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Lucky. Trump’s farcial self-coup failed because of little more than the happenstance of his inadequa
Lucky. Trump’s farcial self-coup failed because of little more than the happenstance of his inadequate political awareness – politicalbetting.com
Where did it go wrong for Donald Trump? Wednesday’s events will prove a watershed moment for his political career. Beforehand, he was absolutely dominant in the Republican Party, with the expectations of many that he would remain so even out of office. Now, that aura of raw power shines far more dimly – not merely because he finally crossed a line unacceptable to many in the GOP but because he looked foolish in doing so.
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Some of the tweets about this incident say its fine, because the police department are bad, and that where ever he goes in public they will ruin it.
I don't buy that. If Scotland is going to be independent, then surely the expression of that is ensuring it remains something very different to what they have now - a Tory Government. The SNP will ride the wave of delivery for a decade before it all gets horribly incestuous, with a chumocracy that even the Westminster Tories would never have the neck to put in place. Some bad scandals, some jail time and a quite abrupt turning away from the SNP is my guess.
But not to anything that looks like it might be Tories in disguise. A new Tartan-clad social democrat party would be my guess, one that appeals to both LibDems and Tories with quite a few ex-SLAB and SNPers who see a need for change climbing aboard. The interesting question will be - is it a party that will want to join the EU? But they will have the benefit of quite a few years to see how the wind is blowing on that. (Implicit in that is that I don't expect the SNP to apply to join straight away - there will be a huge debate about the pros and cons. There will be plenty who don't want to swap the choke-hold of Westminster for the choke-hold of Brussels....)
https://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/637944-737-500-missing-indonesia.html
So many went along with them. I see it is still all Antifa and Soros' fault.
The man is a terrorist. Always has been. Plain as day. Fortunately a crap one.
The hallmark of a properly executed coup d'etat is that it should be almost bloodless at the point of execution, because all the pieces have already been played.
I know nothing of US laws; can Trump be held responsible anyway for these deaths e.g. incitement.
Electoral Calculus gives Tories 302, Labour 261, SNP 58 and LDs 6, PC 4 and Greens 1 and NI 18 on the new Yougov poll on current boundaries.
https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/usercode.py?scotcontrol=Y&CON=39&LAB=39&LIB=6&Brexit=3&Green=6&UKIP=&TVCON=&TVLAB=&TVLIB=&TVBrexit=&TVGreen=&TVUKIP=&SCOTCON=20.5&SCOTLAB=20.5&SCOTLIB=5.5&SCOTBrexit=0&SCOTGreen=2.5&SCOTUKIP=&SCOTNAT=50.5&display=AllChanged®orseat=(none)&boundary=2019
So the Tories would be largest party but Starmer would be PM but only with SNP confidence and supply
I am sticking to the Red Funnel this year, again!
He behaved like a Caesar or a Mafia boss. He made it as clear as he dared, without explicitly saying so, what he wanted to happen. "Will no one rid me of this turbulent priest?" But the coward in him and perhaps any residual humanity that still lurks within his baseless soul, stopped him going all in.
Those who were on board with the steal (whether or not with the coup) might well be so inclined. The rest are likely much more persuadable.
What chances Democrat representatives in a state legislature somewhere are captured and killed at some point in the next four years? It must be pretty scary for them knowing many Republican politicians at that level who control local law enforcement go along with the coup.
Pretty likely. Of course, some of these nutters will go for Republicans too, who they deem traitors to the cause.
I agree with every line.
Above all Mike Pence. Who almost single handedly saved the Republic. Who'd have imagined that?
The problem with a coup is you need full control of your own side. Don thought he did. But didn't.
When the curtain was drawn back there wasn't much more than a sad loser and a bunch of enablers.
Some very sad, some extremely dangerous.
Most western operators will be okay though, they have a lot of processes for various stages of mothballing planes, to ensure that the wet bits don’t dry out and the dry bits don’t get wet. They start them up and taxi them around every week or so, and fly them every few weeks to check stuff like pressurisation systems.
Out where I live, we often see an A380 flying circuits (up, round and down), to make sure both planes and pilots don’t get rusty. There’s 100 of them on the ground at DWC airport at the moment.
Incompetence meant it didn’t - and made any denial implausible - but even so, I think it came a lot closer to succeeding than the farcical elements make it appear.
Again, five people are dead who were alive when Wednesday began. Next time, it might be dozens. Or hundreds. Next time, our government might not bounce back so easily. Here, Congress doesn’t need courage. It just needs a sense of self-preservation.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/08/opinion/trump-capitol-riot-impeachment.html?action=click&module=Opinion&pgtype=Homepage
"Indonesia plane: Boeing missing after losing 'more than 10,000ft in less than a minute'
Suspected debris has been found off Jakarta, a rescue agency official has said, although its source has not been confirmed."
https://news.sky.com/story/indonesia-plane-boeing-missing-after-losing-more-than-10-000ft-in-less-than-a-minute-12183054
https://twitter.com/politico/status/1347208554684571650?s=20
While the Democratic controlled House would almost certainly vote to impeach Trump again it is the until Jan 20th GOP controlled Senate that would try him and vote on whether to convict him or not
I thought it was just long enough to make its argument.
Link.
1. She goes now.
2. She stays as 'caretaker' to 'see Covid through' but promises to make way for a new leader at some predetermined point. I don't see an option 3 where she survives. But perhaps I'm totally wrong.
Its not only the President who has control of a military force.
What would have happened if the Governors of Virginia or Maryland had sent in their national guards to retake the Capitol ?
(only kidding! Great stuff!)
There's a large Coup Caucus within the Republican Party at all levels. A line has now to be drawn.
And without any way of getting rid of Trump Jr and the rest of the Trump mob it's a pointless exercise as there will be someone waiting to take the support that comes from Trump's endorsement.
I don't know if that would have been enough to make the coup stick in of itself, but the political ramifications of that would have been humongous either way.
Anyone suggesting a coup is similar or on the make.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.wusa9.com/amp/article/news/local/dc/national-guard-troops-deployed-washington-dc-us-capital-building-lockdown/65-afd10329-b508-4cbc-939a-5901a1b33d53
But this might have persuaded me. Biden needs to do the biggest political investigation in US history, because if it was a genuine attempt at a coup, it is bigger than Watergate by many orders of magnitude.
And I doubt few people have ever thought that Trump was loyal to them.
She is a goner , no UN job in Geneva for her as Boris will welch for sure.
Also - EFTA is another option. And a credible interim one.
I think it's now pretty clear that Trump would have acted more directly if he was sure he could have got away with it, and that it was only a cowardly fear of the personal consequences of failure that caused him to distance himself from what he was trying to instigate.
Johnson cannot stay PM if the Union breaks up but he is most likely to win another majority in England and Wales alone and minus Scotland
These damaging allegations could see some No voters switch from SNP back to SLab and SCon
"him off"
Glad you rate him so highly.
Better make sure he's squeaky clean for the "War on Terror 2" first.
I think the future of American democracy rests as much on an internal battle within the Republican Party as it does executive-led action by the new Biden administration.
America is so partisan now each side needs to put its own house in order first before it will be able to sensibly engage again with the other.
Probably called the Freedom Party, or something similar (maybe with extra e's in the middle for the full Gibson).
Either Sturgeon or Salmond will have to retire from politics: it is a duel a l'outrance.
Very good piece Mr Herdson. It's pretty obvious that Trump was intent on overturning the result of the election from the outset yet he still has his apologists desperately trying to blame somebody else. I really have nothing but contempt for his apologists.