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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI have a feeling that Trump is close to the point where he will do something drastic.
He could allow or instigate some crisis that creates a national state of emergency so he can claim authority to use emergency powers, whatever they are. (Not clearly defined in the Constitution so the Trump administration could craft their own definition that fits Trump's goals.).
He could announce that he's firing Mueller. Most Constitutional scholars say he doesn't have authority to do but there are some dissenters who say he does. This would cause confusion that might disrupt the investigation's progress, at least for a time.
He could fire Sessions or Rosenstein but for Sessions he'd have to get Congress approval for a replacement which could be messy. I think Rosenstein would be in charge in the interim anyway so it wouldn't do Trump much good.
If he fired Rosenstein there is already a system in place to move someone into his vacant position so it would be difficult for Trump to install one of his toadies there.
I'm sure his team is mulling over other options also, trying to find shady legal loopholes that would enable him to shut down the investigation. Rudy declaring that collusion isn't a crime is one option that is pointing in that direction.
In any case I don't expect Trump to sit by and allow the wheels of justice to grind him up. He will make some big, Hail Mary move at some point. It's sounding like it might be soon but he may still wait until the magnifying lens moves on from looking at his cronies to focus directly on him before he jumps.
kimbutgar
(21,162 posts)Snarling and deranged. Dont go near him or one will be bit. His venom is dangerous and he needs to be taken down by those who adhere to our constitutional law.
Arkansas Granny
(31,518 posts)kentuck
(111,103 posts)After all, he offered to talk with them and they told him to go screw himself.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The logistics of that are daunting, unless Arab nations help Israel, which would be an act that would blow up their countries.
question everything
(47,486 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)Never before in my life have I found myself actually ROOTING for cardiovascular disease.
lame54
(35,293 posts)Dave Starsky
(5,914 posts)"Help me, Colonel Sanders. You're our only hope."
BSdetect
(8,998 posts)FSogol
(45,488 posts)Zorro
(15,740 posts)if Putin took out a high-profile Trump cheerleader in the media in a false flag operation.
Trump would think he'd have carte blanche to declare martial law and do whatever he wanted, in that case.
lame54
(35,293 posts)maryellen99
(3,789 posts)Atticus
(15,124 posts)exercises" in Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours. Our military "watching very closely".
A hot war with "da Mooslims" would be a convenient distraction while he fires Mueller. I sure as hell will not "rally round the flag"!
lark
(23,105 posts)He'll suspend the constitution and stop elections, just until they've resolved the crisis of course! The only question is what will he do to Democrats & minorities, especially if he frames this as a "Mooslim" attack. Will he put all Muslims in America into internment camps on military bases, shut down all media except Faux Snooze, Drudge & Breitbart, suspend the judiciary? Who knows how far this destructive treasonous, criminal, fascist will go, what Putin has told him to do?
Cousin Dupree
(1,866 posts)do to survive. And the repubs have lost their cojones. I hope youre wrong. Please be wrong.
lark
(23,105 posts)Unfortunately, if he loses a branch of congress after the mid-terms and Mueller is closing in for the kill, I think he'd do anything in the world to save his own skin. He's a total coward at heart in a bully clown suit. So far he's following Hitlers script, so I am worried and praying I'm wrong.