The old rules no longer apply.
Donald Trump was never supposed to be elected. There's a general understanding amongst both sides and the powers that be in the U.S. that only proper mainstream candidates are allowed to be elected. The left was shocked to see that the pact had been broken and that Donald Trump, who utterly fails to follow the rules for politicians, had been elected.
The American media, which is almost all left wing, decided they'd had enough, and abandoned their traditional objectivity. They'd always had a left wing slant, but there was at least the appearance of objectivity, and this is now gone. The media openly and blatantly oppose the president, and churn out non stop anti-Donald Trump articles and stories all day every day.
Traditional liberals are mostly unaware of this, as they can't stand Trump and so are under the illusion that the media is being objective. But conservatives are well aware of what's happened, and they too have had enough of this. The right now feels that the game is rigged against them, that the media is no longer playing its proper role in society and so conservative views can't be heard. Any group which feels they can't succeed playing by the rules will seek to flip the board over and make new rules.
Trump is quite good at reading the mood of the right, and knowing what he can get away with. If he loses the election, I think there is a very strong chance that he refuses to leave office.
Using any real or imagined justification, he claims the election wasn't fair, and that he isn't leaving. The left's initial reaction will be to laugh, awaiting the hilarious moment when the sad old man is dragged out and tossed in a car. But the next thing they realize, there will be a million right wingers flooding into Washington D.C., heavily armed and intent on protecting the president.
What happens next depends on what kind of support Trump can muster. If he can get the police or secret service on his side, he can suspend congress and have his political opponents arrested. If he can get the military on his side, he seizes control of the country. Half the states revolt and refuse to follow the federal government, and the military moves to suppress them and force them back into compliance. We have a civil war.
If Trump can't muster up military support, he attempts to at least hold control of D.C., with democratic congressmen in jail and whichever Supreme Court justices are willing to support him rubber stamping whatever he does.
How all this ends, I can't predict. But we're really and truly in a Crisis now, and the old rules no longer apply. I don't think Trump will go quietly.
Donald Trump was never supposed to be elected. There's a general understanding amongst both sides and the powers that be in the U.S. that only proper mainstream candidates are allowed to be elected. The left was shocked to see that the pact had been broken and that Donald Trump, who utterly fails to follow the rules for politicians, had been elected.
The American media, which is almost all left wing, decided they'd had enough, and abandoned their traditional objectivity. They'd always had a left wing slant, but there was at least the appearance of objectivity, and this is now gone. The media openly and blatantly oppose the president, and churn out non stop anti-Donald Trump articles and stories all day every day.
Traditional liberals are mostly unaware of this, as they can't stand Trump and so are under the illusion that the media is being objective. But conservatives are well aware of what's happened, and they too have had enough of this. The right now feels that the game is rigged against them, that the media is no longer playing its proper role in society and so conservative views can't be heard. Any group which feels they can't succeed playing by the rules will seek to flip the board over and make new rules.
Trump is quite good at reading the mood of the right, and knowing what he can get away with. If he loses the election, I think there is a very strong chance that he refuses to leave office.
Using any real or imagined justification, he claims the election wasn't fair, and that he isn't leaving. The left's initial reaction will be to laugh, awaiting the hilarious moment when the sad old man is dragged out and tossed in a car. But the next thing they realize, there will be a million right wingers flooding into Washington D.C., heavily armed and intent on protecting the president.
What happens next depends on what kind of support Trump can muster. If he can get the police or secret service on his side, he can suspend congress and have his political opponents arrested. If he can get the military on his side, he seizes control of the country. Half the states revolt and refuse to follow the federal government, and the military moves to suppress them and force them back into compliance. We have a civil war.
If Trump can't muster up military support, he attempts to at least hold control of D.C., with democratic congressmen in jail and whichever Supreme Court justices are willing to support him rubber stamping whatever he does.
How all this ends, I can't predict. But we're really and truly in a Crisis now, and the old rules no longer apply. I don't think Trump will go quietly.