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Beware the next Reichstag Fire (Original Post) tomhagen Mar 2017 OP
I've been talking about this for months. George II Mar 2017 #1
Me too-A trumpian Reichstag was one of the first things to occur to me after 11/8 solara Mar 2017 #2
Exactly. I'm sure Bannon zentrum Mar 2017 #3
Hitting the inside with an inside job Wibly Mar 2017 #4
wow heaven05 Mar 2017 #5
OMG. That's scary. Honeycombe8 Mar 2017 #6
Each passing day of GOP Fail makes this more likely. It's always the fascist Hail Mary. byronius Mar 2017 #7
A city with lots of Democratic voters has to be high on the list. (n/t) klook Mar 2017 #8
or war. tomp Mar 2017 #9
The music from the second video reminded me of this yuiyoshida Mar 2017 #10
Just wait till Dump becomes a "War President" tomhagen Mar 2017 #11
Yes, without a doubt MissKat Mar 2017 #12

solara

(3,836 posts)
2. Me too-A trumpian Reichstag was one of the first things to occur to me after 11/8
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 01:47 PM
Mar 2017

The only saving grace is that #trumprussia's cabal is so disorganized and downright incompetent, that whatever story they come up with won't hold water for long and it will be added to their list of egregious crimes against humanity. Hope he deconstructs before then though -and he could - since anti-trump circumstances seem to be galloping apace.

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zentrum

(9,865 posts)
3. Exactly. I'm sure Bannon
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 02:22 PM
Mar 2017

...thought of this months and years ago and has been planning several options. He wants the apocalypse.

Wibly

(613 posts)
4. Hitting the inside with an inside job
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 02:26 PM
Mar 2017

For it to work, the next Reichstag Fire would have to look like an attack on Trump himself, or on his administration. It could not be something a simple as a building being burnt or a tower being hit by a plane, or even a US Military installation being attacked by planes.
In order to convince Americans that it is a real threat, the "Fire" will have to hit a type of target that makes it appear as if not only America was attacked, but the current administration as well. For the Trumpettes, to make it work, they will have to be seen as taking a hit.
I would not be surprised at all if Trump himself becomes the target. This would work because, if Trump himself is somehow incapacitated, it puts the strongman Pence in power, or vice versa. Such a move would also break the deadlock between the Republican Party and the Executive Wing.
So don't be surprised in your Reichstag turns out to be Trump himself who is set ablaze.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
6. OMG. That's scary.
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 04:57 PM
Mar 2017

What's scary is that because of the type of people in the White House, such a thing COULD happen, since such things as collusion with foreign enemy countries and planting foreign agents in key cabinet positions and in charge of security happened.

I have to have faith that some of the sane Republicans are watching and trying to prevent damage to the country. I'm horrified that these people got control of our executive branch.

byronius

(7,385 posts)
7. Each passing day of GOP Fail makes this more likely. It's always the fascist Hail Mary.
Sat Mar 25, 2017, 05:26 PM
Mar 2017

And probably in California.

Saying it out loud might make them hesitate. That's why I do it.

MissKat

(218 posts)
12. Yes, without a doubt
Sun Mar 26, 2017, 09:35 AM
Mar 2017

Trump will have to do something to gain first--sympathy and then power.

He will immediately blame radical Islamic terrorists and declare war.

It's coming.

Time for a round of golf.

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