United States President Donald Trump has doubled down on criticism of Democratic lawmakers who had called on members of the military to refuse illegal orders, labelling the lawmakers as “traitors”.

Trump suggested late on Saturday that Democratic lawmakers who released the video message to service members earlier this week should be jailed.

“THE TRAITORS THAT TOLD THE MILITARY TO DISOBEY MY ORDERS SHOULD BE IN JAIL RIGHT NOW, NOT ROAMING THE FAKE NEWS NETWORKS TRYING TO EXPLAIN THAT WHAT THEY SAID WAS OK,” he wrote in a social media post.

“IT WASN’T, AND NEVER WILL BE! IT WAS SEDITION AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL, AND SEDITION IS A MAJOR CRIME. THERE CAN BE NO OTHER INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THEY SAID!”

The latest post came after Trump caused a firestorm on Thursday when he appeared to call for

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