I know the article is old news by now, but I think it's worth bringing up again.
https://www.yahoo.com/huffpost/roger...001425669.html
Title: Roger Stone Calls For Trump To 'Declare Martial Law' To Seize Power If He Loses
Excerpts:
It's been known that this scenario is being mulled over by Trump and his supporters. I am surprised that they would make it public before the election.
This leads me to two conclusions: their internal polls show Trump getting creamed, and even the cheating they are working on will not be enough to get Trump a victory.
And two: This is their trial balloon. It is a serious scenario from the Trump side, and they are seeing if there would be enough support to actually succeed in accomplishing their goals. Failed coups are no fun.
If Trump loses, he can resign and have Pence give him a full unconditional pardon and move to another country and live out his life rich. If he loses and fails in his coup attempt, well that would be bad for him.
Apparently Trump-Zauterberg negotiations did not go so well for Trump. Or at least Zauterberg stood up to Trump at least a little. I'm not at all sure what he has against the Apple CEO.
To me, it is not clear if this is Stone's idea, and that it is dangerous due to his influence with Trump, or if the idea was Trump's and Stone is the person sending out the trial balloon. Either way, it seems to me that this idea is being taken very seriously in Trump's inner circles.