Self Coup

French cavalry in the streets of Paris in 1851 By Unknown author — Old engraving in my possession, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5543025

For students of Latin American history, or for that matter immigrants from Latin-America, what President Donald Trump is attempting is awfully familiar. Sources have told CNN, among others, that this is coming from a place of revenge. He wants to do to Democrats what they did to him, never recognize his election in 2016. It does not matter that Democrats did, and we had a peaceful transfer of power.