Submitted 1 year ago by yourgodlucifer@sh.itjust.works to nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
who do you think would do it and why?
Never mind another country. No country’s constitution is immune to the military taking over. Israel first, oligarchy 2nd, is a good case for military intervention that couldn’t do any worse. Military rule doesn’t mean aggressiveness towards other nations.
Considering how powerful the US has in terms of geographical advantage and military prowess, I’d be horrified if any entity is capable of staging a coup in the US… Maaaybe if a few countries somehow convince Canada/Mexico. But all-things considered it certainly seems like a self-coup is much more likely for the US
a self-coup is much more likely for the US
Of course. You’re seeing it now.
The problem is that I don’t think any of the countries with the economic means to support a coup have any interest in doing so, and the small list of countries that would support another U.S. coup do not have the economic means to do so.
Putin is currently staging a coup, and it’s on the United States’ dime. If all of this is somehow actually the machinations of Putin, you can’t help but be impressed with it.
Ownership should revert to the UK. The founders experiment failed, so just re-establish the previous situation.
Well, I think we’d have to give some of the Eastern seaboard to the UK. But some goes to France, some to Spain. And tbh a lot could be reallocated back to American Indian groups and councils. Oh, and a bunch would go back to Mexico, too.
a lot could be reallocated back to American Indian groups and councils
Don’t stop there. Where my Clovis people at?
Every one important nodding along with presidential powers over consititution, and election results, is not a coup. Fixing it would be a coup.
Trump is a symptom of a corrupt system. Removing him is like treating cancer with a bandaid. The entire system must be challenged and overthrown, which includes Democrats and Republicans alike.
With all their experience, the CIA should brew one up right now, the country could use it. Just for one in your life, though, try not to install another dictator, install an actual democratic government, as this country really never has had one
The “good ones” got shoved out the office already (probably out the windows next)
What if another country staged a coup in the US and deposed keeps trump because he is a useful idiot.
Russia, mostly.
A foreign country can’t stage a coup, only foment one. If your looking for expertise, there are a bunch of CIA guys about to be unemployed.
The only countries capable of doing that are already getting exactly what they want
They already staged a coup to install him.
“coup”?
They fucking brainwashed 70 million+ people to actually vote for it. 😭
This is hardly a “coup”, this is just peak human stupidity.
It could be argued that another country has already staged a coup, russia was pretty successful in its endeavour to install trump.
if someone would do it:
Cuba. Or Iran. Or a Palestinian faction.
Why: Trump’s government openly hates Cuba and has reversed Obama/Biden-era openness to Cuba.
Trump had Iran’s most important foreign military leader assassinated, he is close with Iran’s regional rivals and supports Iran’s biggest enemy Israel.
Why a palestinian faction would try to do is doesn’t need to be explained, I guess.
Based on recent events, I’d say South Africa. Because the afrikaners are still bitter about our role in ending their apartheid state, and a significant portion of the United States is racist enough to encourage it to happen.
Only way that would happen is if the military lets it.
Is there any country the military trusts more than the current president?
Hmmmm… Canada would be my closest guess.
I for one welcome our Canadian overlords.
No sorry I think you’re mistaken. Canada is a national security threat
If our barely-more-democratic government and consolidated healthcare is a national security threat, then let me just say this, as a Canadian.
Sorry.
Yea Canada would be the only one to even remotely manage that, and that’s taking the gamble that the US doesn’t launch a nuke before it finishes.
Being said it would need to be the military, I don’t think the average citizen would stop something like that. Especially if the invaders were another democratic leaning country. The only way I think you get civilians to fight is if it ends up being a communist country that tries to invade.
Hell we’re talking a country that basically shrugged and said “oh well they deserved it” when someone shot a healthcare CEO, I can’t see anyone batting much of an eye if someone deposed the sitting officials, especially the head of the country.
Being said though… if something like that did happen, I don’t think it will be from a foreign government, I think it would be domestic. Not that it makes it any better.
LOL
Ain’t happening.
conservative 2nd amendment gun nuts will storm the capital and restore trump (or if he’s dead, another Magat), most of the military voted trump, dude has full support. There ain’t no “coup”, you are describing an invasion/rebellion.
Trump’s children do it, because it is all just so shameful.
That ain’t happening. If one were to occue here, a coup would be a popular movement or a military one.
Business leaders, for the same reason they tried before
untorquer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
DOGE cutting CIA funding or something? Gotta open source the intel apparatus now?