Trump’s “Marine Corps celebration” turns military power into political theater.
Bobby Jones warns that anytime the military enters a civilian environment, the risk of miscalculation and malfunction follows.
Sam Osterhout argues that cruelty has become communication — a government performing aggression for applause.
The growing dissent inside the ranks signals a military losing faith in its leaders.
The live-fire drills off the California coast mark a new low in the regime’s obsession with spectacle. While millions gather for the No Kings protests, the White House stages its own show — a premature Marine Corps “birthday” complete with artillery arcing over civilian highways. It’s a distraction dressed in camouflage, a calculated attempt to turn national defense into a campaign prop. The message isn’t about unity or honor; it’s about control through chaos.
That shift — from leadership to performance — has become the defining feature of this administration. The jets over Epstein victims, the military salutes, the endless talk of strength — it all functions as theater, meant to threaten rather than protect. When governments turn force into language, they replace purpose with fear. It’s no longer about safeguarding the nation; it’s about reminding the nation who holds the trigger.
Inside the military, that performance is losing its audience. Generals and admirals are quietly breaking ranks, leaking to reporters, and resigning rather than following orders they know are unlawful. The chain of command is fraying under the weight of its own cynicism. What’s emerging is a new kind of dissent — not from protestors in the streets, but from those sworn to defend them.
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Who Cares about our Troops? Not Trump and Hegseth.
The German newspaper Der Spiegel said it best: “In his closing speech in the The Hague, Donald Trump thanked himself effusively.” Of …
