"I'm usually with Gato"

I don't believe Gato asserts a Truth Value to that NYT reference. I think he was merely suggesting a scenario which more than a few would find distasteful, and with which others can sympathize even if they don't harbor dislike for Trump, as motivation for - I think almost specifically - the many Anti-Trump People of All Jersey Colors so that they can apreciate the peril of their own most assuredly justifiable seizure of power.