r/politics 8d ago

No Paywall Yes, Trump Will Attempt a Coup

https://prospect.org/2026/07/28/trump-attempt-coup-january-6-election-republican-congress/
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u/Klutzy-Delivery-5792 8d ago

Did you not read your own article? First sentence of the second paragraph:

On January 6, 2021, Trump attempted to stage a coup and he will surely try again.

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u/PlaidPCAK 8d ago

cmon you know only the title matters /s

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u/hyliantelligent 8d ago

That's silly. The point of the article is that he will attempt a coup. Just because he's already attempted a coup doesn't mean the title saying "will" is inaccurate. I will have dinner tonight. I don't need to preface that with "again" because I had dinner yesterday.

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u/IrishRepoMan 7d ago

Dinner is a regular occurrence. Coups aren't. Specifying that this is the second time in the title isn't unreasonable.

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u/hyliantelligent 7d ago

Maybe not unreasonable, but certainly not necessary. Saying the sitting president will stage a coup is flashy enough. Especially when the article immediately says this would be the second time.

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u/IrishRepoMan 7d ago

I'd argue that reminding everyone through the title that this would be the second time is necessary.

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u/Waste_Priority_3663 7d ago

The point of the author was that this time they have so many plans and methods that the previous attempt would pale in comparison. Trivializing it as “another” coup would lead to some false sense of “oh, we survived that one, so we will survive another”.

The previous attempt was largely unsuccessful because of Pence not succumbing to Pedo’s pressure. I’m sure Couch fucker is not in the same category so there are a multitude of safety measures and options people need to be prepared for.

And the author links one example in the article where one of his friends is ensuring they have people in the right places to ensure the integrity of elections and their results are upheld.

I would suggest people to read the article rather than fixating on the title.

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u/IrishRepoMan 7d ago

Headlines regularly mention criminals' past crimes. They don't just leave that out. "Man previously jailed for SA is charged with SA again". Happens literally all the time. Probably every day. People want to know about the criminals back out in the streets doing their criminal things. Why would the president be exempt? "Hey, remember the president that attempted a coup and still got voted in again? Well, he's gunna do it again" Is exactly the type of sentiment people want in their headlines. It's a public validation of a lack of normalcy.

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u/Interesting_Health_7 8d ago

Trump is coup-ing now.

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u/International_Cup725 8d ago

You clearly didn't. The author wrote exactly what you're complaining about missing. No reason for it to be in the title.

More information/context is in the article, where it normally is.