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In reply to the discussion: Last night's speech was Trump's tacit SURRENDER to the inevitable. [View all]Blumancru
(463 posts)Presidents dont tear down substantial portions of the White House because it doesnt work that way.
People dont just disappear without due process, effectively suspending habeus corpus, because it doesnt work that way.
Presidents dont openly ignore the emoluments clause and benefit financially from their office because it doesnt work that way.
Sitting presidents dont put their faces on currency (or commemorative tokens, or whatever they are calling it), because it doesnt work that way.
Our military doesnt attack civilian vessels on the high seas and kill the survivors, because it doesnt work that way.
I could go on like this all day, but Im sure that you get the point.
We are seeing a lot that doesnt work that way lately, dont you think?
Will he try some disruption of the process for seating the new congress? I think so.
Will he succeed? I dont know. There are fewer guard rails now than on January 6th.
As far as my imagined dystopian fantasy, it is not mine alone, nor imagined. We are living it every day.
Are you on the other side? Your spelling and grammar seem too good for that.
Please try to be less condescending in the future.