“Off a cliff!” Trump’s biggest enemy issues BOMBSHELL warning

Donald Trump is asserting widespread fraud in Arizona's 2020 election, claiming the FBI seized records due to rigging. This is despite his own Department of Justice finding no measurable fraud and a state-commissioned 'Cyber Ninjas' audit confirming Biden's victory margin actually increased.

Host Brian Tyler Cohen cites Trump's direct statements (0:07-0:17). Guest Mark Elias references the DOJ's findings and the Cyber Ninjas audit results (1:03-1:29).

Trump is engaged in a 'full-court press' to subvert elections, using fabricated fraud claims as a pretext to seize extraordinary presidential powers over voting. This includes pushing for a national voter suppression bill, eliminating mail-in ballots, and allegedly involving federal agencies like ICE and the Department of Justice in accessing sensitive voter data across all 50 states.

Mark Elias states, 'He is driving democracy off a cliff. He is lying about elections in Arizona. He is seizing ballots in Georgia. his FBI is subpoenaing ballots in Maricopa County and Arizona. There is reports that ICE may somehow be involved in in some of this. The Department of Justice is trying to get access to your sensitive voter data in all 50 states.' (2:07-2:25). He also mentions Trump's insistence on Republicans passing a 'massive voter suppression bill' (2:42-2:52).

The guest speculates that Trump's aggressive and urgent deployment of election subversion schemes is primarily driven by two factors: preventing a Democratic Congress from investigating his personal and family corruption, and concealing further revelations from the Epstein files, which he believes are still 'exploding' and have not fully detonated.

Mark Elias states, 'Number one, it's looking into his corruption, like his personal corruption and the corruption of his family and his friends and the people around him... And then the second and this is going to be very controversial... I think it's the Epstein files.' (13:24-14:06). He also notes that 'half of the Epstein files have been released' (14:34-14:41).

Donald Trump is a 'congenital liar' and an aspiring authoritarian who lacks shame, rendering traditional fact-checking, strongly worded editorials, or expert criticism ineffective. He does not care about public image in a conventional sense but solely about acquiring and maintaining power.

Mark Elias asserts, 'Donald Trump doesn't care about like the optics in the traditional way that presidents do because in order to care in that way, you have to have shame and Donald Trump doesn't have shame. So being called that as a liar doesn't impact him the way in which it would a normal politician who would like cringe at the idea that they were being called a liar.' (6:01-6:13). He adds, 'he is not going to be deterred by by fact-checking. He's not going to be deterred by strongly worded editorials.' (6:20-6:25).

The guest warns that if democratic institutions are broken in the current political climate, they will not 'magically pop back to form' in future election cycles. The disruption caused by attempts to subvert elections could lead to permanent damage, making it harder to restore free and fair processes.

Mark Elias states, 'we are living in an age in which institutions of government are being broken and they're not going to just magically pop back to form. Like some of these institutions are just going to be broken.' (17:07-17:18). He questions if they 'come back in 2028 if he has shown that he can break them in 2026.' (17:46-17:50).