To be clear, Trump desperately wants a coup. If he could wish a coup into being, there would be a coup. But as throughout his presidency, there is a disjunction between what he wants and what he is capable of doing.
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A future president who is more competent than Trump could use the mechanism Trump has tried and pull off a coup. That's worth thinking about and figuring out how to solve. The danger is real, just not this time.
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Is it heartening that over the last few months top military officers have repeatedly said their oath is to the constitution? Yes -- up to a point. Worth considering why they feel they have to say this.https://twitter.com/MeidasTouch/status/1327043123667562497 …
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Maybe he can just tweet through it
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There's a 4th one: inertia.
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And Trump going to the fully risible "Dominion stole the votes" theory isn't helping him. Nothing plausible for GOP to hang their hats on.
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Given so many? GOP politicians have carried his crap throughout his presidency why stop now?
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4) popular uprising.
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What about emergency powers in the event of some kind of external attack or deliberately provoked domestic uprising?
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His term still ends January 20. There's no emergency power that extends that.
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