Will Trump call in the military and usher in a new authoritarian regime across this land? I doubt it, but I guess anything is possible in 2020. My read of the situation is that Trump is kind of a posturing little bitch who can't even sit in the war room without trying to escape the anxiety of it all. He's playing to his base, and his ultimate base right now are the Qanon folks who still think that this reality TV star is going to somehow solve all the world's problems. Get real.

Trump is a weak authoritarian. He plays his supporter base like a violin. They'd cheer even if he announced in a rally he was actually a half eaten Mars bar. But if he tries to engineer a coup, he'll get his ass handed to him. Trump rotates his staff members like shirts.

Conspiracy theories are boring. Besides, the world is way too chaotic and complicated for most of what happens to be deliberate.