Trump preparing to launch auto-coup?

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There are several actions by the Trump Administration that suggest this may be so:

1.) Creating chaos and confusion, like with the Muslim ban order, to weed out opponents (like the Acting Attorney General) and create "resistance fatigue", where people get tired of protests against the Administration.

2.) Testing the loyalty of government agencies to Trump by seeing if they would be willing, for example, to disregard court orders to carry out Trump's policies, like the CBP did with Muslim ban order. The CBP refused to allow detainees see counsel despite court orders telling them to do so, and deported people in violation of court orders.

3.) Creating a parallel structure in government that is accountable only to him, and not to the courts, Congress, or the federal bureaucracy. Kellyanne Conway speaks of this, “It’s really time for [Trump] to put in his own security and intelligence community.”

An auto-coup is a type of coup d'etat where the legally-elected chief executive of a country effectively strips the national legislature and the courts of their power and rules as dictator. Famous examples include Alberto Fujimori in Peru and Napoleon III in France. This article analyzes in detail the steps Trump may be taking:

https://medium.com/@yonatanzunger/trial ... .ko11k4nhz

A fascism expert in Israel Ruth Ben-Ghiat warns that Trump is currently implementing a coup:

http://www.rawstory.com/2017/02/kellyan ... historian/

* puts on a tinfoil hat, pops some popcorn, sits back to observe *

Where's the button labeled "Impeach" because I want to press it. I want to press it for all republiCONS in power. Don't tell me they ripped it out. They're already limiting what we can and can't do should they go against the will of the people. Legalize corruption by repealing anti-corruption laws and saying we can't vote on anything like that ever again. I'm glad I don't live in South Carolina. No one rips out the impeach button. Everybody needs to impeach.

This person argues what Trump is doing is a sign of a weak leader pretending to be strong:

https://tompepinsky.com/2017/01/30/weak ... g-leaders/

Trump is just a puppet to idiots like Conway, Bannon, possibly Putin and others. It doesn't matter much if he gets impeached, Mike Pence will likely do a crappy job himself! But at least Pence isn't that much of a big mouth compared to Trump. I guess? Pence is just a rude evil person. Lesser of 2 evils- I think Pence would get less hate but people would still resist a ton because Republicans in congress are being idiots.

Buy tinfoil and popcorn futures in the stock market right now -- they are going to go through the roof!

It's all good, Darmok ...
My car is now all ready for the "auto" coup!

https://tompepinsky.com/2017/01/30/weak ... g-leaders/

I have just finished the final touch-ups on my Montana cabin, so I will finally be safe from Trump's impending launch of his network of mind-control satellites. This of course is only the entrance; the main living quarters are 1000 feet down under the mountain.

A cabin wrapped in foil like that must have some good insulation in the winter months. Provided you don't walk through your front door.

Yeah, but what with cabin fever, you might start feeling a bit "couped" up in there ...

Last edited by Darmok on 07 Feb 2017, 1:24 am, edited 1 time in total.

I don't think Trump is nearly intelligent enough, or clever enough, to orchestrate something like an auto-coup. That said, I think those brave enough to oppose Trump's loony policies have been by circumstance revealed to Trump and Bannon. Whether this growing enemies list will be used in an attempt to bring fascism to America is anyone's guess.

I wonder if Putin is mentoring Trump.

*BUMP*

 It Has Begun.