Of course the military cannot deny a President access to the nuclear launch codes, but they can drag their feet and I suspect most would resign rather than reveal them to The Donald. It would surprise me if the Pentagon couldn't drag their collective feet and delay long enough for Trump's term to expire. After all there is a LOT of paperwork that would have to be attended to first and you know how long that can take. How many times during Trump's administration has the Joint Chiefs said, "we are working on an implementation plan" or "we have that under consideration and will get back to you" and stalled long enough that Trump forgot about it? Don't forget that on one occasion Trump tried to deploy troops within the United States and the Joint Chiefs have responded with an unequivocal, and completely constitutional, NO. They have read, and compreneded, the Constitution and if Trump ever read it, It went completely over his head.
As to a military coup, that would be the end of our democracy.
(Sidebar: Has it ever struck you how much Donald Trump's behavior resembles that of Donald Duck? Of course Donald Duck never had Donald Trump's underlying mean streak. DD is likable, DT not so much.)
If we knew what it was we were doing, it wouldn't be called research, would it?
