The 3 paths for a coup are courts, military, state legislators. So: 1) lawsuits & laughable & being rejected 2) military leaders keep saying their oath is to constitution 3) state legislators rejecting. Trump has no mechanism for a coup.https://twitter.com/JuddLegum/status/1327629033593573376 …
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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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They've been sprinkled throughout the presidency but really started to take off after Trump tried to get the army to join in the crackdown against protesters in June. This suggests that it's a response to Trump, not just public reassurence.
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