Suppose, as is likely, Trump is ahead in the vote counting as the polls close, but then Biden gradually closes the gap. Trump's army of lawyers (and his poodle at the DoJ) are unable to stop the counting which makes it increasingly like he'll loose. What does he do?
Most likely he will claim it's voter fraud and that the election is being stolen from him. My fear is he will call on his army of right wing militias to come to defend what he thinks is his rightful victory. And as we saw in Michigan, there were be those prepared to heed the call; and they will descend, armed and angry on Washington D.C. to defend Trump in the White House.
The counting ends and Biden is victorious; but Trump, defended by his private army, hunkers down and refuses to leave. What then? Will the police or the ATF or SWAT be prepared to take them on? What will the Secret Service do in that situation? Will we have another Waco, Texas, but this time in the nation's capital, as the forces of law and order try to evict Trump and engage with the heavily armed militia defending him?
The only way out is to have him extracted, locked up and deprived of his phone to prevent him raising or commanding his army of Proud Boy White supremacists. Does this look a lot like the thwarting of a failed coup attempt we are more accustomed to seeing in third world countries? Are we on the verge of a second civil war?
It seems unthinkable, but the closer we get, and the more desperate Trump becomes, the less improbable it appears.
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