# The American Coup: 11.9.2020 - **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [November 9, 2020, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182 "2020-11-09T23:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 144
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [November 11, 2020, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182/144 "2020-11-11T16:03:12Z")
There’s also this: > [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux/911083/6207): > > With Esper and his top deputy gone, the Defense Department is currently being run by a guy who called Obama a terrorist, and was denied Senate approval for the job he currently holds because of those comments. The DOD Chief of Staff is now a former Devin Nunes staffer. [Defence official quits leaving Pentagon policy in hands of man who called Obama a ‘terrorist’ | The Independent](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/anthony-tata-pentagon-policy-trump-obama-terrorist-b1720677.html)? @Rick_Kitchen slightly overstates the situation: Christopher Miller is currently Acting Defense Secretary. Anthony Tata (who called Obama a terrorist) is currently Acting Undersecretary of Defense for Policy. I have no idea how much power Tata, or Acting Chief of Staff Kash Patel, the former Nunes staffer and Trump loyalist, have in the Pentagon, or whether they could influence any top generals to instigate a coup. But this kind of insinuation of Trump loyalists into positions of power throughout the government has been one of the main things scaring me since November 2016. And then there’s this: > [@The Trump Administration: A Clusterfuck in the Making Part Deux (Part 1)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-a-clusterfuck-in-the-making-part-deux/911083/6208): > > Pompeo promises a smooth transition to a second Individual 1 administration. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-american-coup-11-9-2020/925182)._