[semantic]

I think Trump now realizes that the so-called swamp is in actuality the entire USA (government, economy, culture & society) in all its glory. It may have seemed to him, you, me and 10s of millions others that restoration of a constitutional republic may have been manageable given appropriate support.

So, we have to ask the relevant question: why isn't there any (institutional) support? And the answer is apparently because it's bad for business. Our economy, our financial system, in fact, our very culture, society & way of life is dependent on the way the system is currently constructed.

That fact that Trump cannot have any of these spies and traitors summarily arrested & charged with treason in front of military tribunals should be a huge red flag to anyone paying attention. How come Trump cannot/will not call out the militia? Why not take direct action?

Maybe it's because the MIC could easily down AF1 with even one of their mildly advanced missile systems. The only twist would be how to properly camouflage/deflect the attack to paint it as enemy action.

I think after all of these years of the still ongoing coup, we need to take an honest assessment of the situation. If Trump's lack of retaliation doesn't make sense, then maybe the most rationale explanation is the obvious answer staring all of us in the face. He can't.

[ShackledNoMore]

The question is this the proverbial “Custer’s last stand”

... Or, hopefully, prayerfully… True Americans will rise up take the deep state by its hydra throat and beat it until it is dead!

..... Please God, don’t make “MAGA”... the charge of the light brigade.

[rollo tomasi]

I concur with everything you posted on this thread. Our entire bureaucracy/Departments are compromised and has been for decades/in some cases, almost 90 years.

[Antoninus]

If Trump's lack of retaliation doesn't make sense, then maybe the most rationale explanation is the obvious answer staring all of us in the face. He can't.

I think that's a large part of it. The so-called "deep state" is, in actuality, 90% of the US governing apparatus which has grown to the point that it refuses to be controlled or commanded by a few hundred elected officials that it can normally destroy at will.

That is what we are faced with. If we thought we lived in a democratic republic--well, we don't really.