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In reply to the discussion: Never in my lifetime did I think a sitting President would seriously discuss a military coup... [View all]malaise
(286,795 posts)11. Why not?
They have discussed it and executed it for other democracies for well over a century on behalf of the same oligarchs who have way too much power today.
What needs to be answered is what is the meaning of national interest? Whose interests?
Until that is resolved we are all in danger
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Never in my lifetime did I think a sitting President would seriously discuss a military coup... [View all]
steve2470
Dec 2020
OP
The military brass has stated multiple times they would not be a part of this nonsense
Thekaspervote
Dec 2020
#3
You think any kind of special ops forces are going to go against the US military..really?
Thekaspervote
Dec 2020
#12
yup, not gonna happen. The con w be thrown out on his butt whether he likes it or not.
onetexan
Dec 2020
#6
What concerns me is some police forces have hired white supremacists into their ranks, and I suspect
still_one
Dec 2020
#10
He is off his rocker and suspect he is just doing what he has always done in life - seek attention
NRaleighLiberal
Dec 2020
#25
good thing tRump never wears a tan suit, now that would be the breaking point for GOP support
yaesu
Dec 2020
#26
We live in a global society where executives do not mind firing thousands of people at a company
LiberalArkie
Dec 2020
#31