!function(n){if(!window.cnx){window.cnx={},window.cnx.cmd=[];var t=n.createElement( iframe );t.display= none ,t.onload=function(){var n=t.contentWindow.document,c=n.createElement( script );c.src= //cd.connatix.com/connatix.player.js ,c.setAttribute( async , 1 ),c.setAttribute( type , text/javascript ),n.body.appendChild(c)},n.head.appendChild(t)}}(document);(new Image()).src = https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b ;cnx.cmd.push(function(){cnx({ playerId : ff7fdddc-5441-4253-abc4-f12a33fad58b , mediaId : 329447dd-382d-4c8d-b1e2-198fc47e676b }).render( 68f0808ce4b017d85b73e5c2 );});Former President Barack Obama just pointed out the glaring hypocrisy around President Donald Trump’s mounting campaign to send National Guard troops to crack down on American cities.During the Monday episode of Marc Maron’s “WTF” podcast, Obama imagined how the right would have reacted if he pulled a similar move targeting Republican-led states and cities during his time in office.“If I had sent in the National Guard into Texas and just said, ‘You know what? A lot of problems in Dallas, a lot of crime there, and I don’t care what [Texas Gov. Greg] Abbott says. I’m going to kind of take over law enforcement, because I think things are out of control.’ It is mind-boggling to me how Fox News would have responded,” Obama told Maron.Former President Barack Obama and President Donald Trump speak during the late President Jimmy Carter s January funeral in Washington, D.C. While on Marc Maron s WTF podcast, Obama addressed one major double standard about Trump sending the military to American cities.The Democrat also explained why he’s always believed it’s vital to keep a buffer between armed forces and those at the top of government, whether at home or abroad.“It wasn’t controversial for me to go to other countries and say, ‘You know what? It’s a good idea for militaries to be under civilian control,’ because when you have military that can direct force against their own people, that is inherently corrupting,” he explained.Reminding audiences that there is already the law of posse comitatus, century-old legislation restricting leaders from using “our military on domestic soil” except in an extreme emergency, Obama said it’s hard to see how deploying troops within our own country is anything but “a genuine effort to weaken how we have understood democracy.”“And that was understood by Democrats and Republicans,” he continued. Obama first warned how dangerous deploying troops on domestic soil could be for democracy after Trump ordered National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., in August.“The erosion of basic principles like due process and the expanding use of our military on domestic soil puts the liberties of all Americans at risk, and should concern democrats and republicans alike,” he posted on X, formerly Twitter.
Friday 17 October 2025
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