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In reply to the discussion: Americans no longer have to guess how the Germans "allowed" H and Nazis [View all]cheyanne
(733 posts)-Attacked the democracy's power centers: media, judiciary, congress, intelligence community, the business community.
Trump came off the escalator already to de legitimatize the intelligence community and media. He knew that they were two power centers that he had to break.
Right now Trump is trying to break congress, a harder proposition because he can't call them "enemies". He is ensuring that Congress stayed dysfunctional by not supporting any bill that the Republicans put together, then blaming them for failure. He is keeping members afraid of his ability to call them out whenever he needs any enemy.
-Generated and encouraged violence against the "enemies" of the state.
-Used fear of violence to curtail civil rights. Trump's request for information on people who visited an opposition website is just the start of the ability to round up protesters.
- Use of "advisory" councils as petri dishes to see which CEO's will stay loyal to him in his toxic environment. They become future oligarchs in his administration.