Washington, Nov 9 (UNI) Pentagon officials are holding informal discussions about how the Department of Defence would respond if Donald Trump issues orders to deploy active-duty troops domestically and fire large swaths of apolitical staffers, defence officials said.
Trump has suggested he would be open to using active-duty forces for domestic law enforcement and mass deportations and has indicated he wants to stack the federal government with loyalists and “clean out corrupt actors” in the US National Security establishment, CNN reported.
Trump in his last term had a fraught relationship with much of his senior military leadership, including now-retired Gen, media reported.