"[Trump] is constructing a kind of anti-government . . . Every appointee is selected as a deliberate negation, even a mockery, of the function of government he or she will be in charge of. . . . These individuals are not merely unqualified for their offices. They are disqualified. They are anti-qualified—the antithesis of what the office…
"[Trump] is constructing a kind of anti-government . . . Every appointee is selected as a deliberate negation, even a mockery, of the function of government he or she will be in charge of. . . . These individuals are not merely unqualified for their offices. They are disqualified. They are anti-qualified—the antithesis of what the offices call for."
"This sets the theme for Trump’s second administration, in which he is clearly setting out to break our whole constitutional order. . . . It is a mistake to think that authoritarian leaders want to strengthen government. To the contrary, they want to weaken government’s institutions. They want an unstructured government, one without rules and procedures, so as to leave fewer impediments to their whims. That is the point of Trump’s anti-government: to provide more scope for the exercise of arbitrary and capricious power."
Well, since the Republicans' 2024 platform was explicit about Trump's ultimate aims; Trump and Harris spent no less than 20 minutes debating the pros and cons of such an outcome in each of their four debates; and Trump encouraged and fully answered probing questions about his vision for the American form of government from experts and members of the public in a dozen town hall meetings before November 5, Trump can surely claim a mandate to break our whole constitutional order. Only those Americans who were most tuned out during the campaigns will be justifiably able to claim surprise.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
All Trump had to do to set us up for this dystopian fate was convince his base that the mainstream media lie nonstop; that the "Deep State" hates America and is out to get Trump and his followers; that Trump is a victim of a weaponized US Justice Department that is going after Trump before turning on his base; unleash hair-raising conspiracy theories to smear his enemies whether or not he was the one who hatched them; paint his critics as "the enemy from within;" and give his base common enemies such as criminal migrants and Nancy Pelosi.
Will Trump voters know or care when things turn out as predicted above?
"[Trump] is constructing a kind of anti-government . . . Every appointee is selected as a deliberate negation, even a mockery, of the function of government he or she will be in charge of. . . . These individuals are not merely unqualified for their offices. They are disqualified. They are anti-qualified—the antithesis of what the offices call for."
"This sets the theme for Trump’s second administration, in which he is clearly setting out to break our whole constitutional order. . . . It is a mistake to think that authoritarian leaders want to strengthen government. To the contrary, they want to weaken government’s institutions. They want an unstructured government, one without rules and procedures, so as to leave fewer impediments to their whims. That is the point of Trump’s anti-government: to provide more scope for the exercise of arbitrary and capricious power."
Well, since the Republicans' 2024 platform was explicit about Trump's ultimate aims; Trump and Harris spent no less than 20 minutes debating the pros and cons of such an outcome in each of their four debates; and Trump encouraged and fully answered probing questions about his vision for the American form of government from experts and members of the public in a dozen town hall meetings before November 5, Trump can surely claim a mandate to break our whole constitutional order. Only those Americans who were most tuned out during the campaigns will be justifiably able to claim surprise.
Ha ha ha ha ha.
All Trump had to do to set us up for this dystopian fate was convince his base that the mainstream media lie nonstop; that the "Deep State" hates America and is out to get Trump and his followers; that Trump is a victim of a weaponized US Justice Department that is going after Trump before turning on his base; unleash hair-raising conspiracy theories to smear his enemies whether or not he was the one who hatched them; paint his critics as "the enemy from within;" and give his base common enemies such as criminal migrants and Nancy Pelosi.
Will Trump voters know or care when things turn out as predicted above?
Not until it directly impacts their lives.