Trump is opening the door to military rule, warns Latin America

America’s military is having its day in the sun.

On February 27, President Donald Trump published a proposed new federal budget boosting military expenditure by 10% while drastically reducing funding for the arts, education, environmental protections and social programs. He also recently appointed three military men to high-level cabinet positions – retired general James Mattis as Secretary of Defence, General John Kelly as Homeland Security Secretary, and Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster as National Security Advisor.

This situation is unique in modern American history. Not since 1951, when president Harry Truman dismissed General Douglas MacArthur over the