How will a
volatile Trump react to the Mueller findings?
During the run-up to the 2016
election, Donald Trump was already discounting the results if he lost saying it
is a “rigged system.” This accusation was offered without any evidence.
However, we are learning that the
election was, in fact, rigged but in Trump's favor as interference on the part
of the Russian government has been documented by the findings from a number of
U S. Intel organizations. Then after
Trump stunned the world by defeating Hillary Clinton in the Electoral College,
he claimed, again without evidence, that he lost the popular vote because of
voter fraud.
You see, Donald Trump cannot
accept losing. He would be portrayed as weak and that's his biggest fear other
than losing money.
As the legal walls continue to
close in on Trump with likely charges of conspiracy and obstruction of justice
facing him as a result of the work of Special Counsel Robert F. Mueller III
and his formidable team, the shit is about to hit the fan .
If anyone believes Trump will take
these citations calmly and with reverence to the probe, I have seaside property
in Kansas to sell them.
Rather, we should anticipate an
explosion the likes of which this country has not seen in modern history. I’m
not suggesting his fire-breathing supporters will automatically take to the
streets with their beloved weapons pointed and shooting everyone. Nor will there be a civil war of sort as
conspiracy theorist Alex Jones suggested .
But we could be entering dangerous
territory here. I wouldn’t rule out an increase in attacks against minorities
and immigrants even if they’re sporadic as a reaction to their cult leader
finding himself in hot water. Sharp spikes
in hate crimes have already occurred since the election so it’s not out of the
realm of possibility. Trump would say or
do nothing to quell an uprising regardless of the degree. He has been
anticipating such an outcome ever since the “Russia Thing” got underway.
And he seems to be pushing for
one.
His rallies with his base have
been aimed at whipping up support for himself and defiance towards the Mueller
probe while denigrating the “fake news” media and urging action to lock up his
opponents.
Moreover, his off-the-rails
tweets, which at times have further placed the president in legal peril, are
not simply rants that occur often in the wee hours of the morning during an
insomnia-induced brain dump. They are also messages to his rabid base to point
out how unfairly he’s being treated by his enemies--mostly angry Democrats--who
cannot accept a defeat in an election they were supposed to win.
These tweets and incendiary
rallies are intended to send signals to his base that anything coming out of
the Mueller probe cannot be taken as legitimate. The angry mobs Trump may
actually see will not be Democrats (as he predicted following the Democratic
takeover of the House) but his own fire-breathing supporters who will deny the
inevitable outcome of a serious investigation that is a threat to the Trump’s
presidency as well has his family.
A similar view is presented here.
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