My View
I thought that Trump was serious when I voted for him. Of course, I would not have voted for him otherwise ;>
However, every day that Trump does not move against the garbage of the Political Class is a day that I lose additional faith that it is indeed his intent; also, every day that he does not take the initiative against them is a day that they gain strength and he loses strength...if he is indeed serious
Indicators
It is hard to read indicators considering Trump's history of conflicting statements. He has indeed made different statements regarding Clinton herself:
LOCK HER UP became We will not pursue the matter to more recently We need another look at Clinton's emailsWe have seen firings of leakers for the most part, not arrests. The ...cough, cough... "big" arrest of the anti-American ding-a-ling named Reality Winner seems to me to be more PR than anything else. The fact that this hate-filled loon was working in the security community gives proof to how subverted the security community has become, and how deep the Deep State has polluted it.
We have seen Trump run rings around the media. Scott Adams (of Dilbert fame) speaks of how Trump plays the media by making seemingly poor statements that they overreact to, and in the process proving his point. The Trump support community (and most especially The-Donald subreddit) calls this 3D chess.
Trump still has not moved against McMaster (who has publicly betrayed Trump) or Mueller (who has not only gone beyond the mandate of his office, but who has staffed his organization with democong donators and Clinton Foundation lawyers). This to me is the most serious indicator that Trump is not serious.
I sent several messages to the Trump campaign (email, LinkedIn, Twitter) long before the election, indicating his need to create an organization to counter Deep State action against him. This included choosing people to fill government offices, and especially in the LE and security community. I repeated this call after his election and before the Inauguration. I never had any response and I have not seen any indication of such an organization. In fact, even the grass roots organizations supporting Trump seem to be haphazardly run.
Ivanka and her husband are globalists/liberals. Adding these family members to his administration clouded the mission of Making America Great Again
Trump allowed the courts to make an unconstitutional power grab. Not only were the positions they took unconstitutional, they were hypocritical in terms of their earlier rulings about who had the power to enforce immigration law (state responsibility vs federal)
Trump has not moved against the "sanctuary cities". Every single public official supporting this policy is in violation of 8 USC 1324. Period. End of story. There is no exemption in this law for being a pretentious leftist douchebag.
Scenarios
Trump is serious, but in over his head. He knows how to operate against the media because of his experience participating in it, but did not recognize the treason of the Political Class or how deep it's infection of the government has become
Trump isn't serious. Becoming President is a joke or a life goal, and all he has to do is enjoy the office and troll the media.
Trump is serious, but he is playing a long game in terms of building the anger in America. At some point he calls for the line (military and LE) to go after the Deep State...or perhaps calls the public to do so.
Trump is serious, but he is moving slowly and taking one piece off the board at a time. He has neutralized the press and has made significant gains in policy through the use of executive action (dangerous in itself)
The Deep State isn't serious about their coup. They play their media games with the goal of keeping their liberal cultists in a frenzy and donating to the Party in between bouts of foaming at the mouth. Trump knows this and allows it...
Trump is a Deep State shill, and this is all dog and pony show.
What are your plans?
Have you gamed this out yet? How will you react if the Deep State succeeds in a coup? How will you react if Trump becomes a dictator? How hard would you laugh if Trump simply had all the media arrested under the "Russian propaganda" law they put into place to protect their Narrative?
So what are your thoughts? Comment now, or lament in the re-education camps ;>
Any indicators or scenarios I missed, or didn't think through?