Donald Trump is about to bring down the U.S. with two simple words, according to an independent political strategist who worked on former President George W. Bush's campaign.
Political strategist Steve Schmidt, who Saturday published an article in which he argued that Pete Hegseth is setting the stage for a potential "coup," followed that up with a piece called, The domestic enemies of the US Constitution.
In that essay from Sunday, he argues that "Donald Trump seems to be agitating for an American Tiananmen Square in Portland, Oregon, where American troops open fire on American civilians with the weapons purchased by American taxpayers to defend the nation from threats to our liberty."
Calling attention to Trump's threats against Portland, Schmidt wrote, "Heil Trump!"
"Trump has menaced Portland by 'authorizing Full Force' with the 'if necessary' caveat venomously spit as an afterthought," he added. "Illegal orders are coming to America’s soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines from their debauched, debased, corrupt, un-American and psychologically-addled civilian chain of command. The orders will be passed down, and someone, somewhere will be expected to pull the trigger — under false pretenses — against make-believe enemies who, like the soldiers who will kill them, are America’s sons and daughters."
After noting, "There is no doubt about the extent of the Trump contamination in our society, and the ravaged American vulture that the MAGA cancer has eaten through," Schmidt flags the two words he says will bring everything down.
"The jackboot is coming down. America is filled with fools and cowards who cheer their own demise, and call it greatness. All the while, the Democratic leaders in Washington, DC, continue to appease Trump, lose to Trump, and fear Trump. There are two words that will break America: open fire," the analyst wrote. "This is coming."
He then added, "Those words will be studied for all the rest of American history. Every detail of every person’s involvement who passed them forward and down the chain of command will be known — from Trump to Hegseth and on down, all the way to the men who light up an American city on orders from their superiors to kill their fellow citizens."