Doesn't matter what Trump would actually pull off, what matters is what the deeps fear he could do.
First term was restrained by 1) unexpectedly winning / no experience and 2) wanting reelection to a 2nd term. He's still doesn't have great judgement on personnel, but it'll be much harder to get a Barr in there now that Trump has hundreds of close advisers that have been with him through the wringer and much harder to keep a Barr from being fired. Even being impeached and removed was a huge dampener first term because he wouldn't get his 2nd, but in a 2nd term being the only President removed would cement his outlier status forever for all time - cyborg people 500 years from now would still be talking about Trump if he got removed.
So the deeps backing DeSantis isn't to say he's a stooge or controlled opposition, but more of a desperation move because he's the far lesser of their evils; he'll do a lot of things they hate, but from within the system. He probably would get more done than Trump, but he's not a wildcard.
They have nothing at all to fear. His tough talk and nothing backing it just resulted in everyone seeing they can just get away with it. It's like threatening punishment to your child and never actually punishing them.
Presidential orders can be ignored with impunity. If they can grab power with a friendly judge, they'll have a judge clog it up in the courts for a year or two to undermine Trump. If they can't, just ignore it. Make up some stuff and call it a leak to muster the NPC army to occupy and attack. Block his communications to the public. Feed wag-the-dog information to get him to throw his support behind whatever swamp project needs support. Tell China what the military is working on and preparing to do.
Oh? He wants to appoint and hire allies? Congress stops anyone that could be effective. Recess nominations? Feed him a list of allies that is comprised of traitors.
The system has been gutted and mutated for over 100 years. There is no way to correct it from the inside, it's like saying "pretty please" to convince cancer to stop metastasizing.
But what you are talking about is an actual constitutional crisis. Trump goes on Truth and says "Comey 2.0, you're fired!", and the President has that authority, and Comey 2.0 refuses to leave. The President has a ton of power that Trump didn't use because he was afraid of losing reelection or being removed.
The deeps don't want a constitutional crisis because it's a wildcard.
Remember when they put up national guard walls around DC to protect Biden because of a few dozen bad actors half of whom were Feds? They fear that situation where the People actually stand up.
Doesn't matter what Trump would actually pull off, what matters is what the deeps fear he could do.
First term was restrained by 1) unexpectedly winning / no experience and 2) wanting reelection to a 2nd term. He's still doesn't have great judgement on personnel, but it'll be much harder to get a Barr in there now that Trump has hundreds of close advisers that have been with him through the wringer and much harder to keep a Barr from being fired. Even being impeached and removed was a huge dampener first term because he wouldn't get his 2nd, but in a 2nd term being the only President removed would cement his outlier status forever for all time - cyborg people 500 years from now would still be talking about Trump if he got removed.
So the deeps backing DeSantis isn't to say he's a stooge or controlled opposition, but more of a desperation move because he's the far lesser of their evils; he'll do a lot of things they hate, but from within the system. He probably would get more done than Trump, but he's not a wildcard.
They have nothing at all to fear. His tough talk and nothing backing it just resulted in everyone seeing they can just get away with it. It's like threatening punishment to your child and never actually punishing them.
Presidential orders can be ignored with impunity. If they can grab power with a friendly judge, they'll have a judge clog it up in the courts for a year or two to undermine Trump. If they can't, just ignore it. Make up some stuff and call it a leak to muster the NPC army to occupy and attack. Block his communications to the public. Feed wag-the-dog information to get him to throw his support behind whatever swamp project needs support. Tell China what the military is working on and preparing to do.
Oh? He wants to appoint and hire allies? Congress stops anyone that could be effective. Recess nominations? Feed him a list of allies that is comprised of traitors.
The system has been gutted and mutated for over 100 years. There is no way to correct it from the inside, it's like saying "pretty please" to convince cancer to stop metastasizing.
But what you are talking about is an actual constitutional crisis. Trump goes on Truth and says "Comey 2.0, you're fired!", and the President has that authority, and Comey 2.0 refuses to leave. The President has a ton of power that Trump didn't use because he was afraid of losing reelection or being removed.
The deeps don't want a constitutional crisis because it's a wildcard.
Remember when they put up national guard walls around DC to protect Biden because of a few dozen bad actors half of whom were Feds? They fear that situation where the People actually stand up.