What if Trump was successful in his self coup attempt?

[DemocratSinceBirth]

How much would America suck? It is literally unimaginable how much it would.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. I still get the willies just thinking about it.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

5. When you think about it we don't have as much agency as we believe we have.

We would have even less agency if our votes were literally thrown out.

[LisaL]

2. We would have had king Donald the first.

Yikes.

[DonaldsRump]

3. And just think how desperate Trump was to do this

There must just be a MOUNTAIN of stuff he was trying to keep under wraps by trying to hold on to power by ANY means necessary.

[Skittles]

9. to be fair, his rampant malignant narcissism was all that was necessary

not that there isn't that mountain of stuff, too

[DonaldsRump]

13. Pure narcissism alone wouldn't explain it

It might have aided his insane decisions to engage/promote this kind of conduct, but there's something else far more sinister (cover-up, ordered by Putin to do so or kompromat will be released, etc.).

[Skittles]

14. I have zero doubt that Trump is OWNED by Putin

just the fact he never made fact of how small Putin is tells me everything I need to know

[DemocratSinceBirth]

15. Trump is a moron and a stubborn one at that.

An alternative explanation is he never criticized Putin because he knew that was what his critics wanted him to do.

[DonaldsRump]

16. Good one!

And this picture speaks volumes too:

[TrunKated]

17. this...

[mzmolly]

4. I'd try to flee

if that happened.

[SoonerPride]

6. Our Democracy was hanging by a thread

It still is.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. Too many ways to game the Electoral College.

[Kitchari]

18. Too true

It's not over by a long shot. We need to stay vigilant, and if we're lucky, we can undo the damage, but it will take years and years.

[Hoyt]

10. Fortunately, he was not successful.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

11. It wasn't for a lack of trying.

[dalton99a]

12. Federalist judges would reveal themselves as full-fledged fascists

and treat the Constitution as an irrelevant antique

All Hail Donald Trump, President for Life!