If Trump Wins, Will Obama Declare Martial Law To Remain In Office? “These Are Not Normal Times”

This article was written by Michael Snyder and originally published at End of the American Dream.

Editor’s Comment: Frankly, this question is raised at the end of every presidential term. But would it ever really happen?

For instance, Bush could have used a terror attack as an excuse to deny office to Obama; many believed he might do so. Fortunately, he didn’t. But it is clear enough that no potential president has ever been so roundly dismissed and attacked by the press and a plurality of American leaders than has Trump – as Michael Snyder notes in detail, Obama and many others have repeatedly issued statements claiming that Trump is unfit for office, and has many other deficits. If Trump does win – and it isn’t just rigged for Hillary – it is possible that it could happen.

Of course, in such a case, Obama won’t ADMIT that Trump is the reason… he too would blame some unprecedented crisis, like an economic collapse or large-scale terror attack. Even then, the move would be very conspicuous. But perhaps at that point, the system will be so cornered that it won’t matter. Millions of Americans would protest in the streets and revolt in every way; but that would in turn only feed the need for riot cops and military troops to keep the peace, further justifying a martial law scenario. Though it seems a remote possibility, there is every chance that America is walking into a nightmare where rights don’t exist and the country is operated under arbitrary emergency rule. Shudder the thought.

Will Barack Obama Try To Stay In Office If Donald Trump Wins The Election?

by Michael Snyder

If Donald Trump wins in November, will Barack Obama leave office and hand over power in an orderly fashion? Normally we would not even have to ask such a question, but these are not normal times. This week, Obama publicly stated that Trump “is unfit to serve as President” and that he is “woefully unprepared to do this job“. In addition, he told the press that Trump “doesn’t have the judgment, the temperament, the understanding to occupy the most powerful position in the world.” If Obama really believes those things are true, would he really just stand aside and hand the keys to the White House to Trump?

Never before have I ever heard a sitting president claim that one of the major party candidates could not function as president. But that is what Obama has just done. The following is an excerpt from a transcript of remarks made by Obama earlier this week that comes directly from the official White House website. I have highlighted certain phrases in bold text, because I want you to truly consider the implications of what he is saying here…

But there have been Republican Presidents with whom I disagreed with, but I didn’t have a doubt that they could function as President. I think I was right, and Mitt Romney and John McCain were wrong on certain policy issues, but I never thought that they couldn’t do the job. And had they won, I would have been disappointed, but I would have said to all Americans they are — this is our President, and I know they’re going to abide by certain norms and rules and common sense, will observe basic decency, will have enough knowledge about economic policy and foreign policy and our constitutional traditions and rule of law that our government will work, and then we’ll compete four years from now to try to win an election.

But that’s not the situation here. And that’s not just my opinion; that is the opinion of many prominent Republicans. There has to come a point at which you say, enough.

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Earlier today, I came across an outstanding article by Joseph Farah of WND in which he summarized the claims that Obama was making against Trump…

  • He said Trump would not abide by “norms and rules and common sense.”
  • He questioned whether he would “observe basic decency” should he reach the Oval Office.
  • He said he would have been disappointed to lose the elections of 2008 and 2012, but never doubted whether his rivals in those elections, John McCain and Mitt Romney, could function as president or had the knowledge to make government work. “That’s not the situation here,” he added.
  • He added Trump “doesn’t have the judgment, the temperament, the understanding, to occupy the most powerful position in the world.”
  • He said he was “woefully unprepared to do this job.”
  • Obama said Trump lacked knowledge about Europe, the Middle East and other parts of Asia.

This is some extremely strong language, and I truly wish one of the reporters at the press conference would have asked one incredibly important follow up question.

Will Barack Obama try to stay in office if Donald Trump wins the election?

In his article, Joseph Farah raised the same issue

If no one else will ask the question, I will: “Mr. President, if Donald Trump wins the election to become the next president of the United States, will you willingly and peacefully leave office and cooperate fully with the transition of power the way all of your predecessors in the White House have done in the past?”

It’s a simple question that needs to be asked and answered – given Obama’s highly inflammatory rhetoric over the last week.

Like Farah, I believe that it is a fair question.

If Barack Obama truly believes all of the things he said about Donald Trump, does he also believe that he has a responsibility to keep Donald Trump from taking office?

Absent a major national emergency of some sort, this would be very difficult for Obama to do. But if there were some sort of enormous national crisis between now and next January, Barack Obama could potentially employ some of the extraordinary emergency powers that have been endowed on the office of the president over the past several decades.

There is not a single statute, regulation, executive order or presidential directive that contains all of the powers that a president would possess during a major national emergency. Rather, these powers have been layered on top of one another for a very long period of time, and they come from literally dozens of different laws, regulations, court decisions, executive orders and presidential directives.

