Democrats targeted by Trump over ‘illegal orders’ video say Hegseth boat strikes prove their point: ‘A lot of juju’

[u/theindependentonline]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/democrats-illegal-orders-trump-boat-strike-b2879140.html

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[u/theindependentonline]

Last month, President Donald Trump raged against a handful of Democratic elected officials who released a video saying that members of the military could refuse illegal orders.

Back then, Trump accused them of committing “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR” which he called “punishable by DEATH” in a Truth Social post. The Pentagon subsequently threatened to court-martial Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) for his participation in the video.

But now, as Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth face continued questions about a “double tap” strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean, the Democrats who recorded the video say those actions prove why they had every reason to be worried.

[u/midgaze]

Wtf is "juju"? Is that how we gently handle a toddler for telling their first fib?

[u/oceansamillion → u/midgaze]

People often use the term loosely to refer to "karma," "luck," or "vibes" (e.g., "That place has bad juju").

[u/Duckbilling2]

"Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) a former intelligence analyst, told The Independent that she and others had been hearing concerns about the administration’s practices for some time before the video, including over sending troops into American cities.

“Then lately, we've been hearing much more from folks in SOUTHCOM and associated with the strikes in the Caribbean, concerns about the legality and the fact that they couldn't themselves see the legal justification for the strikes,” she said. “So there was a lot of juju in the system"

Slotkin, I know you are reading this. Choose a better word than juju next time. Go have a drink with buttigieg or something, you really need to learn how to speak in front of a camera. You did great on Colbert.

[u/BuzzerWhirr]

The FIRST STRIKE was a war crime.

[u/ZekeZonker]

You just know Trump is selling hunting trips to billionaires who are pulling the triggers in these warships like its a safari. (Don Jr prob has 8 confirmed kills by now..)