Trump committed a failed self-coup on January 6.
Just like Hitler’s failed beer hall putsch, this wannabe dictator is trying another one.
His coup was successful, given that he was able to get reelected despite being banned by the constitution.
While that’s what was attempted on January 6th 2021, and may happen again in January of 2029, it’s not what’s transpiring now.
What it happening at the moment, is a Constitutional Crisis led by the Executive Branch (Trump, and his minion Musk with Trumps permission and direction) disregarding Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the U.S. Constitution is known as the “taxing and spending clause.” Clause 2 is known as the “borrowing clause.”, against the Legislative Branch (Congress), namely Congresses right to determine what taxes are collect and how they are distributed, and in what amounts, which will ultimately be decided by the Judicial Branch (The Supreme Court)
The very bad news is all 3 Branches of US Government are squarely in control of Republicans, since the last election in November, who are blindly supporting Trump
It’s not a constitutional crisis quite yet. The attack on institutions is real but so far it’s legal. The plan seems to be to overwhelm and demoralize the defenders so that they don’t even fight back. The constitutional crisis comes when and if the government ignores a court order.
They have partially ignored the court order. Some grants are still being withheld. There are various lawsuits underway trying desperately to get the funds released
