Also looking in from the outside, it seems obvious to me that the ‘plan’ is to manufacture sufficient crises and push people just enough that Trump can invoke the Insurrection Act and “indefinitely delay” the midterms and future elections.
What I really don’t get is, this one man seems to have total unchecked power? Americans go on and on about being ‘free’, not having a king, but their president has more power than any UK prime minister or modern king has ever had, and it goes completely unchecked. Recently in the UK, both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss (our UK-equivalent populist grifters) were ousted from the government for overreaching and lying, but there’s nothing to deal with Trump? How the heck has the US gotten in this situation? You would’ve expected the democrats to put checks in place to stop this, given Trump’s insurrection.
I wonder what their breaking point is. He’s on the outs with both the federalist society and Elon. He doesn’t have the support he used to have. At what point do they throw him under the bus?
All they care about is power, so as long as he is the most powerful man on Earth, nothing. Their plan is probably to use him to get their agenda through until 2028 then maybe change the ticket around or hope he dies in office. I can’t imagine them turning on him before that.
Yeah the amount of power they’ve handed to the president is just absolutely fucking bonkers. Like, how did they think that’d be a good idea? For all their crowing about democracy, a lot of them sure do seem like they want anything but a democracy
Lots of “unwritten rules” that most presidents have followed historically. Just takes one person who doesn’t give a fuck about the rules to break the whole system wide open.
dictators are distressingly popular. nobody likes checks and balances when they’re holding your guy back from giving the bad guys a well-deserved beating.
Also looking in from the outside, it seems obvious to me that the ‘plan’ is to manufacture sufficient crises and push people just enough that Trump can invoke the Insurrection Act and “indefinitely delay” the midterms and future elections.
What I really don’t get is, this one man seems to have total unchecked power? Americans go on and on about being ‘free’, not having a king, but their president has more power than any UK prime minister or modern king has ever had, and it goes completely unchecked. Recently in the UK, both Boris Johnson and Liz Truss (our UK-equivalent populist grifters) were ousted from the government for overreaching and lying, but there’s nothing to deal with Trump? How the heck has the US gotten in this situation? You would’ve expected the democrats to put checks in place to stop this, given Trump’s insurrection.
I just. don’t. get it.
He has total power because the GOP is a cult and the Republicans in the other branches of government choose to let him have unchecked power.
I wonder what their breaking point is. He’s on the outs with both the federalist society and Elon. He doesn’t have the support he used to have. At what point do they throw him under the bus?
All they care about is power, so as long as he is the most powerful man on Earth, nothing. Their plan is probably to use him to get their agenda through until 2028 then maybe change the ticket around or hope he dies in office. I can’t imagine them turning on him before that.
If they hold him accountable it would set a precedent for the rest of them, they’d rather see the country burn than be held to their actions.
In true cult fashion, I don’t think there’s a bottom. They’ve decided that he IS the Republican Party and only his death will change that.
After his death we might get Trump Jong-Don, Jr. As a named successor.
No successor would be able to muster up the same support he has. It’s the danger of pinning an entire party’s fortunes to a single individual.
Republicans in Congress could begin impeachment proceedings and put a stop to this at any point. They are choosing not to. It’s not just Trump.
Yeah the amount of power they’ve handed to the president is just absolutely fucking bonkers. Like, how did they think that’d be a good idea? For all their crowing about democracy, a lot of them sure do seem like they want anything but a democracy
Lots of “unwritten rules” that most presidents have followed historically. Just takes one person who doesn’t give a fuck about the rules to break the whole system wide open.
Normally in a democracy you’d expect the voters to keep the politicians from violating those unwritten rules, but Americans gonna American.
dictators are distressingly popular. nobody likes checks and balances when they’re holding your guy back from giving the bad guys a well-deserved beating.
And the prevalence of guillotine-posting here shows that that attitude transcends political affiliation.
Guillotine is the check against this shit.