
Originally Posted by
pritch
Actually just prior to the election this was a major concern for some people. It's highly classified and not usually mentioned, except that Trump tweeted reference to it as soon as he was briefed - of course. The president has huge "emergency powers," pretty much no limits. There was the worry that he would declare such an emergency prior to the election with the intention of stopping it.
The same was said of Bush junior and Obama at their respective elections, people were even more nervous as things like patriot act and defence authorisation act were all new.... but nothing happened...
Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket - Eric Hoffer
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