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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHe's going to fire the head of the CIA and also FBI chief probably tonight or tomorrow.
I think the madness is only beginning. And I contend that having no bottom means that anything is possible.
C_U_L8R
(45,000 posts)You still lost, Donald.
Captain Zero
(6,805 posts)Man he needs to go.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)deputies have to take over. Trump can't just throw somebody in there.
nebby70
(471 posts)... I hope you're right ...
... transition is always a dangerous time for our nation; even when done 'correctly'...
... having these 3 key agencies (I'm including Esper's) with potential Trump 'moles' would make us fragile ...
... a report on NPR said that 911 was a product of the transition between Clinton and Bush; and that was handled well ...
... when you add in the plague and economic woes ...
... am I being hysterical??? ...
... do you think 45 is selling us down the river? or is there a self-interest in these action???
... someone tell me to just calm down ...
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)he lost the election. It's true about the agencies . Got it from a reporter's tweet.
bdamomma
(63,840 posts)same way, but as of Jan 20th his ass is going, kicking and screaming his ass is going.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)Christopher Miller will become the acting Secretary of Defense even though by statute the job was supposed to go to Deputy Defense Secretary David Norquist.
OnDoutside
(19,954 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)onetexan
(13,037 posts)I hope our military leaders will hold.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,681 posts)But he's going to sink anyhow.
dawg day
(7,947 posts)I mean, what does a crook have to do to stay on the good side of Trump?
leftieNanner
(15,083 posts)Now that he has authorized DOJ to probe "irregularities" he is pretending to see in the election.
Damn, this is bad shit!
DFW
(54,365 posts)J. Edgar Hoover is next. He's REALLY gonna clean house, I hear.
tblue37
(65,336 posts)Orrex
(63,203 posts)I abhor the initiation of violence, but what a fucking waste of a plague.
OAITW r.2.0
(24,455 posts)(1) Try to consolidate power at the expense of our Democracy.
(2) Die trying.
(3) Leave and prepare your legal defense.
Azathoth
(4,607 posts)He can appoint who he wants in January.
Budi
(15,325 posts)royable
(1,264 posts)What would happen if they said, this is an illegitimate order from an insane traitor? Who would physically prevent the heads from continuing in their job? I know it could be viewed as a mutinous act, and if someone acted like that in response to a firing from, say, a President Biden, we'd be appalled, but I do wonder, how would the heads be prevented from continuing if they resisted? Some sort of police force?
Alternately, what would happen if they took it to court, claiming the firing is illegitimate?
If the firing is done via tweet, could it be deemed illegitimate since it's already been determined that drump's tweets are not official statements?
jimlup
(7,968 posts)the dude could try to pull a dictatorial coup. It may happen while he still has control of the military. Thinking it through in my mind, I believe that the military will contact the State Department and beg them to execute the 25th amendment. I'm fairly sure that is how it will go down. If the cabinet doesn't but instead falls behind tRump's coup attempt then the military will stall until January 20th at noon.
I don't know if this will happen. But I fear that it may. I can think of even worse scenarios as well. I guess it all depends on how truly insane the orange clown actually is.
wiggs
(7,812 posts)CentralMass
(15,265 posts)procon
(15,805 posts)that's when the dictatorship begins.
superpatriotman
(6,247 posts)A la Saddam Hussein.
Thrill
(19,178 posts).
BainsBane
(53,031 posts)immediately.