> Well if Israel did it, it was almost assuredly in consultation with the Pentagon.

What makes you say that? I would think Israel intelligence often operates independently from the U.S.

> Trump is still attempting a coup

Trump has been a sore loser in this election, but to my knowledge he's only pursued legal avenues to overturn the election results. He also stated that he would leave office if the electoral college voted him out, even if he won't acknowledge that he lost the election. This is bad, tasteless behavior, but not a coup in any sense of the term.

Inviting Michigan lawmakers to the white house to discuss "voter fraud", directly calling Michigan electoral polling officials, firing defense officials and installing super loyalists to positions of power, firing officials who oversaw the election that don't tow his official stance of a "rigged election" (Krebs). Refusal to acknowledge the win of an opponent, instead spreading disinformation and outright lies. Getting into fights with the Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (a republican) to try to force him not to certify the results of the election. Talking about trying to use the state legislatures to override the results of the election itself.

This is pretty sketchy stuff and is very much in line with a coup. While not necessarily "troops in the street" coup it's very important not to underplay this.

He's using as much soft power as possible to undermine the results of the election and to influence it in his favor.

Every sentence you wrote is true, and you're only bringing up politics to respond to someone else who did, yet you're the one who's receiving downvotes.

How do you explain this? https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/13323525388557475...

I read it as misinformation--i.e., the legal onus is on Biden to prove that his 80M votes weren't fraudulent; not that Trump would use the military to prevent Biden from taking office. In fact, I had to re-read it several times to even determine what coup-like meaning you were suggesting it contained.

This could be seen as setting the stage for something worse down the line... Come the week before inauguration day, and Biden still hasn't "proven" (whatever proven means to Trump anyway) the 80M votes... what will Trump do? refuse to leave because his stipulation wasn't met?

Right, I now see that this Tweet could be interpreted as a veiled threat; I just think it's far more likely that Trump misunderstands (or is lying about) the law. Especially given his recent remarks that he would leave if the electoral college votes for Biden.

Never take Trump's words at face value - even as president.