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Metaphorical

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6. Trump is ramping up the chaos
Sun Feb 2, 2025, 12:43 AM
Feb 2025

His goal is to create a crisis so that he can declare martial law, suspend the Constitution, and become president for life. That should be obvious. He knows that in 21 months, the opposition will be so strong against him that he will lose Congress and probably the courts. He cannot rule legitimately (and I am now very much convinced that he did not legitimately win the election, but that's a moot point), so he's going to try to take power by fiat.

Do not expect him to play by the law, or abide by the law. Pissing off the FBI and the CIA may prove to be a monumentally bad decision for him personally, because he does not yet have an established power base there, and there are a lot of sharpshooters with both agencies.

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