Trump, Republican allies make plan to concentrate power in Trump's hands: NYTimes
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- Опубликовано: 16 июл 2023
- According to new reporting by The New York Times, Donald Trump and his allies are crafting a formal plan for stripping facets of American government of their independence and consolidating power in the White House. Everything from the Justice Department to the spending power of Congress itself would be subject to Trump's whim. Rachel Maddow reviews the report.
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"If conservatives become convinced that they cannot win democratically, they will not abandon conservatism. They will reject democracy" - David Frum.
Good thing we’re a constitutional republic then.
Democrats destroy Democracy
@@AmericanBoomBoomStick
“…a constitutional republic…”
BFD, so is China.
If you don’t like democracy, then don’t vote.
@@AmericanBoomBoomStick I suggest you look up the meaning of “republic”. It's not what you think it means.
_“I love the poorly educated.”_ -Donald J Trump (2016)
_“I never meant to say that Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman will deny it._
_“Suppose any party, in addition to whatever share it may possess of the ability of the community, has nearly the whole of its stupidity, that party must, by the law of its constitution, be the stupidest party.”_ -John Stuart Mill, *Considerations on Representative Government* (1861)
Welcome to the _stupidest party_ in America: the _Repuglican_ Party-the *Stupid Peoples’ Party.*
@@AmericanBoomBoomStick
_“The government of the United States_ [under TFG] _seems to have made common cause with the planet’s thugs, crooks, and dictators against its own ideals-and in fact to have imported the spirit of thuggery, crookedness, and dictatorship into the very core of the American state, into the most solemn symbolic oval center of its law and liberty. The man inside that oval center did not act alone. He held his power with the connivance of others. They executed his orders and empowered his whims for crass and cowardly reasons of their own: partisanship, ambition, greed for gain, eagerness for attention, ideological zeal, careerist conformity, or-in the worst cases-malicious glee in the wreck of things they could never have built themselves. They claim the symbols of the republic as they subvert its institutions. They pin the flag to their lapels before commencing the day’s work of lying, obstructing, and corrupting. They speak for America to a world that remembers a different and better America. But that memory is already fading into a question of whether it was not perhaps always an illusion, whether this new regime of deceit and brutishness will not only form the future-but whether it also retrospectively discredits the American past.”_ -David Frum, *Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic*
_“The sheep, who cannot see the intention of the wolf in his eyes, is the prey.”_ -Steve Schmidt
Welcome to the _stupidest party_ in America: the _Repuglican_ Party-the *Stupid Peoples’ Party.*
I like presidents who *aren't* wannabe dictators.
The Heritage Foundation & 45 other GOP orgs will implement this with ANY Repub President, NOT just DJT
Censor all decent.
@@Putin_Playbook_12345learn to spell, rube.
Investigate prosecute convict and jail DJT and allies and Seditious enablers responsible for treasonous facilitation INDICT them all convict and jail
@@tuckernaughton ooh, name calling. How intelligent of you, LOL.
Vote Blue as if your life depends on it, it does depend on it!
Voting blue leads to open borders which leads to hundreds of thousands of more fentanyl deaths and thousands of more of trafficked children. Shame on you.
Lololololol! No one is going to lose their life when Republicans win. Well, maybe the left will delete their own (which I’m perfectly fine with) but as far as the government doing it; nothing will happen. Imagine living in fear all the time.
Just by way of example. I'm a career federal employee with graduate degrees in ecology and climate science. Part of my role is to advise my agency about the potential impacts of climate change on federal lands. During the last administration the Trump machine took a very long time to fill their vacant political appointee positions in my branch of government. They didn't seem interested, until the last year they were in power. Then they started clamping down on what we were allowed to write, allowed to say. In their 11th hour in office they (read The Heritage Foundation) concocted a plan to make virtually ALL of the civil service at-will employees, that the executive branch (read Heritage Foundation extremists) could fire at any time.
How long do you think it'll be before everything slightly valuable will be sold off to the political elites for their own personal benefit? Trump Lodge at Yellowstone, anyone? There will be no more independent civil servants, just vendors of cheap disposable chochkies and Trump flags hanging at the Statue of Liberty. I'm not exaggerating. And of course it's not just in conservation. You want a passport? better know who to bribe. You want food safety information untarnished by corporate disinformation? Good luck with that.
If trump wins I’m planning on fleeing to Canada or the UK. At least they understand the core ideas their countries were founded upon.
I was reading comments over on Newsmax and surprisingly most of the people there were opposed to this. Not that they didn't want Trump to wield this much power but they were scared that future presidents would have this power after Trump is dead.
Hopefully Trump's push for this convinces at least some MAGAs to finally start to sour on Trump.
Why do think the majority of news max viewers are Trump supporters and the majority of MSNBC viewers are Trump haters ?
