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In reply to the discussion: Stop calling this a coup. This isn't a mere coup. [View all]DENVERPOPS
(10,630 posts)42. Trump, Musk and others
are serving Putin.........For whatever reasons, they are 100% subservient to Putin.
I was talking to one of my Russian friends and asked him what his friends and family in Russia were saying:
He said that they are all LAUGHING THEIR ASSES off at how Putin has "PLAYED" Trump and the Republicans.
And, they marvel at how easily Putin is successfully obliterating the U.S. Economy, Democracy, and our Constitution, WITHOUT STARTING A WAR WITH US, OR FIRING A SINGLE MISSLE OR ROCKET AT US...........
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Several days ago I hesitated and wondered if it was okay that I used the word coup.
yellow dahlia
20 hrs ago
#1
Simply put, it's an attempt to install a fascist dictatorship that trump thinks he's in charge of...
brush
16 hrs ago
#36
Hostile takeover is a better phrase. Also has more emotional impact than coup.I think some people dont
Amaryllis
19 hrs ago
#6
What's it called when a selfish mad dog who thinks they are going to live forever catches the car?
Hugin
19 hrs ago
#11
It's an attack against the security and stability of the United States
struggle4progress
19 hrs ago
#17
Works for me. Not long ago we were calling our home grown militia groups terrorists.
Prairie_Seagull
17 hrs ago
#32
Anyone want to bet they're are not using DoD AI against us to chart the takeover?
Ponietz
17 hrs ago
#33
Yup, we're being invaded by an alien force and millions of dummies and knuckleheads.
Magoo48
5 hrs ago
#40