A coup is underway in the United States, and we must stop pretending otherwise. The signs are unmistakable and accelerating: in just the past 48 hours, Elon Musk’s DOGE commission has seized …
It’s not though. A coup detat involves a party coming into power through unconstitutional means. They might be breaking the law now but it doesn’t make it a coup because Trump and his posse attained power through a democratic election.
What you described still falls comfortably within the definition of a coup, which is always “politics happening”
It’s not though. A coup detat involves a party coming into power through unconstitutional means. They might be breaking the law now but it doesn’t make it a coup because Trump and his posse attained power through a democratic election.