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“He needs to be removed,” said Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman. “He’s a threat to this country. We’re not safe with him in the White House. Our president is this country’s greatest national security threat.”
Walsh added: “What he did yesterday, he could do again tomorrow. He could call another 50,000 people to Washington DC on Sunday to do whatever. He can use the power of his office to incite violence and insurrection again any day for the next 13 days.”
What are the chances that Trump could use his private army again in the next two weeks?
“He needs to be removed,” said Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman. “He’s a threat to this country. We’re not safe with him in the White House. Our president is this country’s greatest national security threat.”
Walsh added: “What he did yesterday, he could do again tomorrow. He could call another 50,000 people to Washington DC on Sunday to do whatever. He can use the power of his office to incite violence and insurrection again any day for the next 13 days.”
What are the chances that Trump could use his private army again in the next two weeks?
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// What are the chances that Trump could use his private army again in the next two weeks? //
I personally don't think so. Sending out his flying monkeys to trash the capitol was his final 'fur queue' gesture to everyone. He obviously loved every moment of it, as you could tell from his 'we love you and you're special people' speech during which he seems to be struggling to contain his glee.
He has now of course thrown these faithful idiots under the bus by condemning the violence and saying there will be a peaceful transition to a new administration. The cult will probably still love him.
The reasons for this sudden turnaround after months of refusal to accept the result are unclear - does he seriously think this will be enough to get him out of trouble? Who knows. Anything could happen over the next couple of weeks.
I personally don't think so. Sending out his flying monkeys to trash the capitol was his final 'fur queue' gesture to everyone. He obviously loved every moment of it, as you could tell from his 'we love you and you're special people' speech during which he seems to be struggling to contain his glee.
He has now of course thrown these faithful idiots under the bus by condemning the violence and saying there will be a peaceful transition to a new administration. The cult will probably still love him.
The reasons for this sudden turnaround after months of refusal to accept the result are unclear - does he seriously think this will be enough to get him out of trouble? Who knows. Anything could happen over the next couple of weeks.
In Trump's video last night it's clear that he was speaking to a script and it's kind of clear that he had been more or less ordered to deliver it by various of his staff, family etc. So in that sense I think the short-term danger has passed: Trump went to the brink, enough people were scared by what that led to (even though it was pretty clear what it would mean and has been for ages!), and he's been reeled in. Given that he's been allowed to tweet for around 24 hours, and has only sent that video, I think it's going to end there and that this will be enough for Republicans to decide that he's "learnt his lesson".
But this should not be nearly enough. Trump isn't a naughty schoolboy, he is a President who incited a riot that led to damage to the US Capitol. A video and a short ban from social media isn't going to cut it. Actions should have consequences. Trump himself spoke in the video about how this is a nation of "law and order". That means him, too. The 25th Amendment, and Impeachment, exist precisely to protect the US from actions like this. That Amendment in particular is meaningless if it's not invoked at this; I can just about understand that Republicans remain wary of taking action against the man who only a few months ago showed that he had the tacit support of around 75 million voters, but Law exists to protect the country from itself, from its short-term political whims, and it really must be invoked here. If instead there's a message of tolerance, then what protection is there from any future President who plays from the same rulebook (only with more competence)?
But this should not be nearly enough. Trump isn't a naughty schoolboy, he is a President who incited a riot that led to damage to the US Capitol. A video and a short ban from social media isn't going to cut it. Actions should have consequences. Trump himself spoke in the video about how this is a nation of "law and order". That means him, too. The 25th Amendment, and Impeachment, exist precisely to protect the US from actions like this. That Amendment in particular is meaningless if it's not invoked at this; I can just about understand that Republicans remain wary of taking action against the man who only a few months ago showed that he had the tacit support of around 75 million voters, but Law exists to protect the country from itself, from its short-term political whims, and it really must be invoked here. If instead there's a message of tolerance, then what protection is there from any future President who plays from the same rulebook (only with more competence)?
Perhaps I'm still naive. But the point is that Trump has no more tactics left beyond an attempted self-pardon*; and the change in tone, and relative silence since then, shows that Trump's staff have lost patience with him even if he himself wanted to keep pressing.
*A self-pardon doesn't protect Trump from State prosecutions, mind, and probably not even from Federal pardons since it would likely be declared unconstitutional (you cannot "grant" yourself anything).
*A self-pardon doesn't protect Trump from State prosecutions, mind, and probably not even from Federal pardons since it would likely be declared unconstitutional (you cannot "grant" yourself anything).
The GOP doesn’t want a messy end to the Republican President’s term. They want to quietly count down the days until he is gone, and then turn the page.
When Trump become a ex-President he will quickly find he has no friends, and he will get a battering in the Courts. The IRS also have unfinished business. And his business interests will suffer in the backlash.
When Trump become a ex-President he will quickly find he has no friends, and he will get a battering in the Courts. The IRS also have unfinished business. And his business interests will suffer in the backlash.
jim: //Trump isn't a naughty schoolboy, he is a President who incited a riot that led to damage to the US Capitol. //
Trump has behaved badly & should have shown more grace, the polite hand over of power is a mark of what is vital to a democracy, but the responsibility for the appalling riot can not be entirely levelled at his doing. The U.S. is more divided at the moment than it has been since the Civil War.
The riots in Washington are similar, & orchestrated via social media (by whom?) like those in Oregon & elsewhere under the pretext of BLM & white supremacy - any excuse. Yes, a lot on camera were wearing Trump baseball caps, but a lot were not.
Whoever is president is going to have a massive problem in bringing back some semblance of law & order, if this isn't achieved, we could well the USA crumbling before our eyes.
Great nations are usually destroyed from within, not by external force.
Trump has behaved badly & should have shown more grace, the polite hand over of power is a mark of what is vital to a democracy, but the responsibility for the appalling riot can not be entirely levelled at his doing. The U.S. is more divided at the moment than it has been since the Civil War.
The riots in Washington are similar, & orchestrated via social media (by whom?) like those in Oregon & elsewhere under the pretext of BLM & white supremacy - any excuse. Yes, a lot on camera were wearing Trump baseball caps, but a lot were not.
Whoever is president is going to have a massive problem in bringing back some semblance of law & order, if this isn't achieved, we could well the USA crumbling before our eyes.
Great nations are usually destroyed from within, not by external force.
He does have another tactic left... seize power violently. Does not "feel" likely I know but it never does. He has a private army that was able to take the capitol almost by accident. Plus he STILL has powerful supporters in law enforcement - head of chicago police union today defended the insurrectionists even though they injured 24 cops and killed one. I wonder how many more would take his side if he just took power.
By the way, people are referring to the attack on the Capitol as an attempted coup - it wasn't. It was just a bout of mindless violence as a result of Trump's goading.
The attempted coup, which is real, has been going on for a couple of years from when Trump started installing cronies in various places in preparation to a) Rig the election and b) Get the result overturned in the event that the rigging didn't work.
The events of the last couple of days are obviously taking the attention, but that wasn't the main event.
The attempted coup, which is real, has been going on for a couple of years from when Trump started installing cronies in various places in preparation to a) Rig the election and b) Get the result overturned in the event that the rigging didn't work.
The events of the last couple of days are obviously taking the attention, but that wasn't the main event.
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