That's my gut feeling.
I don't think it's at all impossible for Biden to win, but that's my gut feeling.
To be more specific: I think the "Red Mirage" scenario will happen. Trump will have a lead on election night and he and the Republicans will pull some fuckery to stop mail-ins from being counted in the right places.
If it gets to the Supreme Court, either Biden and the Dems will pull a Gore and surrender the election without a fight, or the Court will rule in his favor and hand him victory.
History will repeat itself.
DHS feds are the biggest threat for sure if he tries to straight up not leave, they will do literally anything he says, but I doubt he has the secret service's loyalty to make that happen.
I've read that he actually did slowly purge leadership in the SS. I don't remember the specifics though.
If he did then that's risky business, though I have no idea if the president even has direct authority over them.
I mean it doesn't really matter what the law says, as long as the people are loyal to him they can always break the law. I'm not saying he will definitely do that but that's how you do a coup.
Oh yeah, definitely. I'm just skeptical that he has any serious loyalty beyond DHS people, and they alone aren't enough to do a coup. He's not exactly a guy who inspires loyalty in government bureaucrats (who mostly pull the strings on armed goons).
It's a weird situation because he commands extreme loyalty from a very large group of armed goons that he doesn't actually directly control, cops. I'm not really sure if he can pull it off but at the same time I'm not sure anyone can stop him.