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He cannot coerce them, either, and neither can the felon-in-chief.

While they might try, the US generals know so much more about their role than either Hegseth or trump know theirs.

Because they already know where the dangers to the US Constitution lie. And because they already know universes more than those two "leaders," they're in the best position to define "danger" to the country, and to know what to do.
That the NDAA of 2011 labeled the US a "battleground," doesn't require that these generals see Americans as "enemy non-combatants" no matter how Hegseth and trump demand they do.

Hegseth himself could fire them all, but they've already seen the arbitrary firings of this administration, and they're too smart to say anything that would get themselves fired.