What do you call it when a sitting President tries to extend their term in office through illegitimate means?

[Revoltingest]

Is there a word for that? Do you know what that is? I will give you a hint.

It rhymes with poo.

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I was just reminded that some people on this board still don't know what a coup is. Even after nearly 4 years they still have not take the few seconds it would take to educate themselves.

So make no mistake. What Donald Trump did after the 2020 election was a self-coup, and auto-coup. that is what it was. There is no ambiguity. This is the dictionary definition. Trump tried to stay in office by declaring that the legitimate democratic election of his opponent was not legitimate. That is a coup.

Maybe it is not what you imagined it was, but that is the reality of what a coup is, and it is the reality of what Trump did

I've been calling Trump's dogged attempt to
over-turn the election a coup since the outset.

BTW, self-coup is a sin.

 

[Revoltingest]

A coup is not what took place in 2020.

That is only because it failed.
Had Trump succeeded, it would've been
a coup, not merely an attempted coup.

Do you now see how that works?

 

[Soandso]

Again: anyone can write on wikipedia.

Ok. You do it, then

 

[F1fan]

Again: anyone can write on wikipedia.

Yet it has a higher standard than anyone posting on RF. And when I say anyone, yes, I'm referring to you and your typical nonsense that gets debunked time after time.

 

[Estro Felino]

That is only because it failed.
Had Trump succeeded, it would've been
a coup, not merely an attempted coup.

Do you now see how that works?

A coup that was successful was in 1922, when Mussolini marched on Rome.

But that was because the army didn't stop him.
And do you know why?
Because the fascists outnumbered the army.

 

[Revoltingest]

A coup that was successful was in 1922, when Mussolini marched on Rome.

But that was because the army didn't stop him.
And do you know why?
Because the fascists outnumbered the army.

Are you posting this in defense of Trump's
attempted coup? Not seeing the relevance.

 

[Estro Felino]

Are you posting this in defense of Trump's
attempted coup? Not seeing the relevance.

Maybe in my country the army wouldn't have accepted thirty pieces of silver to stop the protesters.

 

[Revoltingest]

Maybe in my country the army wouldn't have accepted thirty pieces of silver to stop the protesters.

Relevance?

 

[Kathryn]

Like Zelenskyy?

He was the very first person who popped into my head!

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

He was the very first person who popped into my head!

Did he do a coup or follow the constitution?

Remember the drill, burden of proof!

 

[Kathryn]

Did he do a coup or follow the constitution?

Remember the drill, burden of proof!

I believe he said that since the country was at war with Russia, the law allowed for him to remain president. So the war continues for years and years and he continues to be the president of Ukraine.

 

[Revoltingest]

I believe he said that since the country was at war with Russia, the law allowed for him to remain president.

That doesn't appear to rise to the level of a coup.
Consider how it differs from what Trump tried....
- Ordering the VP to over-turn the election.
- Threatening Secretaries Of State with prosecution
if they didn't "find" his needed votes.
- Sending fake electors to Electoral Colleges in many
states.
- Fomenting insurrection at the Capitol Building.
- Filing dozens of suits claiming election fraud,
but without any evidence.

 

[Kathryn]

That doesn't appear to rise to the level of a coup.
Consider how it differs from what Trump tried....
- Ordering the VP to over-turn the election.
- Threatening Secretaries Of State with prosecution
if they didn't "find" his needed votes.
- Sending fake electors to Electoral Colleges in many
states.
- Fomenting insurrection at the Capitol Building.
- Filing dozens of suits claiming election fraud,
but without any evidence.

All I am saying is that Zelenskyy was the first name that popped into my head when I read the title of the thread.

 

[Revoltingest]

All I am saying is that Zelenskyy was the first name that popped into my head when I read the title of the thread.

If it wasn't suggestion you believe he staged a coup,
then why tell us something unrelated to the thread?

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

I believe he said that since the country was at war with Russia, the law allowed for him to remain president. So the war continues for years and years and he continues to be the president of Ukraine.

Yeah, that is no a coup.

 

[Kathryn]

Because he was the first person to pop into my head and so I responded to Estro. @Revoltingest

 

[Kathryn]

Yeah, that is no a coup.

I don't know what it is but see above post by me.

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

I don't know what it is but see above post by me.

Yeah, you do that. Well, that has nothing to do with the OP.

 

[Kathryn]

Yeah, you do that. Well, that has nothing to do with the OP.

OK so you say.

 

[mikkel_the_dane]

OK so you say.

Well, your example is not covered by the thread title:
What do you call it when a sitting President tries to extend their term in office through illegitimate means?

So it is a bit more than just me saying so.