Trump’s Allies Turn ‘Illegal Orders’ Into ‘Treason’ — and That’s the Real Danger

Colby Hall Nov 21st, 2025, 9:36 am

Washington has always run on theater, but every so often, the theater becomes so cartoonishly stupid that it distracts from the darker thing happening beneath it.

That’s what unfolded this week, after six Democratic senators posted a short video reminding U.S. service members of something not remotely controversial: They swear an oath to the Constitution and must refuse illegal orders. It was the kind of message that should’ve floated through the news cycle without touching the sides.

Instead, the administration and its media allies treated it as if the senators had filmed themselves detonating a coup.

Stephen Miller called the video “an insurrection.” President D

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