In other words, what we may have witnessed in Comey’s ballyhooed
testimony on Thursday was just the latest chapter in a “soft coup” to
remove Trump – either through a forced resignation or impeachment. The
thinking is that Trump is so incompetent that “wise men” must step in to
“correct a mistake” made by the U.S. electorate and made possible by
the Constitution’s Electoral College system, which enabled Trump to win
the presidency despite losing the popular vote,
But the American people are not supposed to see it that way. After
all, the realization that U.S. intelligence chieftains might be
conspiring to overturn a constitutional election of a U.S. president
could be most upsetting and unsettling, even if one assumes that they
are sincerely doing what they think is “best for the country.”
So, this side of the story remains unspoken, a silence made possible
by the fact that most of the nation’s top news executives and much of
its political elite share the opinion that Trump’s presidency must be
ended and a more traditional chief executive installed.
But no one in authority wants to acknowledge that a “soft coup” is in
the works because that would make America look like a banana republic
to the world. It also could infuriate Trump’s 63 million voters who
might take exception to this sort of “deep state” veto of a duly
certified election.
-- Robert Parry, "‘Soft Coup’ on Trump, Hiding in Plain Sight" (CONSORTIUM NEWS).