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struggle4progress

(118,378 posts) Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:19 PM Jun 2020

I hate bein paranoid -- but this sure looks like a fuckin trial balloon for a coup attempt

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I hate bein paranoid -- but this sure looks like a fuckin trial balloon for a coup attempt (Original Post) struggle4progress Jun 2020 OP

Not paranoid JustAnotherGen Jun 2020 #1

who is overthrowing who... Thomas Hurt Jun 2020 #2

That is my question I dont doubt it but the traitor cant do a coup, he is in power Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #8

If you are paranoid, you have a lot of company, including me. alwaysinasnit Jun 2020 #3

I hate being uninformed. Sogo Jun 2020 #4

Really? -NT- jayfish Jun 2020 #5

Could it be the unidentified "so-called" military in the streets lined up opposite protesters? not_the_one Jun 2020 #25

Practice for not having or refusing to accept results of the election rzemanfl Jun 2020 #6

Yep, I had the same thought. War games. BannonsLiver Jun 2020 #9

There is no question, none, that he wont accept the loss , that is if we are allowed to vote or Eliot Rosewater Jun 2020 #11

Except most everything done by Dotard this year weakens him. Sneederbunk Jun 2020 #7

Context would be good. Caliman73 Jun 2020 #10

Drills For Locking Down DC When... jayfish Jun 2020 #12

Quite simply Dotard and his people are not smart enough to conduct a coup. Sneederbunk Jun 2020 #13

Keystone coups soothsayer Jun 2020 #14

heh Alacritous Crier Jun 2020 #21

They Could Get A Whole Lot Of People Killed Though. jayfish Jun 2020 #16

Remember how Trump said he wouldn't abide by the election results if he lost to HRC? Mr. Ected Jun 2020 #15

If you are referring Karma13612 Jun 2020 #17

No: the Constitution and the entire Federal system provide a deliberately divided government struggle4progress Jun 2020 #22

Not true -- President Biden will be President Biden obamanut2012 Jun 2020 #24

From the beginning of the Republic, Presidents have bemoaned the limits of their powers. The notion struggle4progress Jun 2020 #28

I don't think Trump thinks that far ahead. Kablooie Jun 2020 #18

The republicans are doing the coup I_UndergroundPanther Jun 2020 #20

Please elaborate. nt Tommy_Carcetti Jun 2020 #19

Yeah. No doubt. Mc Mike Jun 2020 #23

There will be an election marie999 Jun 2020 #26

If Trump loses in November ScratchCat Jun 2020 #27

JustAnotherGen

(31,931 posts)

1. Not paranoid

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:19 PM

Jun 2020

Something is up.

Thomas Hurt

(13,903 posts)

2. who is overthrowing who...

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:20 PM

Jun 2020

Eliot Rosewater

(31,125 posts)

8. That is my question I dont doubt it but the traitor cant do a coup, he is in power

Reply to Thomas Hurt (Reply #2)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:26 PM

Jun 2020

If the OP means the traitor is going to try and cement his power, end any doubt that democracy is over, etc

alwaysinasnit

(5,075 posts)

3. If you are paranoid, you have a lot of company, including me.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:21 PM

Jun 2020

Sogo

(4,997 posts)

4. I hate being uninformed.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:21 PM

Jun 2020

To what are you referring?

jayfish

(10,039 posts)

5. Really? -NT-

Reply to Sogo (Reply #4)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:22 PM

Jun 2020

not_the_one

(2,227 posts)

25. Could it be the unidentified "so-called" military in the streets lined up opposite protesters?

Reply to Sogo (Reply #4)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 10:41 AM

Jun 2020

Are they Erik Prince's mercenaries? Were they ordered by Barr? Are they the new "brown shirts"?

Enquiring (sic) minds want to know.

rzemanfl

(29,571 posts)

6. Practice for not having or refusing to accept results of the election

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:22 PM

Jun 2020

is my guess.

BannonsLiver

(16,505 posts)

9. Yep, I had the same thought. War games.

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:26 PM

Jun 2020

Eliot Rosewater

(31,125 posts)

11. There is no question, none, that he wont accept the loss , that is if we are allowed to vote or

Reply to rzemanfl (Reply #6)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:30 PM

Jun 2020

count the vote.

