What IF Donald Trump tries to control the US Military?

I didn't like this interview because it scares me! It's one thing to say that the POTUS has the total allegience of the Military because he's their Commander in Chief..... but what happens (if as laid out in this interview), he insists on breaking the law?

https://www.theatlantic.com/podcasts/archive/2023/12/how-trump-could-manipulate-military/676341/

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needsmilk808 · 56-60, M

Lol the President is in the commander and chief, I’m not scared of anything like this person is describing. When I was in the military I was given an unlawful order, I explained/proved that it was unlawful and nothing happened. We didnt just blindly follow orders all the time, most times we were expected to think.

HootyTheNightOwl

@needsmilk808 Yeah... I wondered how Trump was Commander And Chief when he is no longer President - and, if it was theoretically as easy as saying the words, then, why didn't he do so during his first term in office???

I'm not entirely sure why some people think that the military are just mindless goons, following the orders of some faceless guy upstairs that they never see.