One document that I would refer you to is National Security Presidential Directive 51 which was put into effect during the Bush administration. It is all about “national continuity policy” and it defines a “catastrophic emergency” as “any incident, regardless of location, that results in extraordinary levels of mass casualties, damage, or disruption severely affecting the U.S. population, infrastructure, environment, economy, or government functions”.

In such a scenario, the president would have almost unlimited power, and he would wield enormously powerful executive orders such as this one. If there was a big enough emergency, the president would potentially be able to declare martial law, suspend elections and essentially become a dictator.

Let us hope that we never see such a thing play out in the United States of America.

For the moment, there is not much of a threat that Obama will try to stop Trump from taking office because Hillary Clinton has jumped out to a huge lead in the latest McClatchy-Marist poll

The former secretary of State gained ground in the McClatchy-Marist poll, and Trump lost support. Clinton had the support of 48% of those surveyed, and Trump had 33%. Last month, Clinton had 42% while Trump had 33%.

When third-party candidates are included, Clinton’s lead held strong. She had 45%, and Trump had 31%, Libertarian candidate Gary Johnson had 10% and Green Party candidate Jill Stein had 6%.

And the latest NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll found that Clinton is leading Trump by a 47 percent to 38 percent margin.

One thing that I found interesting about both of these polls is that they show two third party candidates gaining ground. The NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll had Gary Johnson with 10 percent support and Jill Stein at five percent.

Jill Stein is still behind Johnson at this point, but she is potentially the much stronger candidate. If she starts to catch fire with Bernie Sanders supporters, she could possibly even hit the 15 percent threshold for being invited to participate in the upcoming presidential debates.

And Donald Trump certainly needs something to change about this race, because right now he is really struggling.

But there is a long way to go until November, and as we have seen, anything is likely to happen in this election cycle.

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Source : Shtfplan.com

About the author : Michael T. Snyder is a graduate of the University of Florida law school and he worked as an attorney in the heart of Washington D.C. for a number of years.

Today, Michael is best known for his work as the publisher of The Economic Collapse Blog and The American Dream

13 Comments

  1. John Ashcraft

    If an earthquake hits the USA and the world on October 13th (Day of Atonement) with a 6.0-10.0, the ensuing chaos from the earthquake will cause Martial Law to be declared on November 1st. Plus October 3rd (Day of Trumpet) is the rapture porbably as most are declaring so 1/3rd of the earth will disappear by the aliens so Martial Law will be declared before the 13th even gets here.

         Just two months to go.

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    1. steve

      There isn't going to be an earthquake.Enough of the datesetting so you don't look dumb

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  2. Bud Horton

    My Birthday is October 3rd. I will be 75. obama will disappear.

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    1. John K

      Thanks Bud!

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  3. James Stamulis

    You have to laugh when Obama says Trump is woefully inadiquate for the presidency when Obama could not talk without stuttering when his telepromter failed and and his experience was a community organizer(race baiter with ACORN) Obama never created a job in his life while Trump did that for a living, No it was Obama who is still inadequate to be the American president and especially commander in chief.

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  4. edd

    if obama can do it how hard can it be ???

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  5. ed

    Here's a tough question… who would be presdent if after the election the person that won Donald or Hilery and the winner died before they were sworn in on Jan. 21.

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  6. laura m.

    Can't figure out why Trump would want to be president.  Why wouldn't he take his fanily and leave the country instead?  Doesn't make any sense as he is wealthy and since this country is trashed anyway, who the H would want that useless job run by globalist control freaks.  The president and congress are mere puppets of the elitists.

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  7. Josie

    Trump is,way ahead of Hillary, the news media lies, lies,lies makes me so angry!

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  8. Gerald

    Let the civil war begin if Obama tries to stay in office.

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  9. skipNclair

    This piece of human excrement Obammy must declare martial law before there is a victor in the election, in order for him to remain in office by doing so. Wants the election is over if he declares martial law he cannot hold on to power after Jan.2th 2017. And while i believe he wishes to declare martial law just pushing for it and chomping at the bit for it, he will have to do so before the election. It willl most likely happen sometime in Sept. or Oct. when school is in. But keep in mind, no matter who wins if there is an election, they will be a puppet to the puppet masters just as obammy abd bush and so many others before them, will it mattter?

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  10. Nancy

    It will happen after a catastropic event, then cancel elections. Watch, i really believe this, a man made event. America is in the way.

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  11. Ed Parker

    All it would take to cancel the eections is a few "ISIS" attacks on polling places the morning of Election Day. This would ignite outrage and confusion, warranting emergency declarations – and then it's on…

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