Ask yourself a question, with generals like Milley and VPs like Pence, how many would have followed his lawful orders? Remember, Trump in his last days also had to fire a general who wanted to stay in Afghanistan. In his last year he also had to fire a Navy Admiral who wanted to go after that Navy Seal (Gallager I belive his name was) that Trump had specifically told him not to prosecute and whom he later pardoned.
The military brass wanted him gone. Like in every coup, both sides calculate who is on their side and who is against him. Trump knew he couldn't pull it off.
Before anyone says I'm some Q supporter or TDW fan club member on hopium, I'm not. And if you're coming here to say Trump was all an elaborate ploy or ruse by the deep state, you're brain dead.
Trump was pawn but didn't know it.
Or he did and played his part.
Up the the point that he won in 2016, to the surprise of many, you may be correct.
His nomination was helped along by gobs and gobs of free media, the Dems and Jews in the media thought he was toxic and would usher in a Hillary landslide. They believed their own polls and so didn't ramp up the election fraud machine.
By election night 2016, when they stopped counting for hours and hours and went looking for votes, it was to late.
So, they tried to alternately destroy him and co-opt him. He was onto it right quick, but alas, got out played.