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talkpolitics“When men with guns who have always claimed to be against the system start wearing uniforms and marching with torches and the picture of a leader, the end is nigh. When the pro-leader paramilitary and the official police and military intermingle, the end has come.”
One of the Democrats’ more conspiracy-prone themes has lately been their insistence that if Trump loses the election, he likely will refuse to leave office, in effect staging a coup. Most recently the claim was made by Bernie Sanders:
Bernie Sanders warns that Trump may not concede the election
Well, while at least part of this sounds like projection, it's not like we'd be surprised if it actually happens. Of course, at least technically there's nothing that Trump has done (yet) in office that would suggest he'd break the law in such a blatant way, it's not as far-fetched and crazy based on things he has said.
Undermining democracy and sowing doubt in the election process and using the government for his own benefit to get elected isn't enough, huh?
In Trump's view, losing the election would make him a Loser and a Sucker, and he's not going to handle that well. The risk of an electoral meltdown is ordinarily rather small, but this November promises a combination of stressors that could lead to epic failure and chaos.
So let's run with the hypothetical situation and try to imagine how that'd unfold, shall we? I'm all ears! Gimme your worst scenarios!
One of the Democrats’ more conspiracy-prone themes has lately been their insistence that if Trump loses the election, he likely will refuse to leave office, in effect staging a coup. Most recently the claim was made by Bernie Sanders:
Bernie Sanders warns that Trump may not concede the election
Well, while at least part of this sounds like projection, it's not like we'd be surprised if it actually happens. Of course, at least technically there's nothing that Trump has done (yet) in office that would suggest he'd break the law in such a blatant way, it's not as far-fetched and crazy based on things he has said.
Undermining democracy and sowing doubt in the election process and using the government for his own benefit to get elected isn't enough, huh?
In Trump's view, losing the election would make him a Loser and a Sucker, and he's not going to handle that well. The risk of an electoral meltdown is ordinarily rather small, but this November promises a combination of stressors that could lead to epic failure and chaos.
So let's run with the hypothetical situation and try to imagine how that'd unfold, shall we? I'm all ears! Gimme your worst scenarios!
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Date: 7/9/20 08:11 (UTC)Worst case scenarios in order of magnitude:
Least worst case scenario: Trump leaves the White House on January 20th escorted by the same military he disparaged and there is some civil unrest / domestic terrorism, like a mass shooting here, a bombing there.
Next least worst case scenario: Trump leaves the White House on January 20th escorted by the same military he disparaged and we see something on the magnitude of 9/11 (possibly on the 20th anniversary of 9/11) except it's proven beyond doubt it's our people (in other words: no conspiracy theories that it's an inside job; it absolutely is an inside job). As far as what major landmark, that's anybody's guess.
Next least worst case scenario: Trump refuses to leave, military doesn't evict him, we have full-on civil war.
Worst case scenario: Trump refuses to leave, military doesn't evict him, we not only have full-on civil war but the rest of the world sees us as the new Axis Powers and we're going to get attacked by someone somewhere.
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Date: 7/9/20 12:41 (UTC)