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This message was self-deleted by its author (Original Post) duckworth969 Yesterday OP
What does "military coup" even mean in this context? RockRaven Yesterday #1
IMO orangecrush Yesterday #2
Likely, he would be killed by his own men. Norbert Yesterday #10
That would be sweet. Dunc Yesterday #11
I don't think so karynnj Yesterday #3
He couldnt pull off his socks. OLDMDDEM Yesterday #4
Ha! I had the exact same thought! Scrivener7 23 hrs ago #15
Hogshit already has the full support of the president fujiyamasan Yesterday #5
Hogshit has the full support of the president until he doesn't Brother Buzz Yesterday #9
Good point fujiyamasan Yesterday #12
Let's be honest malaise Yesterday #6
No. He's a civilian. NT mahatmakanejeeves Yesterday #7
How? He's a circus balloon animal. mr715 Yesterday #8
LoL! He couldn't pull of a Band-Aid Maru Kitteh Yesterday #13
There are ambitious people who take bigger dumps than him, that would eat him alive. He's a putz. OC375 23 hrs ago #14
Where Is Any Evidence... ProfessorGAC 23 hrs ago #16

RockRaven

(19,433 posts)
1. What does "military coup" even mean in this context?
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:02 PM
Yesterday

What set of actions and outcomes are you referring to?

orangecrush

(30,399 posts)
2. IMO
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:03 PM
Yesterday

It would be a very short lived coup.

Norbert

(7,782 posts)
10. Likely, he would be killed by his own men.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:24 PM
Yesterday

Dunc

(326 posts)
11. That would be sweet.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:25 PM
Yesterday

karynnj

(60,978 posts)
3. I don't think so
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:05 PM
Yesterday

From many accounts most of the military does not like or respect him. Trump, on the other hand, possibly could as he does have a big cult.

OLDMDDEM

(3,192 posts)
4. He couldnt pull off his socks.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:07 PM
Yesterday

Scrivener7

(59,540 posts)
15. Ha! I had the exact same thought!
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:47 PM
23 hrs ago

fujiyamasan

(1,734 posts)
5. Hogshit already has the full support of the president
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:07 PM
Yesterday

I don’t think he has much to worry about, as long as he doesn’t act like the actual drunk he is in public.

Brother Buzz

(39,941 posts)
9. Hogshit has the full support of the president until he doesn't
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:22 PM
Yesterday

If he pulled it off, the marmalade shartcannon would take the victory lap. If he failed miserably, he'd be immediately thrown under the bus.

fujiyamasan

(1,734 posts)
12. Good point
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:27 PM
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Loyalty with Trump only really goes one way.

malaise

(296,277 posts)
6. Let's be honest
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:15 PM
Yesterday

In the CNdrunk’s mind, Donvict does not look the part.
I could see him removing him.

mahatmakanejeeves

(69,929 posts)
7. No. He's a civilian. NT
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:18 PM
Yesterday

mr715

(3,579 posts)
8. How? He's a circus balloon animal.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:20 PM
Yesterday

Maru Kitteh

(31,790 posts)
13. LoL! He couldn't pull of a Band-Aid
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:28 PM
Yesterday

without crying about it

Nobody likes him. Who would follow him, and more to the point, why? They mostly ignore him whenever possible now . . . not exactly the kind of fanatical support you would need to pull off a takeover of the United States military.



OC375

(969 posts)
14. There are ambitious people who take bigger dumps than him, that would eat him alive. He's a putz.
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 06:41 PM
23 hrs ago

If he attempted it, it would only be as someone's dupe. He isn't inspirational to enough people, and he makes bad choices in allies. He's toast if Trump goes down, for any reason, and probably regardless when Trump gets sick of him, which he will.

He'll be called a loser by Trump before this is over.

ProfessorGAC

(76,785 posts)
16. Where Is Any Evidence...
Sat Apr 4, 2026, 07:21 PM
23 hrs ago

...that he's capable of planning let alone execute one?

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