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TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#324251: Aug 18th 2020 at 7:46:42 AM

He has already made it crystal clear to his cult that "the only way he can lose, is if the election is RIGGED!"

That and demanding to serve eight more years in office for insane reasons.

He is openly telling everybody that he wants to be a dictator at this point and expects everyone to be "fine" with it.

So expect the cult to throw a ruckus when he loses in November and he refuses to leave the white house by having Barr or some other sycophant find a loophole for him to stay in office and "undo" the election results in the months between November and January...

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#324252: Aug 18th 2020 at 7:47:18 AM

I agree, I think the stakes are too high for him to just abandon ship. He is going to double down and do everything he can to stay in power.

[up] And yet I'm crazy for saying he will try to pull off a coup. See what I mean about Trump trying to pull off a Cassandra Gambit?

Edited by Redmess on Aug 18th 2020 at 4:50:15 PM

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M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#324253: Aug 18th 2020 at 7:49:46 AM

We'll cross that bridge if we get to it. The main thing for now is just winning the elections in November. Not just the WH, but Senate and House seats too. And local elections for that matter.

And all this coup talk really isn't helping.

Edited by M84 on Aug 18th 2020 at 10:49:55 PM

Disgusted, but not surprised
Aszur A nice butterfly from Pagliacci's Since: Apr, 2014 Relationship Status: Don't hug me; I'm scared
A nice butterfly
#324254: Aug 18th 2020 at 7:51:42 AM

If he IS persecuted I would bet on him fleeing the country. I do not think he has the balls much less the brains to do the "starting an insurrection pro gamer move".

It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes
Lightysnake Since: May, 2010
#324255: Aug 18th 2020 at 7:51:59 AM

Coups are difficult. Trump is dumb and lazy. He can't pull one off with just Jared Kushner and Diamond and Silk

TitanJump Since: Sep, 2013 Relationship Status: Singularity
#324256: Aug 18th 2020 at 7:52:29 AM

[up][up][up]

How on earth is it a coup if the one trying to claim absolute power and destroy democracy is the "President of the United States" himself?

Edited by TitanJump on Aug 18th 2020 at 4:52:42 PM

sgamer82 Since: Jan, 2001
#324257: Aug 18th 2020 at 7:52:36 AM

A What the Fuck Just Happened Today preview:

The Trump campaign started selling face masks. The campaign is also telling Trump’s supporters that he “urges all patriotic Americans to wear a face cover when they are unable to socially distance.” Trump initially refused to wear a face mask and called them a “double-edged sword.” He also mocked Biden for wearing one in public in May. Mask use among Trump’s base increased after Trump started wearing one. (Axios)

https://www.axios.com/trump-campaign-2020-face-masks-b8bc4a17-b187-431b-aef6-d1777df2d36c.html


I give him a 50/50 odds of either bolting for Florida the day after the election, or trying to hole up in the White House.
Florida? I'm honestly expecting him to bolt out of the country to another nation without an extradition treaty.

Edited by sgamer82 on Aug 18th 2020 at 7:52:31 AM

tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
Professional Forum Ninja
#324258: Aug 18th 2020 at 7:57:41 AM

Stopped clock strikes twice moment: Trump is going to pardon Susan B. Anthony for her attempt at voting in 1872.

"We're all paper, we're all scissors, we're all fightin' with our mirrors, scared we'll never find somebody to love."
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#324259: Aug 18th 2020 at 7:58:28 AM

If Trump loses the election and refuses to leave office, the Secret Service will drag him out on his ass on January 20. If they don't, the military will.

"It's Occam's Shuriken! If the answer is elusive, never rule out ninjas!"
Khudzlin Since: Nov, 2013
#324260: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:01:35 AM

[up][up] How is it anything but an empty gesture?

ScubaWolf from South Carolina Since: Feb, 2020
#324261: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:04:51 AM

[up][up] Oh the Secret Service will definitely drag him out. He made them pay for overly expensive things, the Republicans lowered their pay, AND he treats them like crap. Considering Obama and Biden treated them like family for 8 years, they'll drag him out kicking and screaming.

