So was this a dress rehearsal for Trump?

[Fla Dem]

All the building of fences around the White House, calling up the National Guard from Utah to police the streets of DC. Unidentified "Special Police" deployed by AG Barr to fortify the DC streets. Was this a practice run in case Trump loses the election in November? If Trump refuses to give up his power, was this a dry run to see how they could fortify the WH and order troops and Special Forces to fight off any attempt to physically remove him? And just where did they
get 1.7 miles of special reinforced fence on such notice?
You gotta wonder.

[ck4829]

1. Doesn't Caterpillar make armored bulldozers? Just askin'.

[dem4decades]

2. All the more reason to vote Republicans out of the Senate.

[leftieNanner]

3. WHEN he loses in November

He will kick and scream and try to fortify his fences.

But ultimately, after Joe Biden is inaugurated, Ass Face will no longer be the President of the United States. US Marshals will go in to the White House and "escort" him out.

[enough]

4. He can refuse to leave the White House, but he can't "refuse to give up power."

Power does not reside in the White House. If another President is inaugurated, Trump no longer has any power. The government can proceed without him, no matter where he is. He can sit there as long as he wants, if he wants.

[gristy]

5. Correct

I was going to respond with this, and I saw you had already done so.

[2naSalit]

6. +1

[Bev54]

7. I am hearing an ambulance just left the WH

anybody hear anything about this??

[tinrobot]

8. A quick search indicates it was a WH staffer

Pretty sure if Blotus was in trouble, the motorcade would be used.

[snort]

12. It's pulling through a McDonalds.

[JDC]

14. A ploy to get him to his club for golf tomorrow

[Fla Dem]

9. Thank you all for your reasoned and knowledgeable answers.

I should have known that once Joe Biden is inaugurated, Trump has no power whatsoever.

Just guess I'm getting too conspiracy theory with all the crap he's been pulling this past week.

[Salviati]

10. He doesn't even need to be inaugurated.

When the clock strikes noon, trumps term ends. Full Stop. Not contingent on there being a successor or anything. If there isn't one then dealing with that is a separate thing. trump doesn't get to overstay his welcome.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

13. The inauguration is tradition. The president-elect can take the oath of office in his kitchen.

Then Joe, Dr. Jill and Chief Roberts can sit down for a nice breakfast of cheese blintzes.

After that, the DC police can move in and throw Fat Donnie's big ass out of the WH, using tear gas, if necessary. Oh, wait, according to Kayleigh McEnany they don't use tear gas -- although she steadfastly won't say what was used to disperse the protesters.

[stopbush]

11. If presidents don't have any power after they leave the White House

then how do you explain Obama tearing up his pandemic plan in 2018 and leaving Trump with nothing?