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In a retirement speech in September 2023, Milley — who worries about being recalled to active duty and court-martialed under a new Trump administration, according to Woodward’s latest book, “War” — offered an indirect commentary widely presumed to refer to the former president: “We don’t take an oath to a king or a queen, to a tyrant or dictator, or wannabe dictator.”

NPR says that only about 10% of its annual budget of about $291 million comes from direct and indirect support from federal, state and local governments.

"A president has influence over both fiscal policy and monetary policy, but the influence is indirect," said Michael Walden, a Reynolds Distinguished Professor Emeritus at North Carolina State University.

But perhaps the most important thing that the court did in relation to the 2024 elections came two Supreme Court terms ago and was more indirect.

"A president has influence over both fiscal policy and monetary policy, but the influence is indirect," said Walden.