# Military not following illegal orders-How reliable is that?

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**Created:** [June 10, 2025, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/military-not-following-illegal-orders-how-reliable-is-that/1019407 "2025-06-10T02:24:15Z")\
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Or they are confident they will not be prosecuted later. Winner’s justice.

Probably one of the worst side effects of the J6 pardons is the pernicious idea that Daddy trump has your back for whatever illegal thing you do in his name to further his interests. Of course the fact trump is so utterly unreliable as a Daddy works to undermine that.

But as we see with the never-ending stream of people willing to enter his inner circle, each _knows_ in their heart of hearts that trump won’t dump or abandon _them_ to twist in the wind. Unlike all those other earlier sycophants; never meeee.

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