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LaMouffette

(2,642 posts)
Tue Nov 10, 2020, 08:45 PM Nov 2020

He has fired Esper. Can Trump fire the Joint Chiefs of Staff and replace them with his loyalists? [View all]

We have learned over the past four years that Trump will do ANYTHING in an attempt to get his way. He has some 70 days left in office, and I am getting a bit nervous, what with Esper's firing, and McConnell now seeming to back Trump's refusal to concede, and Martha McSally refusing to concede, and Bill Barr now saying he will start investigations into voter fraud, and the Trump supporters' Million "Maggot" March on Saturday.

Could he be trying to instigate an actual military coup? I don't want to be alarmist. I hope that other DU posters are right and that this is just to create chaos and keep his supporters roiled up so that they vote in the Georgia runoff. I am just looking for reassurance that this is not possible and we will be rid of that repulsive sack of pus on January 20, 2021.

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I think he can BlueNIndiana Nov 2020 #1
Trump is trying three ways to stay in power BlueNIndiana Nov 2020 #2
The GOP majority leader in PA said they will not overrule popular vote and the will of the ppl Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #9
The hard line GOP of the state want an audit some are calling for more (Today) BlueNIndiana Nov 2020 #13
Yikes. Guess I won't be getting much sleep tonight! LaMouffette Nov 2020 #3
I am not saying it will happen but it could. BlueNIndiana Nov 2020 #5
What would Putin recommend? Buckeye_Democrat Nov 2020 #4
trump was mad at Esper for questioning his use of military during protests. Hoyt Nov 2020 #6
Thanks for the reassurance. I will try to channel Biden and Harris's calm confidence that LaMouffette Nov 2020 #7
If not the two thousandth Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #10
Absolutely BGBD Nov 2020 #15
The military won't follow his orders that go against democracy AmericanCanuck Nov 2020 #8
Yes! Military leaders everywhere were quite clear in written statements following the DC protests Thekaspervote Nov 2020 #11
I agree . LSFL Nov 2020 #12
But there are cult 45 members in the military MyMission Nov 2020 #14
rank and file cannot make decisions AmericanCanuck Nov 2020 #16
Understood, but who's orders will they be following? MyMission Nov 2020 #17
Whom Presidents can fire iSquire Dec 2020 #18
So he could indeed fire the Joint Chiefs of Staff between now and Inauguration Day. *Gulp!* LaMouffette Dec 2020 #19
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