# Trumps hypothetical moves going forward **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 4, 2020, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-hypothetical-moves-going-forward/847495 "2020-02-04T21:11:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![pakputeh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c67d28/32.png) [@pakputeh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pakputeh)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 10:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-hypothetical-moves-going-forward/847495/21 "2020-02-07T10:03:40Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > A plucky and ethnically diverse group of survivors will hack into the government computer systems, disable the Mind Control machine, and lead the Wolverines to victory. Not sure how, but I think the Force will be involved. > > It will turn out to be a conspiracy of invisible space elephants seeking to enslave mankind to work on their peanut farms on the planet Goober, in the Andromeda galaxy. Elizabeth Warren will take off her glasses, shake her hair, and reveal herself to be a beautiful 19 year old, and she and Bernie will fall in love and star in a new Netflix series called “Cranky Loves Cherokee”, the story of two wacky misfits who find their way into the Oval Office and spar over M4A in an atmosphere of sexual banter and hilarious misunderstandings. > > In the first episode, DNA tests reveal that Sanders is not actually Jewish, but is an Inuit pole dancer from Cleveland who was raised by elk, and he insists on being addressed as “King of the Tundra”. > > Regards, > Shodan Sorry, what are you talking about? ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-hypothetical-moves-going-forward/847495/22 "2020-02-07T11:45:50Z")
> [@pakputeh](#): > > Sorry, what are you talking about? A more likely scenario. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-hypothetical-moves-going-forward/847495/23 "2020-02-07T21:04:08Z")
Heh. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-hypothetical-moves-going-forward/847495/24 "2020-02-07T21:44:26Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > He’s going to OD on Melange and gradually turn into a giant sandworm so he can rule forever. It was foreseen in the Orange-Catholic Bible, though I fear the soul is, in fact, disfigured. ---
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-hypothetical-moves-going-forward/847495/25 "2020-02-07T22:33:46Z")
> [@Euphonious\_Polemic](#): > > Someone explain to me why this hypothetical scenario is not possible: > > At some time in the next month or two, Trump signs an executive order declaring that Pelosi, Schiff, Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley and 40 other House Democrats are in violation of the Will of The People, and orders them arrested. > > William Barr agrees with this assessment, and tells his staff that this is a lawful order coming from the President of the United States, and they are bound to enforce it. He orders their arrest by FBI agents. Any agent who refuses the order is summarily dismissed. The Democrats are arrested and held in a secure facility. Fox News declares that this is the Just and Right Thing To Do. > > The next Democrat who steps up to take the “majority” leadership role is arrested on the same charges. And so on. The Democrats no long have the majority in the house. The Republicans in the House convene, and elect a leader who they call the “majority leader”, and proceed to control the agenda. Other Democrat politicians likely protest wildly and refuse to even attend these “sessions” as they have no actual meaning. Republicans do not care, and go about the business of the nation, passing bills to be sent on to the Senate all by themselves. > > Of course, the public and non-Fox media respond with blinding outrage. There are huge protests (relatively huge, because most people don’t actually understand what’s going on, and there are two side to everything, right?) > This causes disruption on a huge scale. Disruption is bad. The protesters are called “socialists” and “traitors” and finally, “terrorists”. William Barr cracks down. The protests are a danger to a stable society. Protesters are dispersed with various non-lethal methods. Mass arrests are made. Orders go out to identify the leaders and arrest them. Any police or FBI who refuse are fired on the spot. > > Media outlets who report negatively on the administrations handling of these protests are themselves subject to harsh measures. Certain reporters and newsreaders are taken away. Others simply disappear. > > More protests follow. As do more arrests. Anyone who even attempts to organize a protest is locked up. Trials take a long time. A LONG time. These folks stay incarcerated. > > Groups of Trumpsters form, who help the police identify and arrest the traitor/terrorist protesters. Sometimes the go a little overboard and some protesters “disappear”, but who can blame them, right? > > Eventually, things settle down. The Republican “House” passes bills to send to the Republican “Senate”, and finally to President Trump. Peace is restored, and everything goes back to “normal”. A couple of months after he’s re-elected and declares himself president for life. Right now he’s on his revenge tour. [Key Impeachment Witness Vindman ‘Escorted’ From White House, His Lawyer Says](https://www.npr.org/2020/02/07/803904417/lt-col-alexander-vindman-escorted-out-of-the-white-house-his-lawyer-says) I understand his brother was also fired. Crossing Trump is dangerous to you and your loved ones. ---
**Author:** ![Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reindeer_flotilla/32/3024_2.png) [@Reindeer\_Flotilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reindeer_Flotilla)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-hypothetical-moves-going-forward/847495/26 "2020-02-07T22:41:36Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > He’s going to OD on Melange and gradually turn into a giant sandworm so he can rule forever. Well, technically it’s only for 3 - 4 thousand years. But that’s long enough for the Typhoon Struggle. Paraphrasing: Leto II: I will enforce peace for thousands of years. Paul: But what will that achieve? Leto II: It’s opposite. It’s that and my Golden Path or humans will go extinct. You all may dread thousands of years of Trump rule but remember: Whether you traverse the sietch quickly or slowly, you still traverse the sietch. I trust this post has cleared this all up for everybody. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trumps-hypothetical-moves-going-forward/847495.md?page=1)