The hardcore, dedicated Cult will never let go of their precious lord and master, but perhaps those people who voted Trump just to block Hillary or Biden will peel away from Trump and either vote to block him or stay home. Trump's MAGA base alone isn't enough to guarantee victory.
Hoping for any cultist to sour on their cult leader is naive and wishful thinking in the extreme.
Not going to happen. The MAGA cult is too deep into it that they are not even hiding the fact that they are willing to give away their freedoms as long as they're able to go on hating people who don't look like them or believe what they do.
Any MAGAs who haven't realized this is exactly where this was heading back in 2016 are already too far past the crazy/stupid/zealot line
How is this not TREASON? I'm confused
I wondered the same but apparently as long as they are framing it in terms of "changing" the government legally, no matter how drastic the changes are, it is not treason. They essentially are saying "We think the Framers made some mistakes, and the Framers recognized they were not perfect and left us a path to make changes, so we are suggesting plans that will use that path to *fix* the mistakes." -- insidious!
Because you're using your logical brain thingy. You have to leave that at home with the GOP.
Because they aren’t fighting the US to aid a foreign government. It’s called sedition.
@@LetYourLightShine5218 But if the framers made mistakes, it's not legal for legislatures and executives to correct it. That's what the amendment process is for, and it's purposefully slow and difficult to avoid just this kind of thing.
it is and you are because you are civil..like the bulk of us----we are being held hostage by a terrorist minority....
Actual fascism
Didn't you all fight a war nearly 250 years ago to get rid of autocratic dictators?
In the fourth grade we learned that separation of power and check and balances were the fundamental principles of the U.S. Constitution. It seemed then, and still seems, like a pretty good idea. Apparently the Heritage Foundation sees it as a fundamental flaw.
We also learned that there's supposed to be a separation of church and state yet that hasn't stopped the traitors from ILLEGALLY planting a big fat menorah on the White House lawn every holiday season.
The Heritage Foundation should be ABOLISHED forthwith for HIGH TREASON, IMMEDIATELY!
The majority of Americans are against what they want to do. Read the manifesto. The way to get what they want is to give the president more power to do so. Which involves getting rid of checks and balances. It's wild really
This message should be on center stage at the Democratic national convention.
So much for America being the land of the free.
It hasn't happened yet, and decent people WILL FIGHT to defend the USA!
bruh the US was never the land of the "fReE". business owners would send killers to gun down striking workers
What? It never was
Wasn't everyone impressed by how the majority of Republicans rose to condemn Trump. Oops? I am in my fantasy world again. Never mind!
One of the problems is there is no civics class in many places in America.
Correct!
there should be an entire semester class on fascism, the last wave of fascism killed over 75 million and oppressed and destroyed the lives of hundreds of millions more.
Please Everyone, Share These Types Of Videos, We Have To Save U.S.A From Dictatorship!!!!
I hope when Republicans win they either take all the rights away from the left or move you all to canada.
And WHAT a horrible dangerous dictatorship! All power in the hands of Trump? Who loves Kim and other cruel leaders? Kim lets his people starve, inform yourself. Fight for your life, like the ghost writer and only writer of his book said, Tony Schwartz. He said, vote for your life, because it depends on it. He also said, Trump would be the most pure evil human being he ever met in his entire life and the most insecure.
We have a saying, only weak people are cruel.
His own sister called him cruel, where did she vanish?
Well at least they’re finally honest about who they are and what they want
Yeah, isn't it rather silly for them to reveal their evil masterplan for all to see? It's almost as if they think they cannot possibly be stopped or thwarted - LOL!
_“Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing. He is not a good man who, without a protest, allows wrong to be committed in his name, and with the means which he helps to supply, because he will not trouble himself to use his mind on the subject.”_ -John Stuart Mill (1806-1873)
If you're thinking... The supreme court and congress would never allow this!
McCarthy already handed over his own power willingly.
So has the Supreme Court.
I would imagine if it came to it Trump would just ignore the Supreme Court and forge on with his plans. This would show that the court is actually just a facade with no bones and he’d seize total power.
The power is all in Congress. If something passes the House and Senate it goes to the president. President says no with a veto. Congress can override that veto and do it anyway. So then it goes to SCOTUS. SCOTUS says no, it's unconditional. Then Congress can change the constitution.
However, with the number of judges that have been bought for the gop, and the majority that they have in one arm of Congress...if they get a president then it's unlikely it will have to go through the whole process. Especially if that president is trump.
Now, the real power comes from the 4th check that never gets discussed in these things. The People. When tyrants come for our freedoms we absolutely will stand and remind them who really runs this country.
If dump succeeds, the Supreme court will be one of the first arms of Govt to go.
We need another Booth or Oswald.
So he could enact his retribution on everyone he doesn’t like. Or who annoys him at the moment.
A tyrant’s whim could be the cause of you going to jail or being killed. What fun, right?
