If he loses, there is zero chance Trump willingly gives up power.

People replying to this tweet with things like “It doesn’t matter” and “the Secret Service will have to toss him out” seem to be under the impression that norms and laws will protect us.

As we all know, yelling “But he can’t do that!” is a magic spell that prevents him from doing whatever “that” is

This might not be anything other than a show election, anyway

Look up the term “democratic backsliding.”

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_backsliding

How do all the people replying to this thread with “well, says right here that he’s out on this date!” think other countries became dictatorships?

That’s not an accurate look at the past several decades. https://twitter.com/boomrossted/status/1265636302646640640?s=21 https://twitter.com/boomrossted/status/1265636302646640640

Here, read/listen to this https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/562246/how-democracies-die-by-steven-levitsky-and-daniel-ziblatt/

But no, Trump isn't going to say, "I lost, but I'm staying in office, anyway." He's simply going to say, "I won," and argue from there.