A long time friend of mine posted this article on her Facebook feed this morning:
Historian Timothy Snyder: “It’s pretty much inevitable” that Trump will try to stage a coup and overthrow democracy
OK, I am now scared s**tless! Not a great way to start the day.
I would like your opinions on whether or not you think this could happen here. I have seen the author on The Daily Show and he basically said the same thing. Sadly, I think he is right.
So the questions I have are:
1. How many people in this country would go along with a coup? I think his knuckle dragging brain dead supporters would. They have already proven that. I do think that a significant portion of Republicans in this country would as well. We all know with their now love of Putin that they want to be ruled, not governed. I don’t think that they would fully grasp what they have lost.
2. How many Republican politicians would go along with it? Would they stand up to DOTUS if he did this? They don’t have a great track record so far. Idiots like Palin and Bachmann would be all in though.
3. How many right wing Evangelicals would fall in line claiming DOTUS is fulfilling God’s will? I think most of them would.
4. What would the press do? I don’t think anything since they are the reason Dolt45 is in office in the first place. And they would still play the “both sides do it” game.
5. How many in the military and police forces would go along with this? Would they stand up and not follow orders? Does Trumputin have the support within the military to pull this off?
6. Would the American public wake up in time to prevent this from happening and fight back? And if it does happen, could it be reversed? I truly do not know the answer to this. I would have if you had asked me this last year.
What do you all think? I am truly scared.
Thank you for reading this. Sorry to be a downer. I look forward to your responses.