On July 19,2024 Donald Trump told a gathering of Christian conservatives: “I love you. You got to get out and vote. In four years, you don’t have to vote again. We’ll have it fixed so good, you’re not going to have to vote.”
His interviewer on the following Monday, Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, noted that Democrats have highlighted that quote as evidence that Mr. Trump would end elections, and urged Mr. Trump to rebut what she called a “ridiculous” criticism.
But Mr. Trump declined to do so, repeating a pattern he frequently employs in which he makes a provocative statement that can be interpreted in varying ways, and makes no attempt to quiet the uproar. This comment was especially striking, given his attempts to overturn the 2020 electionand his shattering of other democratic norms.
Today Donald Trump has been in office just over 2 weeks and has given a non-elected, non-authorized by congress, Elon Musk, to discharge federal government employees en masse. This includes all employees in USAID, the FBI, and other agencies. Musk now has access to all Treasury files including the IRS, Social Security and all medical agencies (Medicare etc.).
Republicans have largely cheered on the moves — though there are a few exceptions. Some senators have said they want more information about Musk’s access to the Treasury Department’s payment system, which prompted the resignation of a longtime civil servant who refused to turn over the system last week.
Trump has stated that the United States will take control of Gaza not for months but years.
The idea of a 100-day action plan, the milestone set by Franklin D. Roosevelt when he took office in the midst of the nation’s worst depression, now seems almost quaint, like snail mail. Helped by a compliant Congress, Trump 2.0 is moving at fiber-optic speed, with more discipline and bigger ambitions than during his first term.
The press has mostly been silent as the owners of most media stop broadcasting and printing news that reports anything that puts Trump in a negative light.
Say hello to King Donald Trump!
I think its time to be scared….