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Farmer-Rick

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24. Yeah, Imagine a US president doing what Pinochet did?

Sat Jul 30, 2022, 09:54 AM

Jul 2022

I guess he wouldn't have to murder his predecessor, like Pinochet did to Allende. But the Trumpers were hunting for Pence.

The problem was the military didn't all support TFG. A lot of military did see that psycho as their savior. A lot of military are religiously insane. But a lot of military are just normal Americans trying to do the right thing.

I don't think TFG even had the majority of the military on his side. Otherwise, he wouldn't have had to get a bunch of wackos and Nazis to attack the capitol. He could have just ordered the Army or National Guard to do it.

It wouldn't have looked like a citizen uprising if he sent in a military force in then. But Trump seemed to just want to not give up the White House. He didn't seem to care who or how he stayed in the White House.

I wonder how close the military was to attacking the capitol?

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Yeah, Imagine a US president doing what Pinochet did? Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #24

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