The get rid of the fatties is quite a good ploy, I would assume most of them have been in for years and are therefore more likely to stand up against illegal orders. All of a sudden they are sacked because they can’t make the weight/fitness goals, so who replaces them, younger fitter and more likely to not question orders men, I say men because I guarantee you’ll not see any women near the top.
I think now we are in the end game, the government is shut down, Trump claiming the countries over run with violence and he’s basically just given the military the ability to operate on US soil, nothing is stopping this bar a bullet or a coup.