I sense that Trump is probing, probing, probing for just the right spark to start a violent confrontation with his own citizenry. Something to give him an excuse to crack down and further solidify his authoritarian control. L.A., D.C., “Alligator Alcatraz”, Chicago, Venezuela.
Yes.
Yes, this has always been the plan for this admin. Clearly.
All potential flashpoints. He wants protests to turn violent. That’s the opening he thinks he needs.
I pray we can stop this descent into madness.
Seems so.
It’s win-win for him. If they turn violent, he cracks down with force. If they don’t turn violent, he just keeps taking more and more power until he controls everything.
I don't get why he hasn't hired people to start riots. The perpetrators after George Floyd was murdered weren't local (I don't think they were paid but I don't remember for sure)
Shhhhhhh
Yep
He's liable to get it. The people in these cities may not be as compliant as those in Washington.
Trump has long admired the Chinese government for the violence at Tiananmen Square. He pines to kill our people.
Agreed. Also seems like Trump and Co. are auditioning National Guard commanders and units to find out which ones will fire on protesters when he declares he won his third term with 90 percent. Kind of like "The Apprentice" with live ammo.
Good point.
Explains why he’s using Texas national guard in Illinois instead of using the Illinois national guard.
Honestly, I think Stephen Miller needs to start a violent confrontation. He’s really the shadow president when it comes to ICE, DOJ, DHS, etc. He’s creating the policies and T is implementing them. A dastardly, evil combination.
To clarify, I didn’t mean that Miller SHOULD start a confrontation, but that he’s the one that wants this to happen.
If he can claim he has to put down a violent insurrection he'll argue he can cancel the mid-terms
I think that’s less of a sense and more of a given fact that we are all collectively waiting for.
Hope he croaks before he can get this done.
It won't go away with his death. He's just the puppet. Vance, Miller, Navarro, Thiel are holding the strings and they can't wait for him to keel over.
At a certain point, if there is no pushback, he will have solidified authoritarian control, no?
He pining for the insurrection act like a guy scrolling his ex's FB feed.
There are many posts on X that his sending troops to the Blue cities will result in a confrontation leading to Marshal law. This leads to cancellation of 26 elections and beyond. Scary times we are living.
There’s no legal precedent for cancelling elections. That is what we have to keep in mind. It’s never been done and the constitution is very clear that it must be done. Places like Ukraine have different requirements in their constitutions.
Yes, this hits the nail on the head. He is looking to create his Reichstag fire moment.
Minor correction - he's provoking, not probing.
Just watched "Hostage" on Netflix, British coup to affect military rule and control media, government. Think they know Trump's intentions?
By all accounts that’s what he wanted to do after the 2020 election. He has three things he can’t shut up about and would love to try: tariffs (done), insurrection act (clearly working on it) and nukes
Well that last one is terrifying.
My only hope there is that it’s a lot harder to convince the men and women responsible for the nuclear chain of command to turn those keys than it is to find less vetted members of the national guard to aim guns at civilians.
I think you are right (unfortunately)