He Unusual Military Parade organized by Donald Trump for this Saturday In Washington it already aroused discomfort when the fuels coincided to mark the 250 Anniversary of the Foundation of the Navy with the 79th birthday from the United States, a concurrence with dyes from a personalism more common in authoritarian regimes than in democracies. With 5000 military deployed by order of the Republican in Los Angeles without being requested by the governor of California, and 7,000 military mobilized in Texas (In that case convened by the governor, republican) the uncomfortable has done more than that and the voltage grows in some High voltage moments in the US. And except if a storm That appears in the forecasts, it comes loaded with thunder and forces to suspend the military stop, the problematic game is assured.
The protests against the aggressive and hardened Trump campaign of immigrant arrests, who started the weekend in Los Angeles, extend throughout the country. Protests have also spread on the unplayed and widely denounced military deployment as “unnecessary”, “excessive” and “provocative” with which Trump responded to the first manifestations. And this Saturday in the capital and coast to coast there are marches encompassed under the motto of “No Kings” (sin reyes), that had been convened before the military deployment to denounce the Authoritarian derives Trump and have gained reinforced meaning.
Trump’s promise from respond with “forcefulness” and “strength” to protests attributed to “People who hate USA”, either in the capital on Saturday or other parts of the country, shoot the fears of violent repression of dissent. But even without anything happening or jumping a spark capable of burning the country, the messages that launch military deployment and the parade, separately and in a coincidence that many consider “unfortunate”, are already problematic. “Erosion confidence in the army At a time when it must be a symbol of the national unity, ”he told ‘The New York Times’ Max Rose, an ex -ex -democratic.
Uncomfortable military
According to Trump’s proclamation on Saturday that invoked title 10 of the US Code to deploy the military in any US city (did not quote Los Angeles), these have only alone Authority to protect federal properties and employees as the ICE agents who execute immigrant arrests. They can stop but not arrest protesters, in the help of the police. And while Trump does not invoke the 1807 insurrection lawsomething that repeatedly suggests what could do to respond to what a “Foreign Invasion” or a “rebellion“They cannot carry out police actions.
Even that limited role, however, some of them disturbs them. Several of those deployed in Los Angeles, in fact, have told friends and family who feel deeply unhappy with the mission And worried, according to three organizations that work with military families cited by ‘The Guardian’.
“The general perception is that the situation (although there were acts of isolated vandalism and violence in the first manifestations) was not nor from afar on a level at the Marines were necessary ”Janessa Goldbeck, veteran of the Marines and responsible for the Voz de Los Veterans Foundation, told the newspaper. “All with whom I have spoken fear that they are Using as political pawns and? The perception that they are apolitical is damaged”.
That idea of being used also extends to some by the parade Saturday. At least A group of veterans tol that was invited to participate rejection Do it, because they did not want to participate in the event for the coincidence with the birthday The Trump.
Some voices have also denounced the expense of that parade, which is calculated between 45 and 50 million dollarswhile budgets are being cut, for example, for veterans. And others denounce the messages, underlying and transparent, which Trump sends. “The reason for the parade is not to exhibit military muscle, it is Show that you are willing to break the rules with the armed forces”Mike Madrid said, a Republican consultant who is critical of the president.
In the era of ipartisan polarization Like the one that the country is going through, “the challenge of the parade was always how to avoid its politicization,” explained the political scientist of the University of Duke Pete Feaver to ‘The New York Times’. “That challenge is considerably more difficult when some units parade at the same time that others are controlling citizen protests.”
