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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 said it. All that and more, folks. Things would simply go off the deep end. You’d have tyranny of the minority run amock and the religious right in charge with nothing to limit them.[/quote]

Some people around here have already gone off the deep end. And Trump hasn’t even started his second term yet! No worries, Trump II will be entertaining but  we’ll make it through just fine. And poor old Joe will be forgotten about as quickly as any president in history.[/quote]

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