There's been no "mocking" by me -- that assertion is the only ridiculous thing in this thread, and it's coming from you.

I'm not trying to "convince" any one of anything, I'm trying to make sense of what is happening, as up until Trump's speech yesterday, it still seemed reasonable (in my mind) that there was a plan. My questions here (not "convincing") are trying to ascertain if it's still possible or not. The original question stems from OP's assertion that Trump's speech yesterday should be dismissed as counter signal, as public statements are just for show and optics only, and I asked if that line of thinking also applies to the inauguration event itself? But maybe asking Qs are no longer allowed?

Whether we're screwed or saved, what's done is done now -- nothing we talk about now is going to change what happens in the next 7 days as you say.

You know what is counterproductive? Faulty logic. The only thing that matters is the truth, and that's what we're all trying to get to -- so stop using the logic that a Q here must be "rhetorical" and thus must be from a shill (both the observation and the conclusion are false).

There's been no "mocking" by me -- that assertion is the only ridiculous thing in this thread, and it's coming from you.

I'm not trying to "convince" any one of anything, I'm trying to make sense of what is happening, as up until Trump's speech yesterday, it still seemed reasonable (in my mind) that there was a plan. My questions here (not "convincing") are trying to ascertain if it's still possible or not. The original question stems from OP's assertion that Trump's speech yesterday should be dismissed as counter signal, as public statements are just for show and optics only, and I asked if that line of thinking also applies to the inauguration event itself? But maybe asking Qs are no longer allowed?

Whether we're screwed or saved, what's done is done now -- nothing we talk about now is going to change what happens in the next 7 days as you say.