"In a move surprising absolutely no one"
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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#324263: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:05:23 AM

Don't underestimate Trump. He is not all that dumb, and he sure isn't lazy when it comes to his personal interests.

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Karxrida from Eureka, the Forbidden Land Since: May, 2012 Relationship Status: I LOVE THIS DOCTOR!
#324264: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:07:38 AM

Trump tweeted "save the Post Office."

(It's a quote retweet by someone else if you feel bad about looking at his Twitter page.)

Edited by Karxrida on Aug 18th 2020 at 8:07:50 AM

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#324265: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:08:45 AM

[up][up]Again, what's with this weird fascination with coups?

Disgusted, but not surprised
ShinyCottonCandy Everyone's friend Malamar from Lumiose City (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Who needs love when you have waffles?
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#324266: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:10:38 AM

[up][up]And here we have more of the famous “prescribing cyanide under the claim it’s medicine.”

I’m gonna start calling all the GOP’s claims to their base that voting for them will have the exact opposite effect as what it will really have as cyanide prescriptions for short.

Edited by ShinyCottonCandy on Aug 18th 2020 at 11:10:33 AM

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Resileafs I actually wanted to be Resileaf Since: Jan, 2019
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#324267: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:10:47 AM

I wasn't saying it'll actually work. I just think it's very likely that he tries to entice his supporters to rise up and cause as much trouble as they can. He'll definitely try to flee the country afterwards, and he'll definitely leave all his cronies behind to face the music instead of him.

Not sure where he'd end up though. Would he go to Russia? I feel like Putin is likely to laugh him out of the country now that he's outlived his usefulness. Brazil or Indonesia, maybe? I seem to recall that Duterte and Bolsonaro are pretty chummy with him because they're the same mold of popularists.

Edited by Resileafs on Aug 18th 2020 at 11:13:41 AM

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#324268: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:12:01 AM

As when this last came up I’d urge people who want to think about how possible a coup is to go and look up who the relevant figures are in such a scenario, and what beliefs they hold.

As for Trump fleeing somewhere, Florida could work if he got Pence to take over and pardon all federal crimes, while having the governor of Florida pardon him for all state-level crimes in Florida.

He could still be charged in other states for crimes committed there, but I don’t know how easy it is for a state to extradite someone from another state.

Also Pence pardoning him might itself be a crime, so Pence might refuse to do it.

Edited by Silasw on Aug 18th 2020 at 3:12:37 PM

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Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#324269: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:14:34 AM

Nevermind the particular word. Trump is going to steal the election (or try), and he is telling you about it to your face. He is doing it right in front of us.

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
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#324270: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:15:57 AM

This discussion again?

M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#324271: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:16:00 AM

[up][up]You're the one who brought up coups. Again.

Edited by M84 on Aug 18th 2020 at 11:15:57 PM

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Bur from Flyover Country (Living Relic) Relationship Status: Having tea with Cthulhu
M84 Oh, bother. from Our little blue planet Since: Jun, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Oh, bother.
#324273: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:19:02 AM

[up]Eh, the GOP is now the home of Qanon. This isn't particularly shocking.

This simply confirms that the RNC will be a total shitshow.

Edited by M84 on Aug 18th 2020 at 11:19:25 PM

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RainehDaze Nero Fangirl (4 Score & 7 Years Ago)
Nero Fangirl
#324274: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:21:22 AM

"People walked past my house. Therefore, I was assaulted."

So basically you're confessing to being a massive coward? Congratulations.

Redmess Redmess from Netherlands Since: Feb, 2014
Redmess
#324275: Aug 18th 2020 at 8:21:29 AM

That's why I said nevermind the word, because it is distracting. The fact remains, Trump is is trying to steal the election, pretty much openly, but you guys seem to prefer pretending it just won't happen.

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