I hate bein paranoid -- but this sure looks like a fuckin trial balloon for a coup attempt

[struggle4progress]

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Not paranoid

Something is up.

[Thomas Hurt]

2. who is overthrowing who...

[Eliot Rosewater]

8. That is my question I dont doubt it but the traitor cant do a coup, he is in power

If the OP means the traitor is going to try and cement his power, end any doubt that democracy is over, etc

[alwaysinasnit]

3. If you are paranoid, you have a lot of company, including me.

[Sogo]

4. I hate being uninformed.

To what are you referring?

[jayfish]

5. Really? -NT-

[not_the_one]

25. Could it be the unidentified "so-called" military in the streets lined up opposite protesters?

Are they Erik Prince's mercenaries? Were they ordered by Barr? Are they the new "brown shirts"?

Enquiring (sic) minds want to know.

[rzemanfl]

6. Practice for not having or refusing to accept results of the election

is my guess.

[BannonsLiver]

9. Yep, I had the same thought. War games.

[Eliot Rosewater]

11. There is no question, none, that he wont accept the loss , that is if we are allowed to vote or

count the vote.

He is not going anywhere, that is for certain. He will try and use the protests as a way to build a private army with the help of the ass Barr who is guilty of 100 felonies.

1000 felonies.

[Sneederbunk]

7. Except most everything done by Dotard this year weakens him.

[Caliman73]

10. Context would be good.

Coup attempt?

[jayfish]

12. Drills For Locking Down DC When...

Trump refuses to leave. Got to get all of their logistical ducks in a row.

[Sneederbunk]

13. Quite simply Dotard and his people are not smart enough to conduct a coup.

[soothsayer]

14. Keystone coups

[Alacritous Crier]

21. heh

[jayfish]

16. They Could Get A Whole Lot Of People Killed Though.

Never take anything for granted with these people.

[Mr. Ected]

15. Remember how Trump said he wouldn't abide by the election results if he lost to HRC?

Well...I'm sure he hasn't changed his stance on that at all.

The election will either be stolen before, during or after the vote.

[Karma13612]

17. If you are referring

To Trump, how is it a coup?
He is in charge.
He doesn’t need to overthrow the government. He is already in charge.

As far as not believing the results if he loses, well, he will be escorted out in January.
The Secret Service will abide their oath over a desperate imbecilic man-child dictator-in-chief.

I have to believe that for my own sanity.

[struggle4progress]

22. No: the Constitution and the entire Federal system provide a deliberately divided government

with no one person in charge.

[obamanut2012]

24. Not true -- President Biden will be President Biden

Period.

The Constitution and Federal Law provide 100% a blueprint what to do.

Trump doesn't leave? Well, he will see what the military really can do to a protester then.

[struggle4progress]

28. From the beginning of the Republic, Presidents have bemoaned the limits of their powers. The notion

that the President is an absolute monarch appears to originate with Nixon. That theory seems to have become popular during Bush II, when conservatives began to push their "unitary executive" view, to which Barr now enthusiastically clings.

[Kablooie]

18. I don't think Trump thinks that far ahead.

It was just a reaction to the moment but when another moment occurs this will be easier for him to try again When his reaction to another event inspires him to make a full coup attempt.

And I expect it will be likely he tries it in the future. Especially when he sees he’s about to lose the election

[I_UndergroundPanther]

20. The republicans are doing the coup

Dotard is the distraction.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

19. Please elaborate. nt

[Mc Mike]

23. Yeah. No doubt.

[marie999]

26. There will be an election

and if Trump loses, he will leave the WH. The Secret Service will not allow him to remain in the WH after the next president takes the oath of office. Whether or not he attends the ceremony is not important.

[ScratchCat]

27. If Trump loses in November

I think there are two scenarios:

1) He resigns in the second week of January 2021 for a pardon from Pence(land slide loss)

2) He convinces a GOP governor in a swing State to not certify the vote and just drags this out(close loss)