• Pennomi@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Well yeah, if Trump fills the military with loyalists, he can order a coup to avoid losing power.

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      It doesn’t matter as much what Trump is planning to do with his powers. He’s old and on the way out whether he likes it or not. The real problem is what the people set to take over when he’s gone plan to do with them. Does Trump set up his successor or does his ego force him to shut the door behind him? Our best chance at normalcy in a post Trump world might just be that he’s so unbelievably mean spirited that he takes his potential rivals down with him when the time comes.

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      1 month ago

      What coup, my dude? He already has power. There is no need for a coup. Why would there need to be a coup for him to keep power, he’s already there?!

      What he is doing is preventing a military coup that could possibly save us if we were lucky.

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        Why not both? He prevents a coup against him and orders a coup to stay in power after his term runs out.