With Trump’s refusal to concede, his moves at the Pentagon, and ridiculous allegations of voter fraud, there’s a lot of speculation that Trump is plotting a coup.
Personally, I tend to side more with Amanda Marcotte’s view that Trump will fail to stay in office, but his talk and actions are still dangerous:
Coups are hard, and they tend to fail. Donald Trump and a bunch of Nunes toadies sure aren’t organized and focused enough to pull it off in the face of nearly insurmountable obstacles.
Instead of a near miss, we got Trump, and Trump did considerable damage. Even I couldn’t imagine how he’d bungle a pandemic. And he’s not done.
As Marcotte writes, Trump promotes the idea that votes for anyone who is not part of his Republican party are illegal. That because most Democratic voters live in urban areas, and many are non-white. Therefore Democrats aren’t “real” Americans. His supporters may talk about freedom and democracy, but what they’re really promoting is authoritarianism.
The voters defeated Trump, and, due to a lack of planning, Trump won’t be able to stay in office past January 20. But he can create a huge mess for Biden in the government and create more misery by ignoring the COVID-19 pandemic as it flares up again. Combine this with the Republicans holding the Senate, and probably of a Trump 2.0 being elected in 2024 increases. And this person might be much harder to organize against than Trump.
Trump might be out of office next year, but I’m concerned that his actions during the lame-duck session will have dangerous consequences for the US and the rest of the world.
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