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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can only guess what his policies and programs would look like. But I don't have to guess what kind of tone he would set as president and tone, in my mind, is often as important as policy. His second term would continue and deepen the tone set in his first term with an emphasis on:

*revenge and retribution 
*white grievance
*continued targeting and "othering" of out-groups [undocumented migrants, gay/trans people, "libs," minorities (unless they're Republicans), urban dwellers etc.]
*transactional dealings with local and state officials and foreign governments
*increasing the power of the executive branch
*weakening norms long observed in federal government regarding independence of the Dept. of Justice, the Attorney General, and US Attorneys 
*attempting to deploy the US military and national guard as an instrument of domestic control
*extreme performative patriotism 
*lots of doom-and-gloom talk about the poor state of the country and positioning of himself as its only savior (America is broken and only I can fix it)
*increasing coarsening of language, decreasing observance of social norms, diminished social filter (continuing to say the quiet part out loud)
*transforming himself and his proxy--the federal government--into a bully both domestically and abroad

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You are projecting. All of you leftist democraps are insane. You are literal fascists. People just want to be left alone and not get raped by taxes to fund your luxury beliefs and wars. [/quote]

What wars are the US troops engaged in currently?
And what exactly are the "luxury beliefs"

I see our taxes going to support democracies abroad so our young men and women don't have to fight themselves.
I see our taxes going to infrastructure that supports commerce and trade among our states and internationally.
I see our taxes going to help lift up those who have been left behind, so we don't have people literally dying in the streets.
I see our taxes going to renewable energy investment, so we can decouple from fossil fuels that benefits the environment, our economy and limits dependency on autocrats abroad.

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