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<p>The former President Donald Trump has been making claims he&#39;ll be reinstated as president this August. The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who has been covering Trump closely the past four years, tweeted about Trump&#39;s claims on Tuesday.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August (no that isn’t how it works but simply sharing the information). <a href="https://t.co/kaXSXKnpF0">https://t.co/kaXSXKnpF0</a></p>&mdash; Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1399707794375426051?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It isn’t happening in a vacuum. It is happening as he faced the possibility of an indictment from the Manhattan DA.</p>&mdash; Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1399708019366170630?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Haberman added that Trump had remained focused on election audits in states whose results he is trying to overturn.</p><p>Trump&#39;s lawyers have already filed over 40 election-related lawsuits, all of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-campaign-lawsuits-election-results-2020-11" target="_blank">which have failed</a>.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">But he is not putting out statements about the “audits” in states just for the sake of it. He’s been laser focused on them, according to several people who’ve spoken with him (as well as WaPo reporting a few weeks ago).</p>&mdash; Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1399711403439804418?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>The talk of a Myanmar style coup this summer has been spreading among Trump supporters for months, with the MyPillow <a href="https://www.newsweek.com/mike-lindell-stands-prediction-donald-trump-will-back-white-house-august-1587885" target="_blank">CEO Mike Lindell adamantly supporting the claim</a>.</p><p>Lindell claimed he would go to the Supreme Court in August to present evidence he&#39;s acquired that would convince justices to reject the 2020 election result (despite having no legal or Constitutional framework).</p><p>The former Trump advisor <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/bannon-has-his-maga-megaphone-back-gop-candidates-know-it-n1269050" target="_blank">Steve Bannon also boosted the conspiracy on his podcast</a>, and the former Trump attorney <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/01/politics/powell-trump-inauguration-fact-check/index.html" target="_blank">Sidney Powell shared the idea at a QAnon conference</a> over the weekend.</p><p>While there is no realistic possibility of legal reinstatement, even the idea itself has merited a lot of responses.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Per Maggie Haberman of the NYT: &quot;Trump has been telling a number of people he&#39;s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August&quot;<br><br>Republicans are enabling Trump, who is clearly mentally unwell, while punishing those who are willing to admit Trump lost. Insanity.</p>&mdash; Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) <a href="https://twitter.com/NumbersMuncher/status/1399742125353455616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">He’s like the graduated senior who wants to crash the high school events.</p>&mdash; Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/RepSwalwell/status/1399723660588507136?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump could end our national nightmare (the lies, violence, foreign interference and ongoing insurrection) with one public address. He could stop ascendant fascism and possible civil war in 10 minutes; but he won’t and that’s the proof he’s a dangerous threat to the United States</p>&mdash; Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZaleskiLuke/status/1399717265755475976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unfortunately, most Americans think Trump is in the rear view mirror. He is not. For many of his supporters January 6 marked a beginning.</p>&mdash; Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) <a href="https://twitter.com/New_Narrative/status/1399708647408779264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Trump acts like the Presidency is a beauty pageant and he’s the runner up and can just step in 🤣He’s so thirsty to be back in the spotlight.<br><br>Remember when he told us he would go away if he lost? <br>Sigh</p>&mdash; Candice📚🌊 (@redshoe9) <a href="https://twitter.com/redshoe9/status/1399724620459151363?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Some felt upset that Haberman was even giving the theory more airtime, accusing her of using this for her own monetary gains.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">STOP AMPLIFYING HIS F’NG CRAZY!<br>Stop.<br>Ready... this is gonna shock you- but if you KNOW something the insurrectionist blogger is saying is BS insanity, you don’t have to share it.<br>Shocking right?<br>You can just NOT amplify his message for him.<br>It’s totally wild the way that works. <a href="https://t.co/FMaSBxTrPR">pic.twitter.com/FMaSBxTrPR</a></p>&mdash; Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoJoFromJerz/status/1399849090033270784?