Well we know he is a big fan of Putin who has people close to him killed when he is done with them. The fact that Trump is telling us what he is going to do is reason enough to bar him from running for public office.
The irony - the minute these supporters don’t properly bow to trump he’ll use this new power to destroy them. He turns on EVERYONE eventually.
Just like in Ruzzia.
@@rain1956 +China +North Korea
"Yes to more dictators!" said no one ever
From president to Fuhrer
For a bunch who claim to not like China, they certainly seem to want to be China.
Makes me frightened for our country to have such a corrupt, petty man wield that much power.
Biden??????????
What did trump do exactly.
@@MrGreen-fi5sgDid you not watch the video? Or are you such a d rider you don’t see how corrupt trump is???
@@MrGreen-fi5sg Watch the video and let your TikTok-fried brain handle more than 2.5 seconds. After that you will think about the content of what you just saw, unless political drama is comedy and entertainment for you and you're willing to accept anybody as president, which would be exactly what voting for Trump entails/leads to. He's "anybody" since his plan is to become a "discount dictator".
Here in Germany people saw Trump as a joke before he even became president and were shocked when he actually made it into the White House. Most thought voting for him would be ridiculously stupid.
Do excuse errors, I'm not English....
This is basically the Russian modell.
It’s exactly the Russian model.
They want a Kim Jong Un.
Birds of a feather, write love letters to each other. DJT is friends with all the dictators in the world apart from Xi Jinping.
The heritage foundation is what's wrong with Florida, they should be dismantled
I can’t wait to read this dictator’s obituary.
i reported you to you tube for violence
@@frankcarone3769
The day that fascist is in the dirt will a day to celebrate.
Why do you love dictators so much, Frank?
@@frankcarone3769 Ok fascist
@@frankcarone3769 since when you rights became hippies and crybabies?
@@frankcarone3769lmaooooo snowflake
And i thought this was the party of limited government 😂😂😂.
Not anymore.
Oh yes. Government limited to the whims of one unhinged man.
Limited to their ideology alone.
@@Cynna1065 basically. I think when they mean limited government I think it's only when the government is helping people that's the only thing they ever want limits on is helping the poor.
@@jgibson8092 More than that, they want the government to enforce their ideologies. Firearm idolatry, forced birth, travel restrictions, encouraging neighbors to spy on neighbors, medical record hijacking, and much more. They only want limited government when the government steps in to stop them from interfering with the freedom and general welfare of others.
They don’t even hide it anymore!
No, (((they))) don't.
If the Republicans win the Presidency in 2024, I am buying a rifle, stockpiling ammunition, and forming a pro-democracy community defense group. Let Justice Prevail!
Believe me, the GQP MAGAs have already been doing that for years. And no doubt they've already picked their generals to lead their civil war...
🎉🎉🎉🎉
I'm not American and I'm glad after looking at Project 2025. I genuinely wish you prosperity and freedom from this insane doctrine
@@Dr_ProcrastinatorThe Republican Party have finally shown their true evil colours.
Wait if u need to do that does that mean the dems were wrong about the gun debate? Hmmm what else might they have been wrong about🤔
Can you spell Dictatorship?!!!
I-S-R-A-E-L. There, did it!
Jfc... they want a Hitler-Putin.
Without 100,000,000 Democrat votes Nov. 5th 2024
We give life to Qanonsense
It's not HOW MANY votes come in, it's WHERE the votes come from
Doesn't make a lick of difference to win the same districts by millions more thanks to our first-past-the-pole, gerrymandered, electoral college stupidity.
But you the democrats are busy catfighting on Biden's age. A time when you all need to be sober and resolute to ensure democracy doesn't die. A part of you is more concerned about optics, idealism and whataboutism. Isn't that absurd?. I can tell you now for free. Biden is already your best president in this century. What you do with that going forward is your biz. I'm not American, I also know your atrocities round the globe. For me to commend your president, it means he's been stellar. Trump, Trump Jr or most lily-livered republicans will crumble the US if allowed to rule. For the first time in a decade. American president is No.1. at the toughest time really to be no 1. That's all the reality you all need. Not going on and on about an 80yr old that tripped and is trying to show you he's young. Wake up and be wise!.
Hey Republicans…
SEPARATION OF POWERS
Try to be Patriotic!
Hey Dems,
Stop censoring speech.
Pls, keep being foolish. The Republican party today is dead. Imagine Abraham Lincoln in the same party as Donald Trump... The only question really is , How foolish really has America become?. That answer we'l see in '24. For a developed nation. America really needs to knock herself on the head to wake up to sense. How DJT ever became your president is a terrible testament to your collective intelligence. God help you.
The article provides the following quote which tells you what they think of Separation of Powers ... "Our current executive branch ... was conceived of by liberals. What's necessary is a complete system overhaul." ... "What we're trying to do is identify the pockets of independence and seize them."
