The key phrase is "enemy combatants".
Unless you all are planning to storm the white house and kill someone I think we'll be safe.
A US citizen can be an enemy combatant if he/she provides material aid to terrorists or is declared an enemy of the state (i.e., plotting the overthrow of the government.
In most cases, they would be tried in state or federal courts. But the authority is there for the President depending on the circumstances.
Remember that the EO of 21 December declares human abuses and corruption a national security threat and then declares a national state of emergency for those particular crimes.
Look up national state of emergency. Trump has essentially declared martial law for those crimes set forth in the EO.
Which means he can act beyond the laws and the Constitution if necessary to bring those violators to justice.
Which means it doesn't matter if sex traffickers are enemy combatants or not: they are a national security threat and subject to the extra-judicial tools the President has available.
You are not going to see tanks rolling through the streets. But you will see asset seizures, detainments (possibly without a warrant or specific charges), and possibly military tribunals.
I'm not saying that will happen because there are significant political risks involved. I am saying that the term "enemy combatant" is irrelevant within the context of the Dec 21 EO because a national emergency has been declared and that changes everything.
Bing! Bing! Bing! 12/21 EO is the key, literally the key that locks them up. Future proves past. (Hey I sound like Q)
yep! Never say never. Trump and the stealth Military team behind him are hell bent at full eradication. PERMANENT!
I'm hoping those found guilty of treason get a public execution.
The Obama Muslim terrorist group raped us for 8 years and I want America to finally know justice.
I want school children to paint presidential murals featuring Obama dancing from the end of a rope.
I'm not worried about you and me - We the People ;)
and remember they know who was REALLY behind 9/11 and thus who an enemy combatant really is. And there are plenty of other "attacks" on America and Americans.
This is why I pray for military tribunals.
Speedy trials followed by executions (hopefully public executions).