in reply to Nanook

@Robert Dinse: The population is split. So is the military. The 'other side' (for the sake of argument) is feeling just as strongly about their version of 'freedom and liberty' and declaring martial law, especially with election results behind them (no matter how disputed), would steer up a hornet's nest with likely no good outcome for anyone, while 'they all 'fight' their preferred bogey-man.
in reply to Nanook

@Robert Dinse: Trump has done more things 'right' than is given credit for. I doubt, however, that he did so out of a deep belief in constitutional values. I do hope he doesn't screw up his mostly non-interventionist policy (at least in overt ways) on his presumably last days in office, because I think, it's the best thing he did overall.
Agree with your assessment re divide-and-conquer and D & R's.
in reply to Nanook

@Robert Dinse: Am with you there. I've been very disappointed in 'the press', actually. With Trump being in office they morphed from their already not very good exhibition of 'journalism' into some bizarre fusion of yellow-press and Pravda. And not just in the US! I reckon, true journalism, perhaps the only 'free' venues of different and investigative views will be independent sites, such as Greenwald or the Daily Wire is attempting to establish. It is badly needed.