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Trump’s First Executive Order May Be a Military Purge (newrepublic.com)

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The order could place the military under the president’s total command, like never before.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Every interpretation of contrarian says you are against the popular opinion.

Non-native speaker here so wait a second, doesn't contrarian mean against the popular opinion for the sake of it, not because you reasoned that the popular opinion is wrong? That's what I intended when I said contrarian at least. Anyway let me rephrase: Trump's appointments will (I hope at least) hamper long-term US goals in the region, which viewed completely on its own is a good thing because, well... I probably don't need to explain that part. That single good thing, of course, doesn't outweigh the host of problems created by a Trump-controlled military, including the death and destruction he'll inflict along the way, but it's something I guess.