He's a General. The Nation is under Martial Law since he was 'elected' in 2016.
The vote rigging in all avenues of power had become such that the army decided they had to move in (surepticiously) to restore the Republic by controlling the apparatus that would expose the degree of corruption to the American people. This is the final act - about to show how elections have been manipulated for decades.
"It has to be the military"
? - well, how did I do?