Soldiers Are Taking a Stand Against Trump’s Abuses
Kim, a planes mechanic, joined the army in 2019, at the age of 18. She and her mother had trouble surviving, even living in their car sometimes. She did not think that she could afford the university, so she did not apply. Like so many young Americans in this situation, she enlisted “to obtain a stable pay check, a roof above my head, food in my stomach at the end of the day”. Deployed only once, Kim spent most of her time on the basis, but she appreciated the routine: to wake up early for the 15 -hour work days, stay late to obtain a associate diploma, make friends for life and “incredible mentors”. But in 2024, she began to worry about what a new administration could ask the soldiers to do.
While Kim has read the 2025 project, the Heritage Foundation plan for the far -right authoritarian government of Trump, it has become more and more troubled by the prospect of illegal orders, fearing in particular that the president uses the army against American civilians. Although she planned to stay 20 years in the Air Force, she decided to go out; Now she is no longer in active service, but because she has not served eight years, she could be redeployed. Kim is not his real name; She spoke anonymously to TNR anonymously so as not to compromise her future; A dishonest release could harm its job prospects and jeopardize its hard -won military advantages. “I succeeded enough for me,” she told me.
She was right to worry about the way Trump could abuse armed forces. Last month, the Marines were deployed against peaceful demonstrators in Los Angeles. “And now we have soldiers in our streets,” said Kim, “and that’s not where you are supposed to see them.” She always fears that she can ask her to party.
It is expressed in the context of a campaign launched by About Face, a group of veterans who, today – fourth July – launches a “right to refuse” campaign arguing that the members of the service deserve the right to refuse illegal or immoral orders, in the hope that the Congress will adopt a law offering stronger protections to the military who do it. Founded by veterans of the war in Iraq concerned by the immorality of this conflict, on the face has heard in recent years soldiers with objections to sending weapons to Israel, dismantling Dei within the army, and above all, recently, the prospect of being pawns in the authoritarian fantasy of Trump, whether in Crackdown in Los Angeles or the Military Defer of Trump, whether in the crackdow
