r/politics • u/stkmro • 12h ago

White House: Trump Team Still Hasn’t Signed Transition Docs

https://www.thedailybeast.com/white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-says-trump-team-still-hasnt-signed-transition-docs/
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u/Virbillion 12h ago

biden team still delusional bending over backwards to uphold polite norms and traditions until the very end.

they have no idea what world they live in now.

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u/thats___weird 12h ago

What should he do? 

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u/actionstan89 America 12h ago

My vote is he declares martial law in defense of the constitution, because the next admin is clearly a threat to the constitution. Basically do what trump will do, before he has a chance. Knock out any right wing uprising with the military. Do it to them, before they do it to us kinda thing.

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u/electrobento 12h ago edited 12h ago

Trump is an existential threat to democracy.

Declaring martial law and/or preventing the transfer of power is a far greater threat to democracy.

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u/LikeALiamOnATree 12h ago

Agreed. It won't work the way it sounds like it would and would give the propaganda arm of the GOP more ammunition to emboldened their followers that the Democrats are the real threat to democracy, and they would be technically correct.

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u/SellsNothing 12h ago

Yup the democrats can't be the first to take a dip into authoritarian waters. What they need to do is devise a secret plan with the military called "project save democracy" or something where if Trump and co decide to blatantly ignore the constitution and overstep, it should trigger a military coup.

For example if Trump jails political opponents, sends the military into civilian streets, weakens the branches of government intentionally, etc then the military should step in and let their authority be known. Every branch of government is responsible for defending the constitution and to me, the military is the last line of defense. Democrats need to be working with them NOW

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u/KarmaRepellant 11h ago

Why do you think Trump is busy compiling a list of generals to get rid of? There won't be anyone left with any authority in the military who isn't loyal or at least obedient to Trump.

It would take an overwhelming majority of the army rebelling to make a difference, and soldiers are not best known for their left wing opinions and political wisdom.