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B.See

(7,405 posts)
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 12:32 AM 16 hrs ago

Ex-GOP analyst issues dire warning about Trump after midterm: 'He is planning a siege'

Ex-GOP analyst issues dire warning about Trump after midterm: 'He is planning a siege' - Rawstory via MSN

Donald Trump appears to be staring down lame-duck status as the 2026 midterm election approaches, but that doesn't mean his administration will be any less dangerous, even if the GOP gets the thrashing experts expect, according to one ex-GOP analyst.

Rick Wilson, a co-founder of The Lincoln Project and a former Republican strategist, argued in a new Substack essay that these issues can lead one to believe things are about to return to normal. However, Wilson warned, Trump is likely to become more dangerous as his support fades.

Trump appears to be laying the groundwork for (a) siege by appointing people who challenged the legitimacy of the 2020 election to key posts within the federal government.

"Trump is already aiming the federal machine at the midterms...If you think a lame duck can’t cause chaos, you didn’t learn the lesson of 2020," Wilson wrote. The lame-duck period then gave Trump and his allies space to organize a coup attempt...Now imagine that same playbook with four years of institutional capture, a more radical staff, and... who knows he can’t be reelected and doesn’t care who he burns."
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Ex-GOP analyst issues dire warning about Trump after midterm: 'He is planning a siege' (Original Post) B.See 16 hrs ago OP
He is reiterating what we already know. sheshe2 15 hrs ago #1
Trump will literally scorch the earth. live love laugh 14 hrs ago #2
Exactly... Traitor and Putin are Not going to give up Cha 14 hrs ago #3

sheshe2

(95,018 posts)
1. He is reiterating what we already know.
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 01:53 AM
15 hrs ago

I just hope we will find a way to survive this insanity.

Cha

(316,016 posts)
3. Exactly... Traitor and Putin are Not going to give up
Mon Nov 24, 2025, 02:27 AM
14 hrs ago

Power without Fighting tooth and nail.

Evidently they've been planning this from the beginning.. or Traitor wouldn't be Shitting All Over America, Knowing Americans Will Be Rebelling At Midterms. .

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