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A Dark Vision: Protomartyr, "I Am You Now"

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Dr Lizardo8/07/2020 10:51:37 pm PDT

re: #116 sagehen

On disturbing thing Wilkerson relayed to Maher was that “when the Republican team got the scenario ‘decisive Biden win’ and threw its moves out there, the Democratic team was stunned by the arrogance, the sheer power and the sheer indecency, if you will, of the Trump team moves. Everything from, Okay, we got 70 days to destroy the United States government. We’ve got 70 days in which to not provide the incoming team with any transition whatsoever; You want to know what our policy is on Iran, on China, on taxes, you won’t know it because we’ve destroyed all the paperwork and we won’t let anyone brief you. You are coming into an empty White House.”

“There’ll be no national security council staff, nothing to brief you,” Wilkerson continued. “You might have a note in your desk drawer in the West Wing that says, ‘Welcome, you stupid idiot.’”

I can see this scenario unfolding; A scorched-earth strategy by an outgoing Trump administration, driven into action by a petty and vengeful POTUS, infuriated that he lost. I’ve posted before I can all too easily see the Trumpites (and a big chunk of the GOP) going full Götterdämmerung if Biden wins, regardless of whether it’s a landslide or a closer margin of victory.