OF THE ABSURDITY OF COUPS AND CAUDILLOS

Only someone who has actually lived through a coup can understand the absurdity of Trump claiming that his government was subject to a coup by a legal process.  There were no troops deployed in the streets; no armored vehicles impeded traffic' no military aircraft buzzing civilian buildings.  Even Erdogan of Turkey, who evoked Trump's version of a coup, possibly to restrict freedoms, actually faced physical danger.  The only risk to Trump has been the possible aggravation of his bone spurs playing with his golf simulator at the White House.