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*** It could never be finished. This is the biggest area where [[Reality Ensues]]. Even if the project were feasible, it would take a lot of planning for it to even get started. Contracts would have to be made, blueprints drawn up, workers hired, and so much more, and it would take decades to actually finish. It took 30 years to complete 1-80, the first interstate coast to coast highway, it is unlikely that it could have been finished during Trump’s term of office, even if he had won reelection. It would be even more unlikely that his successor would have continued such a controversial project; even Vice President Pence had enough sense to abort his much-reviled and much criticized [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious_Freedom_Restoration_Act_(Indiana) Religious Freedoms Act] after he realized the disaster it would cause Indianapolis’ economy.
* The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gretchen_Whitmer_kidnapping_plot failed plot to kidnap Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer] in October 2020 was another example of a group thinking [[Easy Logistics]] was reality. What exactly would they have done had they succeeded? The absurdity of this plan was emphasized when testimony revealed they were also "considering" Virginia Governor Ralph Northam as a ''second'' target.
* The potential side-effect of the storm of pardons that [[Donald Trump]] issued in his final weeks as President of the United States. Accepting a pardon by American law is an admission of guilt by the pardoned party, but worse, doing so removes the recipient's protection against self-incrimination under the Fifth Amendment (because they can't be prosecuted they can't incriminate themselves); consequently they can be compelled to testify -- in this case, against Trump. It took several weeks after the first pardon for this to occur to ''anyone'' in Trump's White House (at which point it was too late); Federal investigators, of course, were aware of this and more than happy to trade a few underlings for Trump himself.
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