No, personal insults were an art form reaching a new standard that was set by our Russian asset, Fascist President. Every single campaign speech of his was designed around a stream of personal insults, whether it was DeSantis, Christy, Nicki Haley or K. Harris and the MAGA audiences lapped it up and encouraged it. You can have your polit…
No, personal insults were an art form reaching a new standard that was set by our Russian asset, Fascist President. Every single campaign speech of his was designed around a stream of personal insults, whether it was DeSantis, Christy, Nicki Haley or K. Harris and the MAGA audiences lapped it up and encouraged it. You can have your political opinion, no matter how many oppose it, but you can’t whitewash arrogant petulance because you agree with the petulant recipient of your dedication.
Based on his proximity to Trump, during his first administration, plus my time in the military affording me a level of solid confidence in the validity of his opinion, I will go with the statement of the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley who said Trump was; “Fascist to the core.”
The level of fascist behavior that makes a fascist clearly identifiable as such, requires a context of government conditions for that behavior to fully manifest. Hitler had decades of building that context. Trump’s efforts to build that context are still underway - and to a diminishing extent, probably feels it serves him to keep his worst convictions concealed as long as he might need to not alienate the electorate.
For Trump to completely remake U.S. government to unfailingly comply with his policies still requires the continuous compliance of congress. To redirect the assets that the government applies in all it’s processes from serving the public to redistribution to oligarch donors sustaining him, as one example, will require congress to pass a budget with his tax cuts, service cuts and increased deficit. I would like to see congress NOT simply fall in line. If Congress were to stand up to Trump and NOT give him his “big beautiful bill”, that would be one step blocking his progression to effective fascism. Since you have brought the constitution into this, it also provides for impeachment, not just of the President, but other highly placed officials. I would love to see both Trump and Vance removed from office, but acknowledge the unlikelihood of that…, at least for now.
“Making me feel better” has nothing to do with it.
Putting the world at risk of transitioning from “rule of law” to imperial domination by the strongest autocratic regimes, justifying wars of pure conquest, is a process that absolutely should not be allowed, and all indications are that’s exactly what Trump is working for. I consider Trump’s dealings with Putin’s Russia, with regards the war in Ukraine, to be an indication of his allegiance to Putin which approaches the definition of treason. You will probably disagree, which is your right. We’ll both just have to live with our disagreement.
No, personal insults were an art form reaching a new standard that was set by our Russian asset, Fascist President. Every single campaign speech of his was designed around a stream of personal insults, whether it was DeSantis, Christy, Nicki Haley or K. Harris and the MAGA audiences lapped it up and encouraged it. You can have your political opinion, no matter how many oppose it, but you can’t whitewash arrogant petulance because you agree with the petulant recipient of your dedication.
Based on his proximity to Trump, during his first administration, plus my time in the military affording me a level of solid confidence in the validity of his opinion, I will go with the statement of the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley who said Trump was; “Fascist to the core.”
The level of fascist behavior that makes a fascist clearly identifiable as such, requires a context of government conditions for that behavior to fully manifest. Hitler had decades of building that context. Trump’s efforts to build that context are still underway - and to a diminishing extent, probably feels it serves him to keep his worst convictions concealed as long as he might need to not alienate the electorate.
Give him time, or, better yet - don’t.
Nope.
For Trump to completely remake U.S. government to unfailingly comply with his policies still requires the continuous compliance of congress. To redirect the assets that the government applies in all it’s processes from serving the public to redistribution to oligarch donors sustaining him, as one example, will require congress to pass a budget with his tax cuts, service cuts and increased deficit. I would like to see congress NOT simply fall in line. If Congress were to stand up to Trump and NOT give him his “big beautiful bill”, that would be one step blocking his progression to effective fascism. Since you have brought the constitution into this, it also provides for impeachment, not just of the President, but other highly placed officials. I would love to see both Trump and Vance removed from office, but acknowledge the unlikelihood of that…, at least for now.
“Making me feel better” has nothing to do with it.
Putting the world at risk of transitioning from “rule of law” to imperial domination by the strongest autocratic regimes, justifying wars of pure conquest, is a process that absolutely should not be allowed, and all indications are that’s exactly what Trump is working for. I consider Trump’s dealings with Putin’s Russia, with regards the war in Ukraine, to be an indication of his allegiance to Putin which approaches the definition of treason. You will probably disagree, which is your right. We’ll both just have to live with our disagreement.