@taatm @randahl Let me say this again but slowly:
He lost an election -- then declared himself the winner -- then he tried to overthrow the results.
He was allowed to run again -- then he cheated.
The whole system being corrupt doesn't make Trump legitimate, it makes him even MORE illegitimate.
If that makes Trump legitimate, then so is Maduro.

@taatm @randahl Okay, quick recap:
In 2020 Trump lost the election, but instead of conceding, he declared himself the winner, then attempted to overthrow the Government on January 6th '21. For that he should have spent the next four years in jail awaiting trial, not on the campaign trail giving it another go; but Biden was asleep at the wheel.
Four years later this belligerent lunatic somehow won a clean sweep of all swing states. That should have raised a few eyebrows, but somehow didn't. It should also have raised eyebrows that the Democrats simply conceded without asking for a single recount. More importantly there's evidence that the voting machines were tempered with by Peter Thiel.
Had he not "won" in 2024, there would have undoubtedly been a January 6th part 2, and who know how that would have went. You don't have a legitimate democracy if one party will only accept one outcome.
So, no, Trump is not legitimate, he just breaks the law with impunity and gets away with it because nobody is holding him accountable.

@taatm @randahl What you said about Maduro applies to Trump quite well.

@randahl "We want mass deportations and secure boarders, but we also want violate other countries boarders and sovereignty with impunity."
Might makes right is the closest thing MAGA has to a consistent ideology.