donald trump s exnational security advisor, mike flynn, told a crowd that he supported a myanmar-style military coup in the united states. the comment he later denied making. to come back to that theme of flynn as a clear and present danger to this country, as a new piece of reporting in new york times magazine by the journalist robert draper details flynn s proximity to the ex-president and ongoing power among the maga base as he pushed extreme measures to overturn the results of the 2020 election and continues to this hour to spread harmful conspiracy theories. when it came to the schemes among trump s allies to seize voting machines, we know now flynn played a major role. reporter robert draper writes about the oval office meeting on december 18th, 2020, wherein flynn and others pitched their ideas to overturn the results of the election trump lost. quote, former overstock ceo patrick byrne, flynn, and attorney general sidney powell made their case directly to the president about