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="und" dir="ltr"> <a href="https://t.co/TdfqIKrOFt">pic.twitter.com/TdfqIKrOFt</a></p>&mdash; Chris Zaberto (@zaberto) <a href="https://twitter.com/zaberto/status/1399723240470290442?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">You mean Trump is telling you this for your book. <br><br>C’mon Maggie. This is so laughable it’s pathetic</p>&mdash; YS (@NYinLA2121) <a href="https://twitter.com/NYinLA2121/status/1399722753935089668?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">So you&#39;re helping him get word out of this seditious rhetoric? This is gross Mags. Shame on you. This isn&#39;t news btw. We&#39;ve heard he&#39;s been saying this. You just repeated his message thru the megaphone of the New York Times.</p>&mdash; Bimmerella🌞🇺🇸 (@bimmerella) <a href="https://twitter.com/bimmerella/status/1399756221431812097?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">maggie a nyt writer writes about whispering gossip about a man she writing a book w/. she needs to feed that drive to keep him in the forefront🤨🙄🙄<br>are you going to sink any lower?</p>&mdash; Winter Storm (@AShoutOutfromMN) <a href="https://twitter.com/AShoutOutfromMN/status/1399714579832311815?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Will you be following up on this in 2 months?</p>&mdash; Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) <a href="https://twitter.com/FrankLuntz/status/1399786461063352320?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I think - I THINK - you’re missing the point.</p>&mdash; Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) <a href="https://twitter.com/maggieNYT/status/1399786629745762306?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>Others focused on the dangerous nature of this theory, particularly as it spreads among Trump supporters following the <a href="https://www.someecards.com/news/politics/trump-mob-capitol-building-dc/" target="_blank">attempted insurrection on January 6th</a>.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Talk of an August 2021 Trump re-instatement into presidency should NOT be taken lightly; there are enough low-knowledge Q-MAGAs out there ready to wreck havoc in state capitals &amp; in DC. Stay vigilant &amp; if you see or hear anything, call the FBI immediately. Save the local FBI #.</p>&mdash; Kevin Baker (@tangazo) <a href="https://twitter.com/tangazo/status/1399784488540987398?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">there&#39;s a lie overtaking the republican party. the conspiracy theory that trump, an unpopular, deeply divisive, dangerous liar who failed at covid and left us with record debt and death secretly won the election. that fake reality is the greatest threat to your freedom imaginable</p>&mdash; Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZaleskiLuke/status/1399715304016691201?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It comes down to the fact that Trump can’t/won’t admit that he lost. Bigly. Legitimately. Resoundingly. Because he sucked and should never have been president. Now the Big Lie that fomented the Capitol attack has become his re-election campaign and threatens to undo the republic.</p>&mdash; Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) <a href="https://twitter.com/ZaleskiLuke/status/1399717835505610760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Maggie Haberman, Trump’s de facto spokesperson, says he expects to be reinstated by August<br><br>Michael Flynn calls for a coup<br><br>400+ voter suppression bills pending<br><br>Tell me again how everything is fine and how we should preserve the filibuster because “it’s a Senate tradition”</p>&mdash; Lindy Li (@lindyli) <a href="https://twitter.com/lindyli/status/1399795019398189057?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Abe has a better chance of being reinstated President in August than Donald Trump.</p>&mdash; The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) <a href="https://twitter.com/ProjectLincoln/status/1399815035795480579?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Michael Flynn is calling for a Myanmar style coup, and Trump thinks he’ll be reinstated as President in August. January 6th is looking more and more like a dry run with each passing day.</p>&mdash; Hamish Mitchell (@H_MitchellPhoto) <a href="https://twitter.com/H_MitchellPhoto/status/1399762275515265025?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">What we need to recognize is that the Right has totally and utterly collapsed into full-blown fascism and antidemocratic ideology. For years they have been preparing for this, radicalizing, and we’re reaching a dangerous fever pitch.</p>&mdash; Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) <a href="https://twitter.com/JYSexton/status/1399719159739686916?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">This “August” date that Trump is now floating isn’t random. It’s a result of the most radical QAnon/conspiracy circles, all of them espousing the necessity of violence and an overthrow of democracy.<br><br>This thing is festering and growing. Looking the other way won’t stop it.</p>&mdash; Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) <a href="https://twitter.com/JYSexton/status/1399719660363321360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">June 1, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

People react to Trump claiming he'll be 'reinstated as president' in August.

