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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsNow the countdown begins to our version of the Reichstag fire
Last edited Fri Jan 20, 2017, 04:27 PM - Edit history (1)
I wonder what form it till take.
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Now the countdown begins to our version of the Reichstag fire (Original Post)
DavidDvorkin
Jan 2017
OP
No, it doesn't. Because if something happens Trump's incompetence is well known.
KittyWampus
Jan 2017
#7
It doesn't seem as though tRump is as likely to be given the benefit of the doubt...
teamster633
Jan 2017
#9
get the red out
(13,466 posts)1. terrorist attack
Somewhere in CA, since he hates that state so much.
Just a guess on my part.
DavidDvorkin
(19,477 posts)2. That's the most likely
And the public will react in the same kneejerk way they did after 9/11.
DavidDvorkin
(19,477 posts)3. Hitler became chancellor on 1/30/33
The Reichstag fire was less than a month later, on 2/27/33. So if history is any guide, our version will happen on 2/17/17.
uponit7771
(90,339 posts)4. tactical nuke... wouldn't put it past him
DavidDvorkin
(19,477 posts)5. Exploded in a big city; gets rid of a lot of Dems
It's a win-win!
greytdemocrat
(3,299 posts)6. Oh brother.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)7. No, it doesn't. Because if something happens Trump's incompetence is well known.
It would reflect ENTIRELY on him and his inability to secure our country and our assets.
teamster633
(2,029 posts)9. It doesn't seem as though tRump is as likely to be given the benefit of the doubt...
...as was his simian predecessor, Little Boots. At the time, only 10% of us suspected what the Chimperor was capable of...63% of us are wary of the new pResident.
Dem2
(8,168 posts)8. please don't imagine that
this is stressful enough right now.