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marmar

(76,985 posts)
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 11:10 AM Nov 2020

Wrecking ball: the damage Trump could do while still president until January


(Guardian UK) Some of the mayhem that will follow Donald Trump losing the presidential election is already known. The US exited the Paris climate agreement on Wednesday regardless. The coronavirus pandemic that has already claimed almost a quarter of a million lives in America will worsen. Trump has hinted he will attempt to fire Dr Anthony Fauci, the nation’s leading expert in infectious diseases.

But Trump’s defeat also sets the clock ticking on 11 weeks that some analysts believe could be the most dangerous period in US history, the time before the 20 January inauguration of Joe Biden during which a vengeful president can wreak havoc if he choses to do so.

“If Trump loses power he’ll spend his last 90 days wrecking the United States like a malicious child with a sledgehammer in a china shop,” said Malcolm Nance, a veteran intelligence analyst and political author, speaking before the result of the election was known.

“We’re likely to see the greatest political temper tantrum in history. He may decide he wants to go out with a bang, he may decide he will not accept the election result. Who knows what a cornered autocrat will do?” ................(more)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/08/donald-trump-lame-duck-damage-dangerous




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Wrecking ball: the damage Trump could do while still president until January (Original Post) marmar Nov 2020 OP
He will definitely pardon himself, his family and all his major henchmen. Eugene Nov 2020 #1

Eugene

(61,595 posts)
1. He will definitely pardon himself, his family and all his major henchmen.
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 12:48 PM
Nov 2020

So, a Republican consultant assures us that fear of prison will deter Trump from his worst impulses. Just like impeachment left him chastened?

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