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Do you live in a cave where you are chained up and can only see shadows on the wall? Even so, do you have the imagination of a brick?

If T rump wins the 2020 by 1 electoral vote, and a minority of the popular vote, he will still declare that he has a public mandate to do whatever he wants, and he will proceed to do whatever he wants.  I say this, because that is consistent with what he has done and what he has been doing.  He has been acting in opposition to constitutional law. (Prime example among many is that he held needed military funding from the Ukraine until the Ukraine President announced that they would be investigating T rump’s political adversaries for the next election. Also the Constitution might as well have the emolument clause redacted, cause T rump has been violating that since he took office.) He has been stacking the federal govt with appointees who are only and obsequiously loyal to him.  (Prime example among many is Bill Bahr who now has the power of the Dept of Justice PLUS personal free access to ALL top secret info.  And who, in effect, has been bringing the Dept of Justice to act as T rump’s personal attorney group, since he was appointed.)

He cannot yet ban elections, but with another term, he may well get to that point.  Remember, he will view not being removed from office by impeachment as his free reign to continue violating laws.  This guy has been steadfastly increasing his powers by simply doing stuff and getting away with it.  Finding an excuse to establish Martial Law will be no big woop.  Curbing the power of the press that is not already part of his propaganda machine will be a chore, but he can probably get it done. He will get more SCOTUS appointments, solidifying his control over the Supreme Court.  If he still controls a majority in the Senate, he will still be above the law.  With a consistent 7-2 or 6-3 majority on anything the SCOTUS looks at, the Constitution will mean whatever he wants it to mean.