If Trump is elected President is there anything stopping him from pardoning himself and all the January 6th "convicts"?

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[–]Alienhunter 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Unless Trump is given a pardon it would be a civil war.

President is commander and chief of the armed forces. President gives the order to the army to break him out. Army splits on that order. Civil war begins. Ends up with a military dictatorship run by the survivors.

[–]Hematomato 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I'm not sure the army would split.

I get the sense that Trump has never really cultivated any loyalty at all among the top brass. Remember when he Tweeted "I am banning all trans people from the military" and the military leadership replied "Tweets are not orders" and simply didn't do it?

I think if he said "Break me out of prison," they might just say "Nah bro."

Which isn't to say that a coup is impossible. But I think a coup would probably be pretty united. The military would just unanimously say "Okay, the civilian government has totally failed and we're taking over for a while."