Martial law?

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10. I think the concern is a bit more important

...when you're looking at the small margins in the Senate and the House they need to overcome.

It doesn't take much to shift the balance just so to advantage one side or the other, and when you consider all of the tools Trump has available, many that other presidents didn't dare attempt to employ, you have to have some concern for his manipulations affecting the outcome.

And this isn't a zero sum dilemma.I get that people look at the country and determine that it's strong enough, collectively, to bear an autocratic regime.

But if you take individual harm into account, and don't just regard those abuses as essentially collateral, then you might view these autocratic moves as more than shuffling deck chairs.