He is not going anywhere, that is for certain. He will try and use the protests as a way to build a private army with the help of the ass Barr who is guilty of 100 felonies.

1000 felonies.

Sneederbunk

(14,309 posts)

7. Except most everything done by Dotard this year weakens him.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:25 PM

Jun 2020

Caliman73

(11,745 posts)

10. Context would be good.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:29 PM

Jun 2020

Coup attempt?

jayfish

(10,039 posts)

12. Drills For Locking Down DC When...

Reply to Caliman73 (Reply #10)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:31 PM

Jun 2020

Trump refuses to leave. Got to get all of their logistical ducks in a row.

Sneederbunk

(14,309 posts)

13. Quite simply Dotard and his people are not smart enough to conduct a coup.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:32 PM

Jun 2020

soothsayer

(38,601 posts)

14. Keystone coups

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #13)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:34 PM

Jun 2020

Alacritous Crier

(3,819 posts)

21. heh

Reply to soothsayer (Reply #14)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 06:21 PM

Jun 2020

jayfish

(10,039 posts)

16. They Could Get A Whole Lot Of People Killed Though.

Reply to Sneederbunk (Reply #13)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:35 PM

Jun 2020

Never take anything for granted with these people.

Mr. Ected

(9,670 posts)

15. Remember how Trump said he wouldn't abide by the election results if he lost to HRC?

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:34 PM

Jun 2020

Well...I'm sure he hasn't changed his stance on that at all.

The election will either be stolen before, during or after the vote.

Karma13612

(4,554 posts)

17. If you are referring

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:43 PM

Jun 2020

To Trump, how is it a coup?
He is in charge.
He doesn’t need to overthrow the government. He is already in charge.

As far as not believing the results if he loses, well, he will be escorted out in January.
The Secret Service will abide their oath over a desperate imbecilic man-child dictator-in-chief.

I have to believe that for my own sanity.

struggle4progress

(118,378 posts)

22. No: the Constitution and the entire Federal system provide a deliberately divided government

Reply to Karma13612 (Reply #17)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 12:32 AM

Jun 2020

with no one person in charge.

obamanut2012

(26,154 posts)

24. Not true -- President Biden will be President Biden

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #22)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 09:33 AM

Jun 2020

Period.

The Constitution and Federal Law provide 100% a blueprint what to do.

Trump doesn't leave? Well, he will see what the military really can do to a protester then.

struggle4progress

(118,378 posts)

28. From the beginning of the Republic, Presidents have bemoaned the limits of their powers. The notion

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #24)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 12:04 PM

Jun 2020

that the President is an absolute monarch appears to originate with Nixon. That theory seems to have become popular during Bush II, when conservatives began to push their "unitary executive" view, to which Barr now enthusiastically clings.

Kablooie

(18,641 posts)

18. I don't think Trump thinks that far ahead.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:47 PM

Jun 2020

It was just a reaction to the moment but when another moment occurs this will be easier for him to try again When his reaction to another event inspires him to make a full coup attempt.

And I expect it will be likely he tries it in the future. Especially when he sees he’s about to lose the election

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,480 posts)

20. The republicans are doing the coup

Reply to Kablooie (Reply #18)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:56 PM

Jun 2020

Dotard is the distraction.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,214 posts)

19. Please elaborate. nt

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Thu Jun 4, 2020, 04:48 PM

Jun 2020

Mc Mike

(9,115 posts)

23. Yeah. No doubt.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 09:27 AM

Jun 2020

marie999

(3,334 posts)

26. There will be an election

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 10:52 AM

Jun 2020

and if Trump loses, he will leave the WH. The Secret Service will not allow him to remain in the WH after the next president takes the oath of office. Whether or not he attends the ceremony is not important.

ScratchCat

(2,002 posts)

27. If Trump loses in November

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Fri Jun 5, 2020, 11:13 AM

Jun 2020

I think there are two scenarios:

1) He resigns in the second week of January 2021 for a pardon from Pence(land slide loss)

2) He convinces a GOP governor in a swing State to not certify the vote and just drags this out(close loss)

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