The Dark Prediction Trump Will Make After His MAGA Ally's Big Loss in Europe
His best trans-Atlantic buddy just lost bigly. Hungary’s MAGA-friendly leader Viktor Orban got the boot from voters after 16 years in power, despite Trump’s endorsement and a campaign visit from JD Vance. Contrary to expectations, he also delivered a gracious concession—at least for now.
What message does Trump take from this defeat? Not the one you would hope. There’s no way he will allow himself a similar fate should his party lose power in the upcoming midterms. (And let’s be clear, it certainly looks like that will be the case.) In addition to putting in place various nefarious schemes and roadblocks to influence the outcome—like, say, having ICE agents at polling places and limiting mail-in ballots by executive order—Trump could take his pique to another level and declare an emergency that threatens the continuity of government itself and requires the suspension of the election.
How so? Through the use of PEADs. These Presidential Emergency Action Documents were created during the Eisenhower administration, and they grant virtually unlimited powers to the executive in the wake of a major disruptive attack (terrorist or nuclear) on the homeland. They are intact and ready to go, require no congressional action or judicial review, and until Trump became president, no one worried they could be abused.
“No one thought we would have to deal with someone like Trump,” said Joel McCleary, co-founder of the advocacy group Keep Our Republic and a former Carter administration official with a long career focused on national security.
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