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The Dangerous Endgame of 'He Must Be Stopped'
American Thinker ^ | 4 May, 2026 | Brian C. Joondep

Posted on 05/04/2026 4:42:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber

Investigate him. Impeach him. Indict him. Demonize him. When none of it works — what comes next?

For nearly a decade, Donald Trump has been the most investigated, scrutinized, and politically targeted figure in modern American history.

That’s not hyperbole. It’s his résumé.

From the moment he descended the escalator in June 2015, the full apparatus of opposition snapped into place. Not routine political disagreement or opposition research, but something far more sustained: intelligence leaks, media narratives, fabricated dossiers, bureaucratic resistance, and cultural condemnation, all rowing in the same direction.

The premise was simple.

Something would stick.

Anything would stick.

Nothing did.

Rewind the tape. Russian collusion. Endless demands for tax returns. Two impeachments. Jan. 6 recast as an insurrection. A steady drip of allegations — some serious, some sensational, some quietly abandoned when they didn’t pan out. Each introduced with breathless urgency and a familiar promise:

This is the one. We have him now.

Think of Wile E. Coyote and the Roadrunner.

Wile E. Coyote fell off the cliff and the Roadrunner scooted away.

Naturally, the strategy evolved.

When narrative failed, prosecution followed. Enter “lawfare” — the weaponization of the legal process as a political strategy. Indictments multiplied. Novel legal theories emerged. Statutes of limitations changed. The net widened — not just around Trump, but around his associates, attorneys, aides, and, if possible, anyone who ever shook his hand or voted for him.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: coup; domesticenemies; foreignenemies; lawfare; leftism; tds; trump; undermining
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1 posted on 05/04/2026 4:42:46 AM PDT by MtnClimber
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The communists thought they were winning then Trump got in their way.


2 posted on 05/04/2026 4:43:04 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of scenery, wildlife and climbing, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

I’ve never seen anything like this in my life. During Covid people were turning each other in. Scary generation. Zombies. Conditioned. Programmed.


3 posted on 05/04/2026 4:45:53 AM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: MtnClimber

He certainly pissed off all the right people. I must confess I was skeptical when he announced he was running. “Oh great. A spoiler candidate for Mrs Clinton”. I knew who he was, kinda. Not much, I’d heard of him, from the TV show.

But I figured give it a couple weeks, if he’s the real deal we’ll start hearing all the usual suspects start screeching like wounded eagles. Boy, I wasn’t disappointed.


4 posted on 05/04/2026 4:49:21 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: MtnClimber

I always wondered why nobody felt this way when Obama came into power. Now that would have made some sense to boot him out as quick as he came in. Same with Biden. Both of these two have yet to meet up with justice. If it takes much longer, there may not be enough of us left around to really enjoy it.


5 posted on 05/04/2026 4:52:10 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: MtnClimber

I always wondered why nobody felt this way when Obama came into power. Now that would have made some sense to boot him out as quick as he came in. Same with Biden. Both of these two have yet to meet up with justice. If it takes much longer, there may not be enough of us left around to really enjoy it.


6 posted on 05/04/2026 4:53:14 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: MtnClimber

I always wondered why nobody felt this way when Obama came into power. Now that would have made some sense to boot him out as quick as he came in. Same with Biden. Both of these two have yet to meet up with justice. If it takes much longer, there may not be enough of us left around to really enjoy it.


7 posted on 05/04/2026 4:53:46 AM PDT by oldtech
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To: MtnClimber

Someone needs to stop the Nazi in Maine before he has his Beer Hall Putsch.


8 posted on 05/04/2026 4:56:04 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (ED)
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To: Freedom4US

I didn’t vote for him in the first election, because I thought was a BS’er, no way he does what he promises. But I voted for him in the second and third elections.


9 posted on 05/04/2026 4:57:44 AM PDT by Eli Kopter (ED)
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To: oldtech

It is because Trump makes them all look bad both on the left and the right. He gets shit done, and under budget most times...


10 posted on 05/04/2026 4:58:02 AM PDT by aklurker
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To: MtnClimber

It’s not Trump.

This isn’t stop “him.”

It’s that the democrat/totalitarian party believe power is their birthright and your obedience is their prize. When they say “our democracy” they mean “they are in charge, you obey.”

So, anyone who dares be in charge who is not of their body must be stopped at all costs. Be it a Bush, a Nikki Haley or a Donald Trump.

This is what the RINOs fail to grasp. There is no appeasement. There is no being civil. Theories just compliance or else. Or else what? Ask Charlie Kirk.


11 posted on 05/04/2026 5:02:27 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: aklurker

As any competent CEO does.


12 posted on 05/04/2026 5:04:13 AM PDT by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: FlipWilson

He’s an alpha male. Some cant’t handle it.


13 posted on 05/04/2026 5:04:30 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Eli Kopter

What was telling, or at least strange to me - we were admonished by the “experts” that ANY Republican could beat Mrs. Clinton, and Mr. Trump was going to lose. Yet it was obvious that he was the ONLY candidate that had a chance.

“Here - pick one. Bush or Clinton” for the last 20 years was getting a little stale.


14 posted on 05/04/2026 5:07:35 AM PDT by Freedom4US
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To: MtnClimber

Remember that picture with Trump seated and the caption “it’s not me they’re after, it’s you. I’m just in the way”.


15 posted on 05/04/2026 5:08:08 AM PDT by magooey (The Mandate of Heaven resides in the hearts of men.)
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To: DIRTYSECRET

“He’s and alpha male.”

It doesn’t matter. It’s not just him. They would be doing this to anybody who wasn’t a Democrat. It’s anyone who dares to “steal” their power.


16 posted on 05/04/2026 5:08:22 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: MtnClimber

Every now and then someone has numerous links pertaining to certain subjects that gives a historical perspective.

I’ve been thinking lately about CIA/FBI collusion to get Trump. My memory says it started with the Russia Russia Russia hoax.

Does anyone out there have a set of links or otherwise historical perspective on when and how the CIA and FBI worked together to oust Trump?


17 posted on 05/04/2026 5:11:39 AM PDT by redfreedom (The Forth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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...Contrast that with Congress offering multiple standing ovations to King Charles — an actual hereditary monarch — while often withholding even basic courtesies from an elected American president.

The RATs would not even stand up for American citizens vs. invaders. Trump has done an excellent job of making the RATs expose their hidden agendas.

...What, as Lenin famously asked, is to be done?

Article V. The Convention of States. The Founders knew that in spite of their best efforts power would tend to centralize into the District of Corruption. So they put in a peaceful process for change.

When it was really needed, like the issue of slavery , both sides were afraid the other would win.  War settled the matter and the Constitution got amended that way instead.

How about we skip another bloody Republican-Democrat War this time around and actually use Article V?

18 posted on 05/04/2026 5:11:52 AM PDT by Nateman (Democrats did not strive for fraud friendly voting merely to continue honest elections.)
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To: MtnClimber

Highly doubt President Trump is singled out by the left as the most hated person in the history of our country. Notice how the left (commies, dems, socialists, Marxists etc.) has deeply hated everything right-of-center for a decade. Trump won the last election rather convincingly and the left doesn’t go after half the country but go after one man? Why is that?

Reasonably sure the left has descended into political quicksand they can’t get out of so they go after one guy only, the titular head. It will be no different if Vance, Rubio, DeSantis or whoever is elected for 2030 and Trump will be forgotten.


19 posted on 05/04/2026 5:15:29 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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To: quantim

Forgot to add the deep state, much of the Uniparty will join the left too.


20 posted on 05/04/2026 5:17:11 AM PDT by quantim (Victory is not relative, it is absolute.)
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