RE: The Official "Damned Trump" Thread
November 11, 2020 at 2:19 pm
(This post was last modified: November 11, 2020 at 2:19 pm by polymath257.)
With the recent firing/removal of defence department and intelligence officials, it is starting to look like Trump is manoeuvring to stage a military coup.
He is making sure the military has loyalists so that he has their support if he declares the election to be invalid. This is how many dictators through history have taken over from democracies.
Sometimes, the forms are preserved (the Senate under the Roman emperors, for example). Sometimes, elections are held. But no 'disloyal' candidates are allowed and some votes are declared 'illegal' simply because they are against the exalted leader.
This is looking worse by the day.
He is making sure the military has loyalists so that he has their support if he declares the election to be invalid. This is how many dictators through history have taken over from democracies.
Sometimes, the forms are preserved (the Senate under the Roman emperors, for example). Sometimes, elections are held. But no 'disloyal' candidates are allowed and some votes are declared 'illegal' simply because they are against the exalted leader.
This is looking worse by the day.