• gandalf_der_12te@discuss.tchncs.de
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    2 days ago

    In other words, trump intends to throw US citizens who disagree with trump in these camps as well.

    That’s gonna mean politically motivated disappearances, abductions, a.k.a. state sponsored terrorism.

    The question is, can the states protect their own people against the Federal Government?

    I did some research and found that:

    • the Army branch of the military has 500K active troops and 300K reservists. The national guard has 200K troops. Both can be commanded by the president, hypothetically.
    • Additionally, the US has 200K federal police officers (FBI, …) and 900K state / local police officers. I guess this means approximately 1 Million officers are under state control across the whole US?

    Just to give you an idea of troop strengths, in case a civil war does break out.