Your answer is..they didn't. And there is no such thing as a "soft coup". There's either a coup, or there isn't.
Did you see angry Democrats storm the Capitol on 1/6/2017? Did you see Hillary Clinton file lawsuit after lawsuit?...no, you didn't. She conceded the next day and went hiking. Did you see Obama give the middle finger to Trump about the transition?..no, you didn't. It was only
MONTHS after Trump was inaugurated that his campaign's ties to Russia came out. And if only Trump wasn't the arrogant, corrupt individual he's always been, Comey's investigation ends quietly in the late spring, 2017, Sessions doesn't need to recuse himself, and there is no Mueller.
Now, ask yourself this basic question, why is it, that you
STILL cannot bring yourself to reject this man even though he been proven to have created
ALL of his own problems?
That says more about
YOUR character and your belief system.....than his.