It was a different situation, and Trump is not Putin.
He’d still be dealing with 40% of the population who hates him in an organised way, and who no longer can pretend it’s all just on paper. At the same time, the military would have an incentive to not follow his lead, and some legal tradition behind it too.
Sure, he could seize on the crisis to entrench his power further, or something could go wrong. In peace there’s not much that could go wrong anymore.
Edit: Maybe Russia circa WWI would be a better parallel.
It was a different situation, and Trump is not Putin.
He’d still be dealing with 40% of the population who hates him in an organised way, and who no longer can pretend it’s all just on paper. At the same time, the military would have an incentive to not follow his lead, and some legal tradition behind it too.
Sure, he could seize on the crisis to entrench his power further, or something could go wrong. In peace there’s not much that could go wrong anymore.
Edit: Maybe Russia circa WWI would be a better parallel.