12:00 PM PST (November 20, 2025) - N.S. EIC

Welcome to the Trumpocalypse, where the Commander-in-Chief moonlights as a Truth Social town crier, shrieking “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” because six veterans dared to remind the military that illegal orders are, well, illegal.

Let’s set the scene: a group of Democratic lawmakers, actual veterans, mind you, release a video urging military and intelligence personnel to uphold their oath to the Constitution. Trump responds not with debate, not with policy, but with a digital guillotine. “Arrest them! Try them! Hang them!” he reposts, channeling the Founding Fathers via fan fiction.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, apparently auditioning for a role in a parody of Homeland, calls the video “Stage 4 TDS” and compares the lawmakers to al Qaeda.

Because nothing says “measured response” like equating constitutional fidelity with terrorism.

Meanwhile, Stephen Miller, still haunting the West Wing like a ghost of authoritarianism past, demands resignations, and Deputy AG Todd Blanche wants a federal investigation. Presumably into the crime of reminding soldiers that war crimes are bad.

Legal experts, clutching their copies of the Constitution like rosaries, point out that prosecuting lawmakers for speech is… tricky. Immunity, precedent, and that pesky First Amendment all get in the way of Trump’s gallows cosplay.

But the pièce de résistance? Trump’s repost of “Hang them George Washington would.” Because when you’re trying to cosplay as a Founding Father, why not go full fanfic and invent a bloodthirsty version of George Washington who apparently moonlights as a Truth Social moderator?

More than 300 national security officials, aka the “Steady State”, backed the lawmakers. Capitol Hill Democrats called Trump’s rhetoric “chilling.” Sen. Chris Coons warned that trust in the military is at risk. But Trump, ever the showman, seems more interested in turning the Constitution into a prop for his next rage-post.

This isn’t politics. It’s performance art with a body count. A fever dream of authoritarian cosplay where dissent is treason, veterans are terrorists, and the Constitution is just a backdrop for the next all-caps meltdown.