In theory, should he set aside the fact that he actually hated being president, and decide to run again in 2024, and should tens of millions of Americans lose their minds and cast their votes for a wannabe dictator who is probably at this moment ranting to a garden hose about how he beat Joe Biden, he could make his way back to the White House in January 2025. Is he going to be president as early as this August? No! Obviously! Why? Well, there’s the minor matter of the fact that Biden‘s first term doesn’t expire for another 1,329 days, making it impossible for Trump to take over any time before then, unless he is planning a coup. Which it sounds like he might be, insomuch as one can plan a coup from the omelet station at Mar-a-Lago.
The 1/6 investigation NEEDS to move forward. Two key answers need to be resolved; firstly, why was the National Guard not called in sooner and what was Trump’s knowledge or involvement in that. This is major, because in The Presidential oath of office they are sworn to protect the country and turning his back on an invasion of the Capital is a high crime. Secondly, was Trump in communication with any of the Militia groups that organized the insurrection? To what degree did he know before hand and how much was he involved in and in contact with militia leaders that tried to overthrow the government??
If there is plans for a future coup attempt and Trump has knowledge of it, it should be added to the other mountain of charges he will be facing and not only should he not be allowed to run for a second term but he should also be charged immediately.
This is the most severe crime a President has ever committed against the Country and it must be addressed. He called down insurrection on Congress, while they were in session, resolving the election.
Frankly what he did or didn't know doesn't really matter. He held a rally and ended that rally calling for them to "correct the mistake" Congress was making. Then 20 minutes layer the people invited to that rally sacked Congress while he stood in the White House and did nothing to defend the Congress. He needs convicted and sentenced to 20 years in prison for insurrection and sedition... then put in the darkest solitary hole the Federal prisons have.
Democrats need to hold the budget hostage and threaten to shut the entire country down to make that happen and get another impeachment thru the Senate with UNANIMOUS conviction. It's that serious.
Business Insider notes that MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell and other anti-democratic conspiracy theorists have been pushing this wacky Hail Mary “in fringe conservative media for several months. It has no basis under the Constitution or any legitimate legal framework.”
First it was Jan 6th, then Jan 20, then early March, and so on and so on. The never-ending grift.
This is Trump’s call to arms. When the indictments fall around that time, he’ll claim the deep state is stopping him from being reinstated (they won’t care that its not possible no matter if fraud is found or not). From now until August, Trump’s whistles to his base will grow louder and they will in turn become louder themselves and more active.
He’s been relatively silent up until now because there wasn’t anything to gain. Now, with charges looming, a full overthrow of the government is all that will keep him out of prison. This is why this August “deadline” is different than the nonsense dates already past. August will be the GQP’s “Big Show”.
Haberman, who broke some of the biggest stories of the Trump administration and has been covering him for decades, added that Trump had been "laser focused" on election audits in states whose results he is still trying to overturn.
The anti-democratic conspiracy theory has been bubbling up in fringe conservative media for several months. It has no basis under the Constitution or any legitimate legal framework.
Expect arbitrary timeline announcements like this for the next few years at a minimum. It helps with fundraising and offers just enough emotional validation for the Q nutjobs that he’ll never risk letting them realize it’s never going to happen.
Once August comes and goes, it’ll shift to January or something. And then May. Then it’ll be, “vote Republican so we can regain control of Congress to impeach Biden and replace him with Trump.”
Then we’ll see what real autocratic demagoguery looks like first-hand. It hasn’t even gotten as spicy as it will yet.
January 6th: Congress was going to magically declare Trump President. Failing that, Pence would use non-existent powers to declare Trump the winner. Then there was that insurrection they had which was totally going to result in Trump remaining in office.
January 20th: Inauguration Day was going to see Biden arrested for crimes and Trump ascending to be sworn in.
March 4th: This time the explanation was a convoluted tale about how the US was "incorporated" and all amendments past the 15th were null and void. Since March 4th was the date some past presidents were sworn in, that was when Trump would be sworn in, breaking up the "illegal US corporation."
March 20th: As March 4th approached and it became clear that it wasn't going to pay off, they quickly switched to March 20th as the date that Trump was definitely, absolutely going to become President again.
And now we're on to August as the "it's real this time" date. It would be laughable if the events of January 6th didn't show how dangerous these groups can be.
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