Comment by coldpie
7 days ago
> Putin launching an assault on US soil
This already happened. Trump lead a Russia-backed coup against the United States in January, 2021 to overturn the 2020 election and illegally take the presidency. It failed, but he and every government employee who supported him after that is guilty of treason and is serving illegitimately.
> and is serving illegitimately.
Trump is president because he was elected by the American voter while the opposition was in power. I would not label that as illegitimate and I think it is dangerous to spread that narrative.
Trump lead a coup against the US, is guilty of treason, and is ineligible for public office. I agree it is dangerous to have a traitor to the US in the presidency.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_to_the_Un...
> Trump lead a coup against the US, is guilty of treason
Was he tried and convicted? If his successor and the opposition truly believed that why did they not go after him for it?
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