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B.See

(2,960 posts)
Thu Jul 20, 2023, 09:27 PM Jul 2023

Trump's plan if elected in 2024 should frighten us all.

Y'know, I've been writing and warning of what a Donald Trump occupancy of the Oval Office would portend for quite some time now. Long before coming here, and even before he slipped into the Oval Office via America's jerry-rigged presidential election process aka the Electoral College.

And when he repeatedly quipped "eight more years" and spoke of how great Xi Jinping's "president for life" status was, it was clear to me (and I'd suspect many others) what his own aspirations were and are STILL. Fact is, he began the process of consolidating his power and achieving those ends from the very start, through various efforts at undermining government and the balance of power.

So it should come as NO surprise to any of us as to his intent to CONTINUE his quest for ABSOLUTE power to do, as he put it himself, whatever the fk he WANTS.

Is America on the brink of tyranny? Trump's plan if elected in 2024 should frighten us all.

The New York Times published an article Monday that's bone-chilling for anyone who cherishes our freedom, democracy and constitutional governance. The story recounted, with full cooperation of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, his plans to eliminate executive branch constraints on his power if he is elected president in 2024.

The obstacles to be eliminated include an independent Justice Department, independent leadership in administrative agencies and an independent civil service.



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B.See

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1. More warnings:
Thu Jul 20, 2023, 11:10 PM
Jul 2023
Authoritarianism Expert Warns Why It's Critical To Listen To Trump's Words Right Now

Authoritarianism expert Ruth Ben-Ghiat warned on Wednesday that when Donald Trump talks about obliterating and then politicizing the civil service, and seizing control of every aspect of government if he wins the White House in 2024, he really means it.

“Nobody is ever prepared” for an authoritarian takeover of their country, Ben-Ghiat, a history professor at New York University and author of “Strongmen: Mussolini to the Present,” told MSNBC’s Ali Velshi.

“They think they are going to be the exception. They don’t listen to the warning signs until it’s too late,” she continued.

But Trump is actually “being very clear” with what he is saying,


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