Trump goes on late-night social media rant demanding Democrats who spoke out on military justice be jailed [View all]
Source: The Independent
Trump goes on late-night social media rant demanding Democrats who spoke out on military justice be jailed
President continues to insist Democrats committed ‘sedition’ while avoiding another direct call for their deaths
John Bowden
in Washington, D.C.
Sunday 23 November 2025 15:26 GMT
Donald Trump issued another pair of calls for Democrats who spoke out against illegal orders to the military to be jailed late Saturday evening as he battles a sinking public image and unprecedented resistance within his own party on the Hill.
The president delivered his latest statements in the form of all-caps tirades on Truth Social, where he defended the supposed legal basis for charging members of the opposing political party with treason or seditious conspiracy. But even in doing so, he seemed to back away explicitly from calls for their executions, something he’d raised as a threat only days before.
But the president was clearly irked by the refusal of congressional Republicans to join him, and used one Truth Social post to insist that America’s legal scholars were on his side – without naming any. The episode marked just his latest crash-out stemming from the original issue: A video, posted by congressional Democratic members who served in the military, urging the commanders of the armed services to follow their constitutional duty to refuse illegal orders from the White House or Defense Department.
“MANY GREAT LEGAL SCHOLARS AGREE THAT THE DEMOCRAT TRAITORS THAT TOLD THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY MY ORDERS, AS PRESIDENT, HAVE COMMITTED A CRIME OF SERIOUS PROPORTION!” he argued.
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Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-democrats-truth-social-military-b2870791.html
Alternate link: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-goes-night-social-media-135814820.html
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