The Puppet, the Playbook, and the Leader We Need Now
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 is nothing
less than a blueprint for authoritarian control, a modern strongman’s manual
for dismantling democracy. But even the most detailed playbook requires a
figurehead to sell it to the public. They needed someone tall enough to project
dominance, loud enough to drown out dissent, shameless sufficient to ignore the
truth, and reckless enough to push the agenda no matter the cost.
They found that man in Donald Trump.
Trump is far from perfect in the eyes of his architects. He
is erratic, deeply flawed, and too self-absorbed to grasp the ideology he is
carrying out fully. But in the political theater required to sell
authoritarianism, he was just enough: tall enough, strong enough,
careless enough, and criminal sufficient to front their agenda. He has been
their battering ram, smashing through the constitutional guardrails that once
restrained raw political power.
The Democrats Are Fading. But Could Rise Again
The Democratic Party, as it stands, has withered into an
ineffective counterweight. Its leadership has failed to match the urgency of
the threat. But that doesn’t mean the opposition is dead forever. It means it
needs new blood, a new strategy, and a leader loyal to the Constitution, not personal
gain or party machines.
That leader could be General Mark Milley
Why Milley Is the Right Man for the Moment
General Milley has already demonstrated his mettle. He
publicly rebuked Trump’s flirtation with dictatorship. He has upheld his oath
to defend the Constitution for decades in uniform. And unlike most political
figures, Milley understands the military’s limits and its responsibility in
defending civilian democracy.
In an era where the rule of law has been replaced with the
rule of personality, Milley represents the opposite: calm, principled, and
unwilling to bow to a would-be tyrant. He is not a partisan pawn. He is a
proven leader.
The Eisenhower Precedent
This is not unprecedented. The United States has been led
before by a general who could navigate the pressures of war and peace, Dwight
D. Eisenhower, whose leadership helped save the free world from fascism. Like
Eisenhower, Milley has the stature to unite a fractured nation and the judgment
to use force only when necessary.
If It Comes to a Coup
The word “coup” is not one to be used lightly. But history
tells us there are moments when the armed forces must choose between obeying a
corrupt leader and upholding their sworn duty to the Constitution. Milley has
already shown, in deed and word, that he will not be a servant to dictatorship.
If Trump and his oligarch backers fully consolidate power, the survival of our
republic may depend on the military siding with the people against the tyrant.
Milley is uniquely positioned to lead that defense, whether
in the halls of government or, if necessary, from the command posts of the
armed forces.
The Time Is Now
The Heritage Foundation has its puppet. The authoritarian
machine is already in motion. The question is whether the forces of
constitutional democracy will find a leader strong enough, and principled
enough, to rally them before it is too late.
General Mark Milley has the record, the courage, and the
vision to lead that fight. He can restore the rule of law, reverse the
authoritarian tide, and if need be, lead the resistance that history may yet
demand.
It is time to stop searching for the “perfect candidate”
among career politicians. The republic needs a constitutional warrior. Milley
is that man.
William James Spriggs
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