Trump’s campaign is developing plans to use the federal
government to punish his political opponents if he wins a second term next year.
some prominent Republicans, even some staffers from his first term — say these
plans would imperil American democracy according to this article via Yahoo.news with numerous source
links therein with this headline:
“Trump has big plans for a
second term:
They pose a threat to democracy.”
On the campaign trail, Trump has made numerous public references to exacting revenge upon detractors and rivals, including promising to appoint a special prosecutor to “go after” President Biden for unspecified crimes. In a speech and in a post on Truth Social, Trump referred to left-wing Americans as “vermin.”
Historians said such dehumanizing of one’s political opponents is frequently used by fascist dictators.
Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said: “Those who try to make that ridiculous assertion are
clearly snowflakes grasping for anything because they are suffering from Trump
Derangement Syndrome and their entire existence will be crushed when President
Trump returns to the White House.”
According to the Washington Post,
Trump has privately said he would direct the Department of Justice to
investigate officials from his first term who have since criticized his tenure,
including:
1. Former
White House CofS & Marine Corps General John Kelly.
2. Former
AG William Barr.
3. Former
JCS General Chairman Mark Milley.
4. Former
Trump White House S/C Ty Cobb.
According to his advisers, Trump intends to fire up to tens of thousands of career government professionals and replace them with his allies, and will refuse to spend congressional appropriations on programs he opposes.
The NY TIMES also reported that Trump’s plans to crack down on illegal immigration will
include:
1. Using
military funds to erect detention camps.
2. Using
a public-health emergency law to shut down asylum requests at the border.
3. Ending
birthright citizenship for babies born in the U.S. to undocumented immigrants.
Trump also reportedly plans to send the military into
Mexico to combat drug cartels, with or without the Mexican government’s
permission. A number of high-profile Republican elected officials, conservative
legal scholars and veterans of Trump’s first term in office have said Trump’s
intentions would weaken the justice system and threaten the rule of law.
Here are some of the
most notable criticisms:
1. Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-WY):
“He cannot be the next president, because if he is, all of the things that he
attempted to do, but was stopped from doing by responsible people around him at
the Department of Justice, at the White House Counsel’s Office, all of those
things, he will do. There will be no guardrails.”
2. Sarah Matthews, a former Trump
White House and campaign press aide: “His policies are
not centered around improving the lives of his supporters or Americans in
general, it’s centered around consolidating power for Trump, and that way he
can wield it to enact that revenge on anyone he deems as an enemy. And that is
what is scary.”
3. Former federal appeals court Judge
Michael Luttig, appointed by President George H.W. Bush, and former assistant
White House counsel under President Reagan: “I am more
worried for America today than I was on January 6. Trump’s election would be
catastrophic for America’s democracy.”
4. Former Trump-appointed AG Rod
Rosenstein: “Making prosecutorial decisions in a nonpartisan
manner is essential to democracy. The White House should not be meddling in
individual cases for political reasons.”
5. Former Trump administration national
security adviser John Bolton: “He doesn’t think in policy
directions when he makes decisions, certainly in the national security space.
It’s all connected with how things benefit Trump. … In a second Trump
term, we’d almost certainly withdraw from NATO.”
6. Sen. Mitt Romney (R-UT): “Donald Trump represents a failure of
character, which is changing, I think, in many respects, the psyche of our
nation and the heart of our nation. And that's something which takes a long
time — if ever — to repair.”
My 2 cents: People who were close to and who know Trump better than
the average MAGA voter are honest in their opinions expressed above – I believe
it’s a growing field – I hope continues to grow.
I strongly believe that Trump means what he says about the things he intends to do if reelected in 2024 – it would be as the above charts show and thing he intends to do under the so-called “Project 2025” plan now taking shape for him.
That plan I posted about here
with this summary: “DEMS must emphasize that Trump’s “Project 2025”
to reform (*he says rewrite) the constitution, will see him in charge of everything
too-to-bottom under his one man rule as Dictator Don.
It is very scary stuff and I don’t say that lightly – it worries me greatly and I don’t scare or worry easily, either. Trump must never be anywhere near or in the White House ever again.
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