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The only official act that could, in theory, bypass this is a declaration of Martial Law that moves out the next inauguration. This has not been tested and likely wouldn’t work.

Just because a crazy mob attacked congress at the behest of Trump does not mean official institutions would do so even if so ordered.




Him and his supporters have said openly that they want to refill the institutions, including the military [0], with politically aligned appointees.

[0] https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-vows-fire-generals-push-...


Yes, he has said all kinds of nonsense that had no means to ever materialize. For example I don’t see Mexico paying for a border wall.


By reclassifying all these individuals as Schedule F, he actually has the means to do this and it is a key part of Project 2025. During his first term, he enacted Schedule F and it was repealed by the Biden admin. Trump intends on reintroducing it in a second term. So he has the means to make this one re-materialize and this time he'll actually have the staff to replace people with.


“Attempted murder. Now honestly what is that? Can you win a Nobel Prize for attempted chemistry?”

It's fundamentally dishonest - and also somewhat delusional - to discount threats even if they didn't come to pass one time. People doubted Trump would try to hold onto office, until he did.


I don’t doubt Trump will try to do the nonsense he says. I do doubt he has the means to persuade educated persons to do such things.


Again, this is less of a concern for him now that he will have sycophants in his orbit now that he's run out of people that will say no to him.

As an aside, I also have doubts that a chimpanzee would be able to successfully disable the safety an AK47. But it would be idiotic to leave that to chance and give one a loaded AK47 anyway.




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