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So folks, what do you think are the odds Trumps is preparing to declare martial law...say October? (Original Post) Thomas Hurt Jul 2020 OP
Looks that way. Frightening times we are living in. nt. Akacia Jul 2020 #1
Zero Dyedinthewoolliberal Jul 2020 #2
Yep. HotTeaBag Jul 2020 #6
yup, not happening Amishman Jul 2020 #21
What are the odds the military won't do it ? Nt jaysunb Jul 2020 #3
+1 n/t rzemanfl Jul 2020 #20
he won't call it that. bad branding. unblock Jul 2020 #4
Agreed on Zero Chainfire Jul 2020 #5
Trump doesn't care about that lame54 Jul 2020 #7
Of course not Chainfire Jul 2020 #22
Martial law is not logistically possible unless.. Runningdawg Jul 2020 #8
As bad as things are Proud Liberal Dem Jul 2020 #9
You don't think he can do that? durablend Jul 2020 #10
Zero that he will do it. That he is preparing or considering it now and actually doing some trial KPN Jul 2020 #11
K&R, Trump doesn't have to declare martial law to put the outcome of martial law into effect uponit7771 Jul 2020 #12
What is law to Trump anyway? There isn't any. triron Jul 2020 #13
+1, he just does shit uponit7771 Jul 2020 #14
An Atlantic article I just waded thru pointed out due to dotard's lazy sloppy ways he missed Thekaspervote Jul 2020 #15
Unless he has someone Bayard Jul 2020 #16
I have thought of that when he was running. Doreen Jul 2020 #17
0.0 BannonsLiver Jul 2020 #18
Bookmarking. n/t rzemanfl Jul 2020 #19

Amishman

(5,538 posts)
21. yup, not happening
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 02:51 PM
Jul 2020

He doesn't have the balls.

I also think he is tired/bored of this president thing, and probably only cares about being reelected because of his pride.

unblock

(51,973 posts)
4. he won't call it that. bad branding.
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:07 PM
Jul 2020

but yeah, there's gonna be quite a lot of heavily armed people, whether official or otherwise, intimidating voters, especially in heavily democratic areas of swing states.

Runningdawg

(4,494 posts)
8. Martial law is not logistically possible unless..
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:24 PM
Jul 2020

you kill off or imprison 1/2 the population first. He's working on it!
But he's not going to get there before the election unless he starts bombing hospitals and/or issues the order to "fire at will" on protesters AND he has enough of his cult entrenched in the military to allow those 2 things happen.
It is going to go from bad to worse before the election, but the worst will come after the election and before the inauguration.

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,353 posts)
9. As bad as things are
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:31 PM
Jul 2020

I still think that there is no way this happens. Everybody other than his die-hard MAGA cult supporters will revolt at that point. Any attempt at suppression of voting will run the risk of suppressing his own voters as well. There are lots of Democrats in Red States and vice-versa. Plus, I don't think that he has the power or popular support to launch a coup. And the military has already signaled that they would not be behind him. Which is why he's turned to using DHS personnel in his current actions in Portland and probably elsewhere soon.

durablend

(7,414 posts)
10. You don't think he can do that?
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:46 PM
Jul 2020
Any attempt at suppression of voting will run the risk of suppressing his own voters as well.

I'm sure they know which districts/counties are more blue than red and would target those and not a MAGA area

KPN

(15,585 posts)
11. Zero that he will do it. That he is preparing or considering it now and actually doing some trial
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 12:58 PM
Jul 2020

balloon stuff? That's a totally different question.

Given the polls and being the extremely inadequate human being he is, I'd say the chances are pretty good he's been thinking about it.

Thekaspervote

(32,605 posts)
15. An Atlantic article I just waded thru pointed out due to dotard's lazy sloppy ways he missed
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 01:41 PM
Jul 2020

That boat! If that were his plan, he should have started some time ago. The logistics at this point are just not possible. Takes a lot of time to organize, plan, strategize ...get all the team players in place. First you gotta have a good sized army of vandals to shake things up, and ya gotta do it in enough cities to make it look legit. It’s just not that simple

Sounds right to me

Bayard

(21,801 posts)
16. Unless he has someone
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 02:21 PM
Jul 2020

That stands to gain, whispering in his ear that it can still be done--like Eric Prince.

There are lots of things we thought he was incapable of, and its always SSDD (Same Shit, Different Day). He's doing a trial run in Portland now, and soon to be coming to a Democratic city near you. "Stay off the streets", (Don't even think about coming out to vote, unless you're a rethuglican). "And none of that mail-in voting either!"

If voter turnout is way down, he's sure he'll win in Nov. Yeah, I think he's capable of that.

Doreen

(11,686 posts)
17. I have thought of that when he was running.
Wed Jul 22, 2020, 02:32 PM
Jul 2020

I hate to say this but he might do something worse. Kind of like Portland but in every town and city and the brutality will be several times worse. His goons will be allowed to do any damn thing they want. I mean anything and without consequences at all. Maybe it is a conspiracy theory but all the things that have been going on were once conspiracy theories also.

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