That’s how you know he’s scared shitless. Also, his overcompensating tweets tend to be a great indicator of how small he feels. The bigger the wall of text, the more filled with lies/CAPS LOCK/insult/etc. - the more out of his depth he is, like a cornered animal screeching.
Plus, military seems to be quietly saying the loud part, as one could interpret the small signs of the parade. So if he can’t count on them he can’t rely on any dictator’s biggest enforcing arm, the same arm that can easily crush ICE and all the co-fascists if it ever comes to that.
I really hope they don’t get away with it in the end. Simply being removed from office without heavy consequences for all of them just sends the message that the next sleazebag can start to slowly carve a path on the shadows and attempt success where these grifters failed.
He already tried it during his first term, but luckily was inexperienced and mostly surrounded by people who reeled him in. Now, on his second attempt he’s learned from experience, and surrounded himself with yes men, either by appointing them directly, or by firing and replacing someone else in a strategic position that could threaten him. Which makes him much, much more of a threat.
There won’t be a third attempt from Trump, but you can bet the likes of Vance, Miller and so on will try to fill the void he leaves if they aren’t held accountable. Heck, even Trump’s son’s have already floated the idea of following their father’s footsteps. Evil is always lurking, waiting on a chance to pounce when prey is weak.
I think Trump will die in office. Either his atrocious lifestyle will catch up to him, or he’ll be assassinated by Putin, one of the members of his entourage, Musk, or possibly a cartel.
Eventually someone is going to decide he’s more trouble than he’s worth. They’d be wrong, though, because he’s the glue holding the MAGA movement together. Vance isn’t anywhere near as charismatic (to his base).
While I agree, considering Peter Thiel wanting all of this to lead to a government collapse (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dark_Enlightenment)
and his influence on Vance https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jd-vance-trump-vp-peter-thiel-billionaire/
certainly means that the accelerationism won’t stop and I don’t think we should discount the power social media can wield
Social media and surveillance capitalism being used for “conservative” propaganda and disinformation are arguably THE leading cause for the size, scale, and success of the MAGA-fascist mental illness.
You have to have a leader those people can rally around, though.
Who would have guessed America’s Hitler would be so fucking lame.
I mean, just in general… Germany’s Hitler was a fucking loser too.
At least his tanks didn’t squeak
I just saw that ice is over budget what money are they using for this? Is there a procedural wrench the democrats can throw into the gears of fascism?
Senator Chris Murphy, the party’s top member on the DHS appropriations subcommittee, said that, “Trump’s DHS is spending like drunken sailors,” adding, “They cannot invent money. They cannot print money. They don’t have the money to spend that they’re spending,” as quoted in the report.
I would question how exactly ICE alone are already $1B over budget if they have no authorization to spend money beyond their budget. Or assumedly not spend $1B beyond the budget… Hows that work?
Also, obligatory “fuck you” to the economic times for trying to not let me copy text
I don’t know this as fact but my guess would be they’re over last year’s budget.
They’ve been taking money from other parts of DHS to continue working. When the money runs out, that means the entire DHS budget runs out and they won’t be able to as easily appropriate more since it would have to come from another department
SNAP. Social security. NASA funds. USAID funds. NOAA funds. The list is almost endless. And we’re all out of wrenches. Only strongly worded letters.
I’m just going to sip my tea over here. As the widow of dead federal officers are crying on the news after they FAFO.
