I knew Trump set up the Jan. 6 attack when I heard the National Guard had been told not to respond

[gollygee]

I remember when the second plane hit the second World Trades Building tower. It went from "how could this happen" to "this was done on purpose." For me, that happened on Jan. 6 when someone on TV said that the National Guard had been told not to respond. Until then, I thought, "This crowd will be put down quickly by the National Guard." After I heard that the National Guard had been told not to respond, I realized it had been set up.

Then the next day I learned that the Pentagon (which had recently been filled with Trump loyalists) had placed limits on the DC Guard shortly before the coup attempt. [link:https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-protests-washington-guard-military/2021/01/07/c5299b56-510e-11eb-b2e8-3339e73d9da2_story.html|

I think and I will go to my death thinking Trump intentionally planned the whole thing and expected it to succeed.

[mopinko]

1. i think the end game was to have the chain of command slaughtered and

declare martial law. we all thought he was going to do it, we know he tried to do it, that's what this was all about. shed enough blood to move the military command.

[LakeArenal]

2. He would have to kill the SC too.

However, I knew from day one the SC no matter how they stacked it would NOT let trump take over.
Also, I knew the military would not side with trump since the violent photo-op attje Church earlier in the four year long insurrection.

[wendyb-NC]

3. Trump was in it up to his eye brows

It started well before the November 3, 2020, election. He strategically picked the date to invite his militant mob to Washington, DC.

[Wounded Bear]

4. Not to mention putting his flunkies in key jobs in the Pentagon in his lame duck session...nt