If the current President loses the election, will he try and overthrow our goverment??

[Peacetrain]

to stay in power.. trust me I am not a conspiracy type person, and am usually the first to pooh pooh that kind of talk...but the last couple of days the President is gutting DHS... I am beginning to think we are dealing with someone who has lost touch with reality..

[Hoyt]

1. No, but he'll be one crazy Lame Duck.

[customerserviceguy]

23. He'll be too consumed

with getting pardons in for all the people he wants them for.

[Hoyt]

27. Good point, and getting all he can like most deposed dictators.

[Historic NY]

2. Who says he will lose....

people are awfully confident.

[manor321]

3. No, but he'll start Trump TV and take a bunch of Fox anchors

And then the press will treat Trump TV like it is respectable.

[CatMor]

4. No ..

he is a blowhard bully. I think he and his family will eventually slink out of DC in disgrace.

[Peacetrain]

7. From your lips to Gods ears

[PufPuf23]

24. Many thought that about GWB. nt

[BigmanPigman]

5. He lost touch with reality a long time ago.

He may try to get his cult foaming at the mouth and he may try to get his closest pals to break the law for him but in the end he would have to leave. There are going to be more govt workers who will enforce the laws instead of breaking them. The police and military would never allow him or his cult to gather much steam before being controlled and possibly arrested.

[Kurt V.]

6. no but i look more to his children. They've seen how you can work the electorate

[elleng]

8. He's doing it NOW.

[Peacetrain]

9. I do not think I have ever felt so unsettled..

and I lived through the sixties

[elleng]

16. Ditto.

The sixties didn't bother me HALF as much.

[Doreen]

10. Well, he is the one who clains

there will be riots if he loses one thing or another.

[mitch96]

28. "he is the one who claims there will be riots"

He will claim an unfair election and stir his base to revolt. THATs what scares me. An armed insurection in drumph's name... Pizzagate anyone?
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[TrishaJ]

11. I think he is already in the process of overthrowing

the government. And he is currently getting help from the GOP in Congress and Barr at DOJ.

Until this Clown is held accountable to the law, he will continue to chip away at our institutions.

Consider that there are Cabinet members who are "acting" and not confirmed; and this gives him the power to work around Congress. Because the GOP controlled Senate will not reign him in.

[empedocles]

25. Agreed. Surprised more here are not on board with the 'possibility.'

[Trenzalore]

12. I would not be surprised if a secession movement sprung up

The joke is on him since most of his assets are in Blue States.

[Moostache]

13. Ask yourself this: "Do I believe Trump was going to concede in 2016 if he lost?"

Remember the run-up to election day was nothing but a stream of "its rigged" speeches by him, laying the groundwork for a contested election and a huge mess for the country.

He already planted that seed 3 years ago and I have ZERO doubt that if he loses in 2020, the run up to the vote will be screaming like a stuck pig that voter fraud and "rigged" elections are the reason why he would be on the losing end...not a flailing economy for the lower 90%, not a lack of any REAL achievements in office, not his own bigotry and hate, not the fact that a half-eaten ham-sandwich would be a better option against him...

Trump shall become synonymous with treason the same way "Benedict Arnold" is now...I just hope it is without widespread violence and bloodshed...if I were a person of minority status, be it race, age, religion, sexual preference, or anything else MAGAts hate, I would not be out and about on the Wednesday after a Trump loss, I'll tell anyone that!

[Baitball Blogger]

14. It appears that he's girding his loins for trouble.

Anyone who sees all those cabinet changes and "Acting" roles in his administration suggests that he's using a strategy that may not be in the country's interest.

[csziggy]

15. I have to agree with Michael Cohen on this

Cohen expresses concern Trump won't take no for an answer in 2020

In his closing remarks, former Donald Trump attorney Michael Cohen said he is afraid that if Donald Trump loses the election in 2020, there will not be a peaceful transition of power. Feb. 27, 2019

Video at link: https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/cohen-expresses-concern-trump-won-t-take-no-for-an-answer-in-2020-1449618499732

[smirkymonkey]

17. I am thinking we are in a no-win situation.

Whether he wins or loses, it's going to be a shitshow. He will not go willingly and his base will not accept his loss and will turn on the rest of us.

[JCMach1]

18. He's already doing it

[dewsgirl]

20. [phone]

[AncientGeezer]

19. No....he'll bitch and scream but he'll leave. He has no choice.

[politicaljunkie41910]

21. He's ONE man, not SUPERMAN. What do you think he can do?

If he starts acting in a way that is destructive, someone among those weak GOP bitches will stop him. Even Mitch McConnell took a stance with him the other day when he said that the GOP was NOT going to initiate a new healthcare plan prior to the 2020 election.

[world wide wally]

22. He did when he won the election...

No reason to believe he won't if he loses.

[blm]

26. If he stays it will be Erik Prince's private army protecting him.

.

[Dan]

30. Erik Prince may have a few thousand

private (mercenary) consultant/soldiers working for him.
Erik wants to make money by outsourcing those consultants.
But,
Erik does not want to die.
And if (on Trump's request or just in support of Trump)
Erik decides to fight the U.S. Government,
Even with the support of Trump's deplorable base that might want to take up arms to keep Trump in power,
I can assure you - that Erik does not want to die.
And that would be the outcome.

[rampartc]

31. erik would be safely back at his corporate hq in dubai

paid in advance

[onenote]

29. no

[blueinredohio]

32. Yes, I have thought this all along.

[lindysalsagal]

33. He's already overthrowing it, every minute of the day, and the gop allows it.

We're there.

[fescuerescue]

34. This question comes up every 4 years.

Either in Democratic forums or in Republican forums. Goes back to the Clinton years. So far both sides have an accuracy rate of 0%.

Short answer: No.

Long answer: Revolutions don't start at the bottom. They start at the second highest level. For this to happen, Trump would need a team that was fiercely loyal to him. Anyone on that direct team that wasn't, would be dispatched quickly, or if he escaped, HIS loyal forces would fight other loyal forces. As would their reports on down the line. Civil war.

Trump has no such loyalty. His directs are essentially a revolving door. And the grassroots are have no direction or leadership.

Result: Trump will leave office on time, just like all 44 of his predecessors.