The Apprentice Season 2 - The Second Presidency of Donald Trump

[waitingtoconnect]

Thankfully I've always had dark humor, so I'll certainly be monitoring if it somehow increases.

Speaking of getting worse

Next on Fox News: why this is a good thing…

[Max Peck]

Getting people killed is certainly one way to shrink the work force. I guess.

[Alefroth]

It's a great way to incentivize the CIA employees to take the buyout.

[$iljanus]

How else will our new Sino-Russian overlords know who to approach? And with employees being "encouraged" to resign maybe they'll be happy to get offers from other governments? Or at least it makes the gathering of kompromat more efficient.

This is the new normal.

[Alefroth]

I don't see how any country can trust us with intel now.

[Smoove_B]

I don't see how any country can trust us with intel now.

And we didn't even confirm Tulsi Gabbard yet! Once that happens, yeah, I'd imagine we're absolutely cut off.

[Holman]

I assume allies will start feeding us specious intel with markers to track how quickly it gets to Russia, China, Saudi Arabia, etc.

This could wipe out Jared's whole business model!

[Isgrimnur]

Something something NOC list.

[LawBeefaroni]

It's arguably an example of a specific type of coup: Self coup or Autocoup.

A self-coup, also called an autocoup (from Spanish autogolpe) or coup from the top, is a form of coup d'état in which a political leader, having come to power through legal means, stays in power illegally through the actions of themselves and/or their supporters. The leader may dissolve or render powerless the national legislature and unlawfully assume extraordinary powers. Other measures may include annulling the constitution, suspending civil courts, and having the head of government assume dictatorial powers.

From 1946 to the beginning of 2021, an estimated 148 self-coup attempts took place, 110 in autocracies and 38 in democracies.

That’s closer, and definitely a plausible end game. But we’re missing the critical “stays in power illegally” part. Again, we elected Trump. He is very much in power legally, at least, for now. Thus, not a coup, even of the “self-coup” variety.

What part of "elected to be president, seized power ro be king" isn't clear?

He wasn't elected to execute the duties of the legislative branch.