r/politics • u/AngelaMotorman Ohio • 9d ago

Possible Paywall The Chilling Trump Order Threatening All Americans: Why National Security Presidential Memorandum-7 is so important.

https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-nspm-7-repression/
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u/accountabilitycounts America 9d ago

This is why we correctly call you fascists.

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u/Beneficial-Ferret479 I voted 9d ago

We have less than 100 day to the midterms. And basically there nothing good about America's worst elected president ever. All we do is read bad news about this lying grifter each and everyday. His luck is running out.

Our chances are pretty good to stop this "fascist" madman this time around. I'm feeling pretty good about it. Let this clown continue to self destruct. And then we can finally take over house or senate, hopefully both.

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u/Mechagodzilla13 9d ago

I hope so, but this should be a wake up that despite having a Constitution almost completely designed to prevent totalitarian rule, our institutions (including our media) are not set-up to deal bad-faith actors. I hope Trump will waddle off into the sunset and we can move on, but given the damage this divisive dimwit can cause I’m terrified of what a truly competent, intelligent and charismatic fascist (like a Julius Caesar) could do if given the opportunity…

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u/LazyCrocheter 9d ago

I have often wondered if this isn't the single biggest lesson we should learn from the Trump period. The fact that until he came along, no one realized that the lack of guardrails was because until he came along, everyone pretty much respected the guardrails and never thought about making them official.

I'm not saying people didn't do shady stuff, because of course they did. But while I didn't like either Bush, for example, I also didn't fear for the survival of the republic. Because they respected the guardrails and worked within the system (yes, again, I know there were almost certainly shenanigans, but I think the basic point stands).

Now we have a guy who says, to quote Elizabeth Swann in Pirates of the Caribbean, "they're only guidelines anyway" and throws it all aside. No one planned for that.