“...if the failed coup didn’t exist, how would today look any
different?”
Hillary and her cronies, or Obama and his cronies might actually be getting legitimately investigated, or even charged with some of their many crimes by now. That can’t happen with the DOJ subverted.
The answer, of course, is there isn't any effect whatsoever. And, in fact, one could easily make the case that the attempted overthrow and slow release has actually helped Trump. Furthermore, we have a lot of doubters & critics here who seem to blithely ignore or depreciate the mere fact that Trump is actually president. Was it by mistake, miracle or the workings of a something special? And if we are indeed witnessing genius, how do we know what the Don has in store over the next few months before Nov?
Lastly, for those advocating justice, was justice done when Yamamoto was shot down? Oh, it was war time? Then would you be surprised that a coup is considered a highly leveraged form of revolution? And as most would concur, revolution = war. So, perhaps under these circumstances, the revised rules of engagement suggest extra-judicial actions.
Don't like that implication? Well, would it surprise you the left/DS has already been operating under these wartime assumptions? How else do you explain a long list of presumed wet work actions?