You have a good point but may not have an appreciation for what that means for the individual soldiers. I recommend this legal eagle vid. Even if they were clearly in the right in refusing the order (which they obviously are in this case) - do you think there is any chance they would get a fair trial with this regime in power?

Imo the check on this is impeachment and prosecution of the president and officials.

Isn’t Mamdani a democrat? Can you explain how the democratic party running Mamdani shows they are removed from their voters?

What about payments?

The Democratic Party ran someone 19 years younger than trump and you used the wrong gender pronoun for her.