Trump Goes Full Fascist: ‘Whether It’s Right or Wrong, It’s Time to Go After People’

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-fascist-doj-go-after-obama-1235391240/

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  2. 1935 came pretty quick. It was like 1933, 3 months ago.

  5. I once came upon a quote that fits here: “The dragon roars loudest before it collapses.” Trump is lashing out because he’s cornered and desperate. His world is falling apart. Stay strong. It’s almost over.

  6. >Trump was asked which Democratic figures the Justice Department should target specifically in light of Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s recent call for Obama administration officials to be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law” over claims that they “manufactured” intelligence to allege Russia worked to get Trump elected in 2016.

    >“It would be President Obama, he started it,” Trump replied. “The leader of the gang was President Obama. Barack Hussein Obama, have you heard of him?” he continued. “He’s guilty, it’s not a question. This was treason. This was every word you could think of. They tried to steal the election.”

    >“This is like proof, irrefutable proof that Obama was seditious, that Obama was trying to lead a coup,” Trump said later. “It was with Hillary Clinton, with all of these other people, but Obama headed it up. … This is the biggest scandal in the history of our country.”

  7. Isn’t “whether it’s right or wrong” an admission that you know what you’re about to propose is wrong?

  9. Where are all the republicans who were clutching their pearls about “lawfare” when Trump was being prosecuted

  10. People keep saying “he’s going fascist” or “he goes fascist” no dude, he’s BEEN fascist. This is fascism. The system and institutions we have in place can fight it to the extent of their abilities, but make no mistake, we in the United States are currently living under a fascist regime.

  13. That’s great. Now how about those Epstein files?

  14. “There’s no one as desperate as a cornered pedophile.”

    – me

  16. He has the fascist subtlety of an old pedophile barging into a Miss Teen USA pageant changing room.

  17. Goddamn it’s exhausting living in a country run by a selfish toddler, wannabe autocrat.

  18. I think that this could be a very significant moment. This, plus the AI video showing Obama being arrested. These two things show us that in this moment, he’s decided that he’s so deeply cornered that now is the time to finally going to start lashing out at democrats, not unlike a cornered rat. He’s trying to accomplish two things here. 1) Distract from his problems until they are effectively forgotten because other horrifying things are happening currently 2) will allow him to eliminate threats in a “legitimized” way, getting support from corrupted sycophants who hope that as long as they are cheering from the outside, they’ll never be themselves, the ones up on the platform themselves.

    His words, “Whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to start going after people.”

    Well he’s already gone after people he considers opponents so the fact that he’s verbalizing his intent on top of sharing videos that appear to reflect what is happening in his inner fantasy life, suggests that this could be the moment that he breaks and actually starts pursuing people whom he considers to be his opposition. In short, this could quickly become physically dangerous for democratic politicians if not stopped.

    Edit:

    How human being execute actions:

    1) We conceive of something in our minds, something that we want to do. Sometimes it’s small like turning a corner while driving a car. Sometimes it’s large like wanting to perpetrate violence on political opponents but regardless… usually (yes, there’s exceptions to all things, however repeated signals about a particular issue/person/event etc. suggest there’s conscious awareness of desire for…something.). Trump has posted video clips before that frame political violence in a positive light.

    And don’t forget this: Trump’s AI video post clearly illustrates that he is thinking of this and enjoys this scene so much that he thinks that as the president of the United States, it is in good judgement to share this video. It is important enough to be shared and that he believes that people should see this video.

    2) We signal our intent. Sometimes we signal our intent through body language. Sometimes we signal through vocal tones, sometimes we signal through words. Sometimes we signal through actions. A child with violent ideations might draw a violent picture. Someone who is flirting with facism might visit facist websites. In other words, actions which signal inner thoughts and desires but do not themselves constitute an act of violence. Trump clearly has signaled through his choice of words what he wants and intends to do.

    3) We follow through with our actions. Trump isn’t here yet. At least he hasn’t demonstrated that he is through any concrete actions. But he appears to be signaling his willingness and actual intent to proceed to to this step through both words and actions.

    This is one of those moments where we need a group to intervene. In a school system, an adult would step in and raise alerts so that the child can be given a mental health assessment. In the government, this should be his cabinet voting to remove him due to his mental state. I don’t know what’s going to happen but this makes me very nervous.

  19. He needs to be removed from office; dude is clearly unwell and abusing the powers that have been entrusted to him

  20. Stuff like this really shows off the lack of education in the USA. Someone can be blatantly, obviously fascist, and people won’t believe it unless they self-report as one. And even then, they think “fascist” just means “tough mean guy.”

    Same with socialism. You can describe obviously socialist policies to people and they’ll absolutely love it, as long as you don’t call it socialism.

    American politics is five different buzzwords with no real meaning attached to them having a knife fight in a telephone booth, and that’s as much nuance as the average American can handle.

  21. “This is like proof, irrefutable proof that Obama was seditious, that Obama was trying to lead a coup,” Trump said later. “It was with Hillary Clinton, with all of these other people, but Obama headed it up. … This is the biggest scandal in the history of our country.”

    I suspect the biggest scandal will turn out to be decades of organized child trafficking by the wealthy and politically connected who run the nation. Even if we find out after you are dead.

  22. “Whether it’s right or it’s wrong”?

    What? How could it be time to go after people if it’s wrong? Is he just saying “I don’t care about morality. I know this is wrong but let’s get rid of all the brown people”?

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