So? I'm not talking about wars, I'm talking about the US government. You're the one who brought up the word "coup". A coup is only something to worry about if the government is legitimate.

Well, that being said, maybe Trump himself, the absolutely unexpected winner of the 2016 elections, is legitimate. It wouldn't be surprising, given how much crap the mass media have been giving him during his first mandate.

But either way, the rest of the guverment has all been installed during the long series of fully illegitimate scam politicians. As such, worrying about a coup is a bit like a farmer worrying about rain: it is not a worry worth having. If it happens and the whole political apparatus gets wiped out? Would that really make things worse, other than over the short term? Isn't that a question worth considering, instead of saying "coup" as it it were the name of the ultimate monster?

The illegitimate US guverments have been performing "regime change" worldwide for the better part of a century. I would say, if the political machine gets wiped out and the country suddenly becomes unrecognizable, they had it coming. Karma and all that. And the US population? THEY HAD IT COMING TOO. Complicit silence is accessory to crime.