Democrats are pushing the fabricated claim that President Trump and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are issuing “illegal orders” to the military.
It’s a disinformation tactic: invent an inflammatory accusation, and let the media echo chamber promote it. The goal is simple—plant doubt in the public’s mind to delegitimize the administration.
Democrats did this with the January 6th Committee, hiring a former ABC News executive as a professional narrative consultant to script hearings, coach witnesses, and decide which footage the public was allowed to see.