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DemocratSinceBirth

(99,708 posts)
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:29 AM Sep 2020

I have a doomsday scenario if Trump maintains power illegitimately but am reluctant to post it

Not because it involves violence or anything like that but because it might be beyond the pale. How did we get here in four years?


ON EDIT-By popular demand-


President Trump loses the election and maintains power illegitimately. There is enormous pressure on our allies like France, Germany, Canada, and yes the UK by their own voters not to continue to recognize the Trump administration as the legitimate government. They withdraw their ambassadors and sanction American goods. Russia and China take advantage of the mayhem and the former annexes Poland and the latter annexes Taiwan. It's the end of the world as we know it.

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I have a doomsday scenario if Trump maintains power illegitimately but am reluctant to post it (Original Post) DemocratSinceBirth Sep 2020 OP
Post it Rule of Claw Sep 2020 #1
Trump rso Sep 2020 #2
I don't want the military involved on any side, dware Sep 2020 #5
Trump rso Sep 2020 #6
The various Federal LEA's are quite capable of handling those terrorists, dware Sep 2020 #9
Trump rso Sep 2020 #10
Less than 54 and 120. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2020 #16
Post it! LuckyCharms Sep 2020 #3
He wants to plant the seed that maybe it's possible. bamagal62 Sep 2020 #4
About 51 and 259. n/t rzemanfl Sep 2020 #17
There is no doomsday scenario. His term ends on 1/20/2021. There is no way he can alter that... TreasonousBastard Sep 2020 #7
POST IT. NOW. 634-5789 Sep 2020 #8
If Don tries to stay Dirty Socialist Sep 2020 #11
I'll be with you. fleur-de-lisa Sep 2020 #18
YES!!! Kitchari Sep 2020 #27
Another scenario people on the left are so paralyzed by fear that they don't go out to vote njhoneybadger Sep 2020 #12
I keep hearing this. cwydro Sep 2020 #14
They don't think their vote will matter because tRump is going steal the election. njhoneybadger Sep 2020 #22
That's a weird way to think because they're only helping him by not voting. cwydro Sep 2020 #23
I agree. It only makes me more determined to vote. smirkymonkey Sep 2020 #25
Me too! cwydro Sep 2020 #26
If there is a "silent majority" that re-elects Trump, pfitz59 Sep 2020 #13
tRump is a con man. Everything he does is towards conning and Enoki33 Sep 2020 #15
I think his reception at RBG's viewing was a wake-up call for him Bayard Sep 2020 #19
I think at this point anything is possible. hamsterjill Sep 2020 #20
We would see a military coup d'etat first. roamer65 Sep 2020 #21
It isn't going to happen...so no need to flame the fire of hysteria. Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #24

dware

(12,264 posts)
5. I don't want the military involved on any side,
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:34 AM
Sep 2020

the military should, and will, stay out of the election, as it should be.

rso

(2,267 posts)
6. Trump
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:37 AM
Sep 2020

I did not mean for the military to be involved in the actual election, but as a last resort if Donnie causes havoc by calling out his armed gangs to attack people protesting his refusal to leave office.

dware

(12,264 posts)
9. The various Federal LEA's are quite capable of handling those terrorists,
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:44 AM
Sep 2020

and most will shit their pants and run home to mommy and daddies house when the first round is fired at them, granted, there will be a few who will go out with a bang, but for the most part, most are cowards who have no idea what actual combat is about, their only experience is video games like Call of Duty, Medal of Honor, etc.

rso

(2,267 posts)
10. Trump
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:49 AM
Sep 2020

The problem is that some or most of the federal law-enforcement agencies may stick with Trump, especially the largest ones like ICE which are replete with Trump supporters. The ones with a more sophisticated cadre, like the FBI for example, are much smaller than ICE.

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)
7. There is no doomsday scenario. His term ends on 1/20/2021. There is no way he can alter that...
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:38 AM
Sep 2020

and he knows it.

He's just throwing shit at the wall to see if any sticks

Dirty Socialist

(3,252 posts)
11. If Don tries to stay
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 10:55 AM
Sep 2020

I will be out on the streets. Protesting. I might go to my atate capital building to do it. I hope you, and millions of others, will join me. I hope it will be like the Belarus protests.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
14. I keep hearing this.
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:09 AM
Sep 2020

Why would someone not vote because they’re frightened we might lose? Makes no sense.

Or do you mean they’re afraid to vote because of possible intimidation at the polls? People have risked life and livelihood in other countries because the right to vote is so important. I sure would be ashamed to learn we have anyone like that here.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
23. That's a weird way to think because they're only helping him by not voting.
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 03:29 PM
Sep 2020

Again, I sure hope we have no one like that here.

pfitz59

(10,309 posts)
13. If there is a "silent majority" that re-elects Trump,
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:08 AM
Sep 2020

(Unlikely, given that he lost the popular vote last time.) then I see Dems blowing up. If Trump loses I see Trumpies going berserk. If the Dems win the House, the Senate and the Executive I see the Trumpies going scorched earth. No matter the outcome, Trump has severely damaged the US, and exposed the rot at its core. We'll need a firm leader with a strong support network to merely repair the damage done, let alone build safeguards to keep it from happening again.

Enoki33

(1,587 posts)
15. tRump is a con man. Everything he does is towards conning and
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 11:10 AM
Sep 2020

stealing retention of power. Enough votes against him will expose his cowardice. I expect that wide yellow streak down his back to prevail after initial attempts at violent rhetoric are not supported by as many as he imagined. Even armed thugs think twice before taking up arms against their own families. tRump’s fight will be with the judicial system, and overwhelming votes against him may make even that mute. This above is an attempt to balance the doomsday scale.

Bayard

(22,011 posts)
19. I think his reception at RBG's viewing was a wake-up call for him
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 12:02 PM
Sep 2020

People booing him? He never imagined that, and didn't stay long. Of course, it was all a Dem hoax, doncha know.

hamsterjill

(15,220 posts)
20. I think at this point anything is possible.
Sat Sep 26, 2020, 12:04 PM
Sep 2020

Life as we’ve known it no longer exists. It’s up to us to decide where we go from here and that is going to ultimately involve violence I fear.

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