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From: S. maltophilia	10/24/2025 2:36:40 PM
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The risks of letting Trump become the military paymaster Trump will demand their loyalty in return Don Moynihan Oct 24, 2025 President Trump’s personalist presidency is driven by a simple logic: protect friends and punish enemies. The shutdown encapsulates this worldview. Trump is cancelling spending in blue states and cities and firing employees in “ Democrat programs.” Even more worrying: he is using the shutdown to woo our military and other armed agents, with the goal of turning them into loyal friends as he pursues “ the enemy from within.” Trump says that he can determine if the armed forces get paid or not during a shutdown. This is an unprecedented threat to American democracy in two ways.... donmoynihan.substack.com

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