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I might not remember this correctly but didn't he basically say "so if I declare a state of war I can postpone elections indefinitely?". That is what I'm talking about. Everyone messes with elections to win, and even that fact he didn't do 2 consecutive terms is kind of proof that he didn't take it as far as he would have liked. That is fine-ish: it's very damaging, but at least it has an end date and could be never elected again. But when he postpones elections, now you are In real trouble, because the ONLY option is a revolution
He said a lot of crazy shit like that since he was first elected. The thing I was referring to is that he and his circle deliberately riled up a crowd to the point of storming the capitol, obstructed the response to the attack, and only back-paddled when it was clear the scheme had utterly failed. That was a coup attempt. He openly tried to subvert the constitutional order. And then the weak response given to that by the opposition made it possible for him to get re-elected four years later. And it was already clear what he would be doing, he told everyone who would listen from the very start what he would do and then proved it beyond any doubt on January 6th.
So not only did he already attempt a coup because his ego couldn't take the loss (i.e. "messing with elections"), but beyond that his party is aggressively gerry-mandering their own states, they are messing with the election related laws, they are trying to acquire voter registrations from Democratic states. Trump has openly questioned the two term limit for presidents, he sells Trump 2028 merch for fucks sake, he constantly threatens political opponents in public, has said he would like to be king or dictator, and so on and so forth. It couldn't be any clearer where this is going. How much more proof do you need before you will accept that he is a "persistent threat" to the constitutional republic?