"Basically the president, and I want to kind of foot stomp behind Paul here about a plan, the American president has said, I can point the US military any place I want and kill anyone I want. That eventually is going to become a principle in the domestic use of the military. He is acclimating people to the notion that the military is his private army, unconstrained by law, unconstraint by norms, unconstrained by American traditions."
"And that, I think, I don't really think this has anything to do with drugs, I mean, sometimes I wonder how far he's gonna go to stop the release of the Epstein files and how many distractions he's going to throw at us. But this is about getting out from under his already dismal record, his record low approval ratings, his struggling with a scandal. And he is now saying, I am going to acclimate the American public to the use of"
Foreign strikes on boats allegedly carrying drugs have been framed as steps to acclimate citizens to seeing the military act as the president's private army, unconstrained by law, norms, or American traditions. An aircraft carrier strike group was ordered to the Caribbean amid bipartisan backlash over deadly strikes. Republican opposition has included arguments that the strikes are illegal and bypass due process. Claims were made that the president treats suspected drug traffickers like enemy combatants and may prefer killing over arrest and prosecution. Concerns were raised that such actions could be used to expand domestic military authority and to distract from low approval ratings and scandals.
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