You can't cancel or suspend the elections, there is no provision for it in the Constitution. Also, Trump could never extend he time in office unless he is re-elected since there is literally nothing in the Constitution to extend a Presidential term unless elected.
The constitution doesn't actually decide what we do. Elections could be postponed, probably not all of them but enough that you wouldn't have real results. States would sue, it would make its way to the supreme court. The supreme court might find in the administration's favor, because they vote how they like; they aren't required to follow the constitution. They may rule against trump and trump ignores them; if the military is on his side, does he need anything else?
I'm not saying any of that will happen, but you talk as if our social constructs and institutions are barriers that limit where we can go, when in actuality they're breadcrumbs that we choose to follow.
> The constitution doesn't actually decide what we do
The 20th Amendment:
Section 1: The terms of the President and Vice President shall end at noon on the 20th day of January...
Section 3: If, at the time fixed for the beginning of the term of the President, the President elect shall have died, the Vice President elect shall become President. If a President shall not have been chosen before the time fixed for the beginning of his term, or if the President elect shall have failed to qualify, then the Vice President elect shall act as President until a President shall have qualified; and the Congress may by law provide for the case wherein neither a President elect nor a Vice President elect shall have qualified, declaring who shall then act as President, or the manner in which one who is to act shall be selected, and such person shall act accordingly until a President or Vice President shall have qualified.
If there's no election, he stops being President at noon on the 20th of January.
Sure, but that 20th day of January might come really late. The constitution does not define a calendar, time zone, or second. Suppose we add 80 more months. The 13th month is Trumpuary, the 14th month is Trumpember, and so on. Another option is to put Washington D.C. in a timezone that is off from UTC by 50000 hours. Another option is to make December 1000 days long.
Reading over your quote, it actually seems that a simple law could keep the president in power as long as no President elect or Vice President elect exists. As it says, "the Congress may by law provide for the case", "declaring who shall then act". Nothing says it can't be the old president.
On 6 Jan 2021, the votes of the electoral college will be counted in a joint session of Congress. Disputes about the votes will be addressed, if they exist (and if no general election is held, I'd imagine there would be plenty!).
Once that ends, if nobody has an absolute majority of votes, the Nancy Pelosi-led House of Representatives immediately goes into session and votes for President (the Senate votes for Vice President).
President Trump needs to win a fair election to continue being President.
It would be the new house, not the old one, and it is only permitted to choose from the candidates offered by the electors.
Also, does January 6th have to exist? By law, we could shorten January to just 5 days. We could compensate by lengthening March. There would never again be a January 6th.
The Constitution is the only thing that gives the government (and thus the nation) any authority. Violating the Constitution to that degree would essentially mean the end of the United States.
Who knows what would happen after that, but it likely wouldn't be anything anybody wants.
