of weaponry and equipment.”
So Batman is exactly like Trump
The reality is that this situation was predictable right since early April! A leader’s (and in fact all politicians’) response to a pandemic should be a scientific one and focusing only on people’s health and well-being. When other things (such as election, propaganda and interfering into other countries’ internal affairs) get priority, frustration and violence is inevitable.
They also have the right to get rid of the current law enforcers or government and place new people who uphold the constitution in their place
Time to go home now. The rioters and looters have taken over and the governor’s refusals to go after them aggressively is only increasing Trump’s re-election chances.
Its really not about protest its more about the citys being destroyed and the ones that are being desructive .its takeng away the meaning of the protest
Trump is going to create a situation that makes Kent State look like a joke…
@Southvalleyfox Don’t be so sure.
Rioters already did that …..dont lose focus smart guy
@Craig D what an ignorant thing to say
Dump trump
YIKES!!!
By 2022, Mexico will thank Don for building that wall for them.
@James Coriell and?
@James Coriell It’s a fence, not a wall, and it doesn’t cover all the border
@James Coriell
What’s your point ??
What wall ?
@James Coriell shutup
It’s like listening Kim Jung Un claiming that democracy no longer exists.
Marcus Garvey who’s financing trumps war on Americans?
You are
Even a NK dictator hasn’t gotten so low.
This is a constitutional republic not a democracy.
Augustus Thurinus but you still get to vote right? I mean if your white and you own property? LOL
THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS FOR BUNKER BOY!
@David Stewart Most of the neighborhoods torched and looted were in minority neighborhoods…
Sending troops against your own people is an act of evoking civil war. That cannot and must not happen.
@Trudy Colborne i did nothing wrong
@Brian Powell Just issuing the order, albeit via tweet, is an act of war. Unprovoked.
I hope you are right… I can’t imagine a US military commander committing treason for Donald Trump when he will be gone in 8 months and they will still have to answer to a court martial.
Or a militaristic dictatorship.
civil war may be the only option this nation has to evoke change.
@D M That’s what Trump would say too. So how do you get out of it? You don’t I guess.
Wow, the protest in DC really shook him up. Making America great again means invoking laws from the 1800’s? Who knew ?!
@D M << I arrived here with many years of experience...
@Maggie Rezac and let me slow way down for you…….if you were you committed a crime…….wow….are you serious right now
kak2 Okay and could’ve served justice in a COURTHOUSE. A cop has no right to MURDER someone that is HANDCUFFED. Why CAN’T you trump supporters UNDERSTAND. If Floyd was WHITE, this story would’ve been completely different. If you support this cop or you are neutral about this cop MURDERING a HANDCUFFED BLACK man, then you ARE the problem.
Always believe the opposite of what comes out Trump’s mouth. Trump’s Great is Hate. Make America Hate Again.
It would fit the themes of racism in the government
Why are protesters demanding justice nationwide ?
Trump : Ask Chynah !
Lol good one.
world wide
It’s Antifa which are all Democrats burning your city to the ground.
@Fighter Pilot Not only Trump did not address and try to resolve the underlying issue ; he went on to exacerbate what could have been avoidable and now this .Whose fault is it ? George Floyd ?
@Brian Liew Is that all you can do is blame Trump? Antifa are all Democrats and they are looting and burning your cities down. It’s all Democrats rioting. Fact. Keep voting blue.
“Pentagon Not Clear On Trump Threat To Use Military On Americans” for which we should be thankful because it also means they’re also **not** clear on our #ImPOTUS45 being a “stable genius.” Nonetheless, may all reading this send a clear fact-check on Nov 3rd by voting for real change instead of more “Mourning in America.”
Today’s newspaper headlines read: “trump threatens to use military force” and “Biden pledges action on racism.” Two very different responses. Vote all Republicans out!