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In reply to the discussion: Trump is toast. [View all]wnylib
(26,019 posts)I don't. He's dangerous because he would again not accept a loss and would claim that he won and try to get in office by force.
But this time, he would not be the one already in office to pull the strings of government in his favor, like making security forces stand down. Biden would be in charge of responding to his violence.
The violence would be worse than Jan 6 because his militias have had time to plan attacks.
But that's assuming that he would be the nominee for 2024. The OP is suggesting that he won't be, and that someone else would be the Republican candidate because Trump would not have backing from people with money and power. They would oppose him as the Republican candidate and back someone else. That's what I was responding to - the OP's suggestion that someone else could be the party's choice for 2024 because Trump is getting more opposition from his own party and is losing some support. He is not a shoo-in for the nomination.
The danger from Trump is not that he would get elected, but what he would do if he loses the nomination or the general election if he runs as an Independent.
I do not underestimate the danger that he poses as a 2 time loser. If anything, I'm inclined to estimate the level of violence that he would provoke as higher than most people do. I have Malcom Nance's book, They Want to Kill Americans. He lays out in it just how many militia types that Trump could call upon and the level of their training, experience, and weapons capabilities.
But, again, I was responding to the hypothetical proposed in the OP, that Trump would not be the Republican 2024 candidate.