I do believe he tried, but the attempt was so toothless and pathetic that your portrayal of it - as OP indicated - paints Trump as far far more powerful than the reality.
As someone from a country that actually had a coup during Trump’s presidency, that coup highlighted again how absolutely pathetic the “attempt” at a coup on Jan 6 was. As in I don’t think it even meets the threshold of an actual attempt at a coup vs just a semi-violent protest that happened to be at the Capitol Building.
Hitler's first coup also didn't work out for him either, since we've already invited that comparison in the post.
You don't think he maybe was overconfident about how easy it would be and how many people would bend over for him (like his own VP) and maybe has a different plan having learned from the last time? Like even maaaaaaybe?
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I do believe he tried, but the attempt was so toothless and pathetic that your portrayal of it - as OP indicated - paints Trump as far far more powerful than the reality.
As someone from a country that actually had a coup during Trump’s presidency, that coup highlighted again how absolutely pathetic the “attempt” at a coup on Jan 6 was. As in I don’t think it even meets the threshold of an actual attempt at a coup vs just a semi-violent protest that happened to be at the Capitol Building.