Donald Trump could use emergency powers to extend his term in the White House, a senior Democrat has said, as fears grow that the president may attempt to hold onto office should he lose November’s
If he gets blown out he either wouldn't try this or would just be escorted out.
If it's a close election he can contest it via either the Bush 2000 strategy (disrupt recount efforts and throw it to a friendly Supreme Court) or through calling into question the legitimacy of the results (as he was doing even before November 2016, and he's basically done ever since). There's no question that his base would back him on this. Can you confidently say the Republican Party wouldn't back him up on that? Can you confidently say the fascist goons that have already cracked skulls for him once in Washington would just turn around and say, "Sorry, Mr. President, your fired"?
Why wouldn't they? The real power players are making money even though the economy is falling apart for ordinary people. If you're the military-industrial complex you like the fact that he's always a bad week away from starting a war. He'll sign off on whatever corporate handouts the GOP puts in front of him. He'll pick pro-business judges. He'll be a punching bag for libs so they never focus their anger too intensely on capitalism.
You could argue that they might slightly prefer a pro-business Democrat who's more stable, but I think it's splitting hairs at that point, and I find it hard to believe they'd do anything meaningful to oppose Trump at that point.
If it’s close and they can swing it like Bush v Gore, sure.
But anything more than that, I don’t think so. They benefit from having a two party system too much.
If they were going down this route, I’d expect a whole lot more jailing of the political opposition, for instance. Beating up protesters is, after all, a bipartisan sport.
If they were going down this route, I’d expect a whole lot more jailing of the political opposition, for instance.
Bear in mind that there's almost three months between the election and inauguration. No reason to start jailing political opponents now when there's a decent chance you'll win outright, win through sufficient voter suppression, or win through some Bush v. Gore bullshit.
If he gets blown out he either wouldn't try this or would just be escorted out.
If it's a close election he can contest it via either the Bush 2000 strategy (disrupt recount efforts and throw it to a friendly Supreme Court) or through calling into question the legitimacy of the results (as he was doing even before November 2016, and he's basically done ever since). There's no question that his base would back him on this. Can you confidently say the Republican Party wouldn't back him up on that? Can you confidently say the fascist goons that have already cracked skulls for him once in Washington would just turn around and say, "Sorry, Mr. President, your fired"?
hes fired
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I guess I can't say anything with certainty. But I don't think that corporations would necessarily back him in that power struggle
Why wouldn't they? The real power players are making money even though the economy is falling apart for ordinary people. If you're the military-industrial complex you like the fact that he's always a bad week away from starting a war. He'll sign off on whatever corporate handouts the GOP puts in front of him. He'll pick pro-business judges. He'll be a punching bag for libs so they never focus their anger too intensely on capitalism.
You could argue that they might slightly prefer a pro-business Democrat who's more stable, but I think it's splitting hairs at that point, and I find it hard to believe they'd do anything meaningful to oppose Trump at that point.
he's got the backing of a huge segment of the bourgeoisie. who do you think his donors are?
If it’s close and they can swing it like Bush v Gore, sure.
But anything more than that, I don’t think so. They benefit from having a two party system too much.
If they were going down this route, I’d expect a whole lot more jailing of the political opposition, for instance. Beating up protesters is, after all, a bipartisan sport.
Bear in mind that there's almost three months between the election and inauguration. No reason to start jailing political opponents now when there's a decent chance you'll win outright, win through sufficient voter suppression, or win through some Bush v. Gore bullshit.