The former President Donald Trump has been making claims he&#39;ll be reinstated as president this August. The New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman, who has been covering Trump closely the past four years, tweeted about Trump&#39;s claims on Tuesday.Trump has been telling a number of people he’s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August (no that isn’t how it works but simply sharing the information). https://t.co/kaXSXKnpF0&mdash; Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2021 It isn’t happening in a vacuum. It is happening as he faced the possibility of an indictment from the Manhattan DA.&mdash; Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2021 Haberman added that Trump had remained focused on election audits in states whose results he is trying to overturn.Trump&#39;s lawyers have already filed over 40 election-related lawsuits, all of which have failed.But he is not putting out statements about the “audits” in states just for the sake of it. He’s been laser focused on them, according to several people who’ve spoken with him (as well as WaPo reporting a few weeks ago).&mdash; Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2021 The talk of a Myanmar style coup this summer has been spreading among Trump supporters for months, with the MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell adamantly supporting the claim.Lindell claimed he would go to the Supreme Court in August to present evidence he&#39;s acquired that would convince justices to reject the 2020 election result (despite having no legal or Constitutional framework).The former Trump advisor Steve Bannon also boosted the conspiracy on his podcast, and the former Trump attorney Sidney Powell shared the idea at a QAnon conference over the weekend.While there is no realistic possibility of legal reinstatement, even the idea itself has merited a lot of responses.Per Maggie Haberman of the NYT: &quot;Trump has been telling a number of people he&#39;s in contact with that he expects he will get reinstated by August&quot;Republicans are enabling Trump, who is clearly mentally unwell, while punishing those who are willing to admit Trump lost. Insanity.&mdash; Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) June 1, 2021 He’s like the graduated senior who wants to crash the high school events.&mdash; Rep. Eric Swalwell (@RepSwalwell) June 1, 2021 Trump could end our national nightmare (the lies, violence, foreign interference and ongoing insurrection) with one public address. He could stop ascendant fascism and possible civil war in 10 minutes; but he won’t and that’s the proof he’s a dangerous threat to the United States&mdash; Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) June 1, 2021 Unfortunately, most Americans think Trump is in the rear view mirror. He is not. For many of his supporters January 6 marked a beginning.&mdash; Mike Walker (@New_Narrative) June 1, 2021 Trump acts like the Presidency is a beauty pageant and he’s the runner up and can just step in 🤣He’s so thirsty to be back in the spotlight.Remember when he told us he would go away if he lost? Sigh&mdash; Candice📚🌊 (@redshoe9) June 1, 2021 Some felt upset that Haberman was even giving the theory more airtime, accusing her of using this for her own monetary gains.STOP AMPLIFYING HIS F’NG CRAZY!Stop.Ready... this is gonna shock you- but if you KNOW something the insurrectionist blogger is saying is BS insanity, you don’t have to share it.Shocking right?You can just NOT amplify his message for him.It’s totally wild the way that works. pic.twitter.com/FMaSBxTrPR&mdash; Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) June 1, 2021  pic.twitter.com/TdfqIKrOFt&mdash; Chris Zaberto (@zaberto) June 1, 2021 You mean Trump is telling you this for your book. C’mon Maggie. This is so laughable it’s pathetic&mdash; YS (@NYinLA2121) June 1, 2021 So you&#39;re helping him get word out of this seditious rhetoric? This is gross Mags. Shame on you. This isn&#39;t news btw. We&#39;ve heard he&#39;s been saying this. You just repeated his message thru the megaphone of the New York Times.&mdash; Bimmerella🌞🇺🇸 (@bimmerella) June 1, 2021 maggie a nyt writer writes about whispering gossip about a man she writing a book w/. she needs to feed that drive to keep him in the forefront🤨🙄🙄are you going to sink any lower?&mdash; Winter Storm (@AShoutOutfromMN) June 1, 2021 Will you be following up on this in 2 months?&mdash; Frank Luntz (@FrankLuntz) June 1, 2021 I think - I THINK - you’re missing the point.&mdash; Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 1, 2021 Others focused on the dangerous nature of this theory, particularly as it spreads among Trump supporters following the attempted insurrection on January 6th.Talk of an August 2021 Trump re-instatement into presidency should NOT be taken lightly; there are enough low-knowledge Q-MAGAs out there ready to wreck havoc in state capitals &amp; in DC. Stay vigilant &amp; if you see or hear anything, call the FBI immediately. Save the local FBI #.&mdash; Kevin Baker (@tangazo) June 1, 2021 there&#39;s a lie overtaking the republican party. the conspiracy theory that trump, an unpopular, deeply divisive, dangerous liar who failed at covid and left us with record debt and death secretly won the election. that fake reality is the greatest threat to your freedom imaginable&mdash; Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) June 1, 2021 It comes down to the fact that Trump can’t/won’t admit that he lost. Bigly. Legitimately. Resoundingly. Because he sucked and should never have been president. Now the Big Lie that fomented the Capitol attack has become his re-election campaign and threatens to undo the republic.&mdash; Luke Zaleski (@ZaleskiLuke) June 1, 2021 Maggie Haberman, Trump’s de facto spokesperson, says he expects to be reinstated by AugustMichael Flynn calls for a coup400+ voter suppression bills pendingTell me again how everything is fine and how we should preserve the filibuster because “it’s a Senate tradition”&mdash; Lindy Li (@lindyli) June 1, 2021 Abe has a better chance of being reinstated President in August than Donald Trump.&mdash; The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) June 1, 2021 Michael Flynn is calling for a Myanmar style coup, and Trump thinks he’ll be reinstated as President in August. January 6th is looking more and more like a dry run with each passing day.&mdash; Hamish Mitchell (@H_MitchellPhoto) June 1, 2021 What we need to recognize is that the Right has totally and utterly collapsed into full-blown fascism and antidemocratic ideology. For years they have been preparing for this, radicalizing, and we’re reaching a dangerous fever pitch.&mdash; Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) June 1, 2021 This “August” date that Trump is now floating isn’t random. It’s a result of the most radical QAnon/conspiracy circles, all of them espousing the necessity of violence and an overthrow of democracy.This thing is festering and growing. Looking the other way won’t stop it.&mdash; Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) June 1, 2021 