Trump threatens Democrats' after they tell military to reject illegal orders

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

MS NOW, Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 21 November 2025

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Trump calls for the arrest of congressional Democrats who urged U.S. troops to refuse illegal orders. Then, polls show more voters are feeling the pain of skyrocketing prices, while JD Vance defends Trump’s economic policies and asks the American people for “a little patience”. Plus, the White House is selling some of the America's most advanced fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, even amid warnings the move could threaten national security. Peter Baker, David Drucker, Doug Jones, Dan Nathan, Matt Peterson, Kevin Baron, and Laura Barron-Lopez join The 11th Hour this Thursday night.

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0:00.0	Tonight, the president calls for the arrest of Democratic lawmakers who are urging U.S. troops
0:06.7	to refuse illegal orders.
0:09.2	Then, as polls show voters are feeling the pain of skyrocketing prices, J.D. Vance
0:14.0	defends Trump's economic policies and asks the American people for a little patience.
0:19.7	Plus, the White House is selling some of our most advanced fighter jets to Saudi Arabia,
0:24.9	a move that could threaten our national security as the 11th hour gets underway on this Thursday night.
0:36.5	Good evening once again. I am Stephanie Rule, joining you from Times Square in the heart of New York City.
0:42.3	And we are now 347 days away from the midterms. And today, Donald Trump appeared to accuse a group of congressional Democrats of sedition and saying that sedition was punishable by death.
0:56.2	It was part of a flurry of social media posts, including one repost of another user
1:01.5	calling for those Democrats to be hanged. So what did this group of Democrats do to provoke such
1:07.2	anger? Well, they released a video encouraging members of the military and intelligence
1:12.1	community not to follow any illegal orders. See for yourself.
1:18.6	Like us, you all swore an oath. To protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats
1:24.5	to our Constitution aren't just coming from abroad, but from right here at home.
1:28.0	Our laws are clear. You can refuse illegal orders. You can refuse illegal orders. You must refuse
1:35.1	illegal orders. No one has to carry out orders that violate the law or our Constitution.
1:41.7	Meanwhile, some big potential legal troubles for two of Donald Trump's most trusted loyalists.
1:47.0	A federal grand jury is now investigating whether Bill Pulte and Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in the mortgage fraud investigations of Senator Adam Schiff and possibly New York AG Tish James to opponents of Donald Trump.
2:04.1	That is according to two people familiar with the matter.
2:06.5	Poldy is Trump's federal housing finance agency director and Martin is a DOJ official.
2:11.8	And Trump is facing another brutal poll this time from Fox News.
2:16.5	Far more people today say they have been hurt by Trump's
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