the closer he got, the harder he would have had to push, right up to the point of carrying around an AK-47 and defending off right-wing attacks that the news media would both-side. the fact that he is still alive is actually kinda amazing
Zero chance of this. Libs would still hate Trump, and would have still been outraged at the transparent attempts to overturn the results of the election. The media would have milked this Trump outrage in exactly the same way, and of course they would be gunning for access to the new Sanders Administration. Plus, a lot of them think believing in institutions and the rule of law makes them a good person, and that's what was at stake in the capitol putsch.
I mean it's par for the course for US media to support antidemocratic right wing putsches in other countries, but maybe a domestic one is a step too far even against a "socialist" president
Liberal media wouldn't support an antidemocratic right-wing putsch in the U.S. because (in the context of U.S. politics) their audience is not right wingers, among several other reasons. It's a really silly idea to even put out there. Even if MSNBC did a 180 on their coverage and started to put out a bunch of pro-Trump pieces (again, a silly idea to even consider), Trump would fuck it up. He'd keep getting in Twitter slapfights with blue check libs, his press secretary would still keep harassing reporters, and he'd keep doing and saying outrageous shit that libs can find out about without needing to get it through cable news. And of course you'd have all the street-level open fascists making it a hard sell to libs, too.
Trump is strong evidence that the CIA can't just pull something like this off whenever they want. We know what the CIA's ideal president looks like -- George H.W. Bush -- and Trump is pretty far from that on about every conceivable dimension. He would have never made it into office if the CIA had the type of power you're suggesting.
the closer he got, the harder he would have had to push, right up to the point of carrying around an AK-47 and defending off right-wing attacks that the news media would both-side. the fact that he is still alive is actually kinda amazing
if Bernie somehow became president, and then the capital riots happened, the liberal media would have sided with the rioters
Zero chance of this. Libs would still hate Trump, and would have still been outraged at the transparent attempts to overturn the results of the election. The media would have milked this Trump outrage in exactly the same way, and of course they would be gunning for access to the new Sanders Administration. Plus, a lot of them think believing in institutions and the rule of law makes them a good person, and that's what was at stake in the capitol putsch.
I mean it's par for the course for US media to support antidemocratic right wing putsches in other countries, but maybe a domestic one is a step too far even against a "socialist" president
Liberal media wouldn't support an antidemocratic right-wing putsch in the U.S. because (in the context of U.S. politics) their audience is not right wingers, among several other reasons. It's a really silly idea to even put out there. Even if MSNBC did a 180 on their coverage and started to put out a bunch of pro-Trump pieces (again, a silly idea to even consider), Trump would fuck it up. He'd keep getting in Twitter slapfights with blue check libs, his press secretary would still keep harassing reporters, and he'd keep doing and saying outrageous shit that libs can find out about without needing to get it through cable news. And of course you'd have all the street-level open fascists making it a hard sell to libs, too.
If the CIA supported it, the media would absolutely fall in line. They probably wouldn't pick out trump as the puppet though, lmao
Trump is strong evidence that the CIA can't just pull something like this off whenever they want. We know what the CIA's ideal president looks like -- George H.W. Bush -- and Trump is pretty far from that on about every conceivable dimension. He would have never made it into office if the CIA had the type of power you're suggesting.