Bloomberg Discovers Trump’s Use of Force at Home, Ignores Biden's Overseas
The Bloomberg piece warns of President Trump's 'escalating campaign to assert military power at home with little precedent in US history.' This 'unprecedented' framing conveniently sidesteps decades of US military intervention overseas, often without constitutional declarations of war, let alone domestic deployments. Where was this urgent concern for 'tested powers' when the Biden administration
approved $14 billion in military aid to an Israeli government accused of war crimes, or when it deployed troops regionally without congressional approval? Perhaps the 'lack of precedent' they fear is simply doing domestically what US administrations routinely do globally. The hand-wringing over Trump's *potential* domestic actions offers a stark contrast to the quiet acquiescence, or even
cheerleading, for similar displays of force when deployed against foreign populations or for geopolitical objectives favored by the establishment. One might wonder if the definition of 'testing powers' depends entirely on who is being tested, and where.