Why can’t people see that Trump wants to be an authoritarian?

[Anonymous]

Of course Trump wants to be an Authoritarian leader. Normal people realize he’s term limited and the clock is ticking so we’re not pearl clutching over it.

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Anonymous wrote:Slowly taking over media that doesn’t praise him, total control of DOJ, scapegoating nonwhites and promoting Christian nationalism, monuments to himself, building a propaganda machine, lying to citizens that economy is A+++ etc etc. When will people open their eyes and see that this narcissistic, misogynistic, racist, demented pedo “emperor” has no clothes and he DOES NOT CARE ABOUT ANYONE BUT HIMSELF?

NP. I think they see it. But they found life under Biden intolerable for whatever reason, and they welcomed this. I don’t understand it, but I also think one of the major issues in politics right now is the inability of people to not understand their political opponents. I don’t need to understand it.

We voted for Trump because Biden-Harris caused prices to skyrocket and opened the border to massive illegal immigration. If you look at election results around the world, the two things voters in all countries see to dislike the most are inflation and out-of-control immigration. The Democrats brought both things to this country, and they were shocked when they lost. That tells you how out of touch they are. They live in an ideological bubble. All they did was tell me how bad Trump was, while all I could see was how bad they were and how they were failing to address voters concerns.

Prices skyrocketed because of COVID and Trump's disasterous handling of the supply chains and economy. How do we know this? Inflation was bad EvERYWHERE post covid, but the US under Biden navigated it the best and created an economy that was "the envy of the world'

the "massive" immigration is another right wing hoax. How do we know? If there were soooooo many illegal immigrants in the country, then ICE wouldn't be spending its time rolling up legal greencard holders and actual US citizens.

People believing lies does not excuse the coming authoritarianism.

It is not a right wing hoax. People could see it with their own eyes.

You do realize people experience the world outside the propaganda from the media.

Np here. What exactly did you see with your own eyes?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course Trump wants to be an Authoritarian leader. Normal people realize he’s term limited and the clock is ticking so we’re not pearl clutching over it.

He has three years left. Look at the damage he has done in one year. There will be nothing left in 3. He completely ignores the rule of law, and he has removed any guardrails that would hold him accountable. He will not leave office. And if you think he will be forcibly removed, who exactly will be doing that? Trump has somehow hijacked this entire country. He has nobody to answer to.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course Trump wants to be an Authoritarian leader. Normal people realize he’s term limited and the clock is ticking so we’re not pearl clutching over it.

He has three years left. Look at the damage he has done in one year. There will be nothing left in 3. He completely ignores the rule of law, and he has removed any guardrails that would hold him accountable. He will not leave office. And if you think he will be forcibly removed, who exactly will be doing that? Trump has somehow hijacked this entire country. He has nobody to answer to.

The aforementioned pearl clutching.

He’ll leave. He’s about appearance above everything else. Being forcibly removed from the White House on worldwide television would be impossible to overcome. His ego couldn’t take it.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course Trump wants to be an Authoritarian leader. Normal people realize he’s term limited and the clock is ticking so we’re not pearl clutching over it.

He has three years left. Look at the damage he has done in one year. There will be nothing left in 3. He completely ignores the rule of law, and he has removed any guardrails that would hold him accountable. He will not leave office. And if you think he will be forcibly removed, who exactly will be doing that? Trump has somehow hijacked this entire country. He has nobody to answer to.

I personally doubt that he’ll be alive at that point, but if he is, that would most certainly result in states completely refusing to cooperate with the federal government.

[Anonymous]

For some reason, dems just want a rudderless, filthy politburo

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"Wants to be"?

I forget where I read this (last few days) but caught my attention--Trump is less interested in people who are devoted to him than in those whose adulation is predicated on his ability to eviscerate them/scare them (Rubio, Cruz, Vance, to name a few) . That's scary af. Thank God he's an old man.

I worry about what happens after him, though, because of what his project 2025 people, with acquiescence by SCOTUS, have done to the country, and especially worried if we get another Republican president who may not have the personal cult following but has a solid grasp of 2025 goals and methods and is committed to them. There was no Reagan after Reagan, but a lot of changes were made in that administration that continue to affect us today.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Of course Trump wants to be an Authoritarian leader. Normal people realize he’s term limited and the clock is ticking so we’re not pearl clutching over it.

