@WashedOutGundamPilot @NotImportant I think the logic, here, would've been that Trump goes with the crowd, the crowd camps out around Congress, and then the options are either give in and acknowledge the election was fraudulent (I don't think they even expected to get away with it, I think they expected to use "He overturned the election!!!" as the Russiagate of the next four years) or actively attack an encampment of people with the sitting president right there alongside them (which is an order most of them wouldn't have followed - I've seen videos of the leadup, most of the cops in the area were more or less sympathetic, they deal with one of the most bn crime-ridden places in the country on a daily basis).

There were certainly glowies around, but I don't think they had any real control over the situation, and they were clearly terrified over the next few days. The military standdown and pullout from Afghanistan were brought about by fear; we all saw those pics of Nat. Guard guys snubbing Biden/Harris in the aftermath. If Trump had played it a little bit smarter, and had politically reliable guards around him, things could've been a lot different.