Eastman Dershowitz Flynn Kash Patel and Mike Pillow only got access to the White House because they were on TV and the president was a TV addict. Larry Kudlow, FFS, was on Leeza Gibbons' show with Jim Cramer. Then he was on Kudlow & Kramer until it became clear that he was a drag on Jim Cramer of all people, then he was his own lame show that nobody watched, then he was on his other own lame show that nobody watched, then the Republicans declined to run him for any sort of office, then all of a sudden holy shit he's the director of the National Economic Council because he had been on television. Much like Dershowitz, who has been an ambulance-chasing gloryhound for 30 years.

Honestly though, I doubt I could have done any better, even if I vigorously studied constitutional law, because ultimately any coup plans would have to hinge around actions that are obviously illegal and against the spirit of the constitution. Sadly, as we have seen time and time again with Trump, a disregard of legal constraints gives the lawbreakers some serious leverage if the laws aren’t enforced.

We've had this discussion before, and we'll doubtless have it again: If thee or me were to overthrow the government, we'd have a 30-point plan of attack backed up by 30 other players with 30-point plans and we'd have debated every contingency and assessed the probability. Trump? Trump has been at "I think I can do it therefore I can do it unless I can't" since he was a boy. Since he's failed up every time there's no reason not to try. I could tell you stories from the Apprentice where Trump would try things like "the crew doesn't actually need any space at the club for their gear and craft service despite the fact that they asked for it" that works with some crews and not with others. The crews it doesn't work with don't get invited back? But they also get crafty. Trump's entire history is one of people who won't be abused being replaced by people who will, of people who can do the calculus being replaced by those who can't.