Trumpโs remarks arenโt a โprocess critiqueโ; theyโre a retrospective wish to insert armed force into election administration to hunt for evidence that repeatedly failed to materialize in courts, audits, and investigations. The โNational Guard might not be sophisticated enoughโ line is a tell: it treats the absence of proof as a skills problem, not a reality problem. Itโs a direct signal that the authoritarian impulse (use coercion first, justify later) remains intact. โWell, I should have.โ โI donโt know that they are sophisticated enough โฆ Iโm not sure that theyโre sophisticated enough in the ways of crooked Democrats, and the way they cheat, to figure that out.โ President Donald Trump (interview with The New York Times, 11-Jan-2026)
Thereโs still no bottom to the ๐๐คก orange rot! Trump: โI should haveโ used the National Guard to seize voting machines โ because โcrooked Democrats.โ ๐ฌ๐ณ๏ธ๐ช #OrangeRot
