Local elections were especially contentious here in my city -- a former police officer switched to the GOP and lost, then in parallel a member of congress decided not to seek another term after it was pointed out he was in a cult.

Then on top of all that you had the presidential election.

I ended up reading a lot of Sun Tzu and python books because of it.

I'm surprised you're unaware of this, it was pretty big news at the time:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_United_States_Capitol_att...

“Trump’s coup” implies possession or control. That’s not in the article you just linked to.

The above comments mentioned a "coup effort." An effort does not imply possession or control, only that an effort toward such an end was made, which it was, and which the Wikipedia article describes.

I don't know where you got the phrase "Trump's coup" from, but it wasn't from myself or the grandparent.