You sound very naive using the phrase “pearl clutching” here.

[Anonymous]

Having their own agenda advanced is more important than how our country is ruled. They care less about the constitution if they get their way. I mean, if you had a leader doing exactly what you wanted wouldn’t you want him to stay in charge and make everyone live the way YOU want them to?

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Anonymous wrote:Having their own agenda advanced is more important than how our country is ruled. They care less about the constitution if they get their way. I mean, if you had a leader doing exactly what you wanted wouldn’t you want him to stay in charge and make everyone live the way YOU want them to?

That phrase "doing exactly what you wanted" cracks me up for some reason. He's building a ballroom, slapping his name anywhere there's room, accepting made-up awards and golfing. When circumstances require him to address the nation he vacantly reads from a teleprompter the same way a 3rd grader would present a book report that was actually written by ChatGPT.

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Anonymous wrote:For some reason, dems just want a rudderless, filthy politburo

Can you say more? Not sure many people below the age of 60 know what a "politburo" is.

[Anonymous]

Cancelling a legally binding 50 year concession contract with the company that runs the DC golf courses is quite a flex. I hope they file legal action and win.

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Anonymous wrote:Of course Trump wants to be an Authoritarian leader. Normal people realize he’s term limited and the clock is ticking so we’re not pearl clutching over it.

He has three years left. Look at the damage he has done in one year. There will be nothing left in 3. He completely ignores the rule of law, and he has removed any guardrails that would hold him accountable. He will not leave office. And if you think he will be forcibly removed, who exactly will be doing that? Trump has somehow hijacked this entire country. He has nobody to answer to.

The aforementioned pearl clutching.

He’ll leave. He’s about appearance above everything else. Being forcibly removed from the White House on worldwide television would be impossible to overcome. His ego couldn’t take it.

You really don't get it, do you?

1. Getting his 3 nominees on the Supreme Court in his first term (including appointing Barrett just weeks before the 2020 election) has long-term consequences: Dobbs, college admissions no longer being able to consider race in admissions, the major questions doctrine (EPA clean power plan as the immediate effect), overturning Chevron precedent (court appoints itself the expert in regulations), school prayer, allowing religious beliefs to supercede anti-discrimination laws.

2. Firing of heads of independent agencies is one. (see #1)

3. Immunity from criminal acts within the "outer perimeter" of the office of the presidency.

4. The extortion agreements that now guarantee free legal services from specific law firms for Trump-approved causes--legal insurance for his brand of crooks

5. Flipping legitimate efforts on behalf of minorities and people with disabilities on their head, so now DHHS and DoEd focus on rooting out discrimination against whites, particularly white males. In fact, schools applying for grants to improve accessibility for disabled students are now seeing their grant applications denied/returned for rewriting because they reference accessibility and inclusion EVEN THOUGH they are federally required to provide such access.

6. Whatever you think about gender-affirming care, doctors had always been able to provide such care based on medical judgment, this is now banned for providers who also take medicare, medicaid, or tri-care. So, like Dobbs, interfering with the doctor-patient relationship.

7. No more nationwide injunctions from federal district courts (note that Biden actually tried to eliminate them and SCOTUS wouldn't hear the case--but when Trump asked for this they handed him the decision he wanted).

8. LOss of independence for the DOJ.

These are a few examples of structural changes we are going to have to live with, and even the most sympathetic courts will be stuck applying SCOTUS opinions. Note that when I say sympathetic, I do not mean unfairly biased. I mean courts no longer being ALLOWED to consider arguments they previously could.

It may be that some future presidents will respect what used to be traditions of the executive office, but the fact is that once undermined, they will never have the power they previously did.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For some reason, dems just want a rudderless, filthy politburo

Uh, have you seen the pliant congress in action the last year?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think a lot of it is because of unchecked immigration. I think that makes a lot of Americans angry and sad. And because Congress does not have the political will to fix it they need a moderately authoritarian leader to do so. It all stinks but to me the finger points right back to Congress for not doing their jobs properly.

There is nothing for Congress to fix re immigration. Just needed a POTUS with the will to enforce the laws already on the books. We have that now, and the illegals don’t even try to cross anymore. Easiest thing ever.