@@LetYourLightShine5218 Laughable but horrifying
@@LetYourLightShine5218I just don't get the GOP hatred of liberals, it's like they're comparing them to someone else...!
We all need to vote republicans out of office and vote for democrats to help them help us. Please protect our children grandchildren and ourselves VOTE BLUE PLEASE
Amen
Ohio has been voting blue. The only problem is that the gerrymandering here is so awful.
Nearly 60% of Ohioans voted to protect abortion rights and legalize marijuana-yet 70% of our representatives are Republican…
Your votes only matter if they aren’t being intentionally watered down by gerrymandering.
Direct from "The Dictators' Handbook."
Can we say dictator?
I've said it before and I'll say it again..........if someone were to assassinate dt, I would be very sad. Seriously! Because at that moment, I would realize that it wasn't me that pulled the trigger!
Everyone's thinking it, you're just saying it.
Meaning it!
That will never happen, he's not a black man.
How about a well aimed lightning strike during his next golf game?
You’re officially on an fbi watchlist
Now he's writing beautiful love letters to dictatorship itself. Mein Bonespurs.
And my question to my friends to the South is this?
Do you guys, honestly still feel delusional to claim your the freest country in the world?? 😂😂😂
Oh, Mr Biden?!! HOW ABOUT YOU DO THIS RIGHT NOW YOURSELF! The GOP seems to be fine with this!
That is the most un-American I have ever heard. Biden is a much better person than Trump. But Biden (or Obama, or Jimmy Carter or Mother Teresa) would also become corrupted if given more power.
The very essence of America and any Democratic country is separation of powers. This idea is exactly wrong.
If you think having Biden become a dictator is a good idea, then you missed the point. Dictators and Democracy don't mix!
Republicans got a death wish?
Yeah, and they're willing to take everyone else with them if they don't get what they want.
Wish? It's a funeral service the past 6 yrs
No maga Republicans are amassing IEDs and strapping them to walmart drones to attack civilians if trump doesn't win
They literally preach death. With the amount of shootings and anarchy they let happen in this country they might as well be labeled as murderers.
One thing's for sure, the GOP won't get what they want without a vicious fight!
I don’t want a dictator. The refugees would all go to Canada?
I'm headed for New Zealand.
You can concentrate Trump's power all you want: a million times zero is still zero!
Wake up @TheScandoman. This is not about **Trump's** power, it is about the power of the GOP top power players, including 6 Justices, and their (semi) hidden agendas. They support Trump because he disrupts the system and is a wildcard that they can manipulate, but if he vanished they would find some other puppet to play with.
Putin to Dolt 45…(from Stripes):
“…Do what I do, say what I say, and make me proud.”
Maybe we could call that single leader the fuhrer or something?
You mean like _democratically elected_ Hitler? The stupidity knows no bounds.
Is this America what a embarrassment that people are talking about this like is a possibility. Where are the American people that I know and love being free and have a democracy something the world envies!! Holy crap people are so pathetic now!!
Did you say that when De Santis signed his treasonous HB269 bill?
Vote blue
Someone ask Mitch McConnell if he intends to go along with this, should Trump be elected president next year and should he, Senator Mitch McConnell, become Senate majority leader.
Someone ask Mitch McConnell if he intends to oversee the kind of Senate majority that will confirm Trump nominees who intend to facilitate Trump's intended, announced power grab.
Everybody alresdy knows what Moscow Mitch would do.
We seen it the last time he was majority leader.
He won’t need congress anymore to approve of anyone he chooses.
@@hansvandermeulen5515
Mitch won’t be needed anymore essentially he will be out of a job. All those parts of government are going to eliminated including the Justice Department. Trump taking over businesses and making decisions for those businesses. You don’t seem to be grasping the implications in what this means. We will no long be a free country and no longer have any rights.
@@robbiedemoss3224 another step closer to dictatorship.
Trump no longer needs Congress. He'll just fill up his administration with permanently 'acting' officials, as he did the last time. IIRC, he called that a 'little trick' to bypass Congress.
OMGod, Almighty! Whats going on in your country??? What happened to no king? What happened to "equal and true?"
Worry about your own country okay foreigner?
A minority of conservatives have systematically given themselves more and more power by taking advantage of "loopholes" in the way out government was set up. Our founders naively assumed that anyone who wanted to serve the public wouldn't be selfish or egotistical. Or maybe they naively assumed the people would be able to see through their Snake Oil routines before it was too late. Either way, they've hijacked our government and they're trying to take control over the rest of us. Unfortunately, the opposing party isn't as overtly corrupt as they are, so they refuse to use the same tactics to even out the balance of power.
Isn't it mind blowing what they're doing to themselves?
NPR on May 21, 2023 had a great article about Trump’s effect on “Voice of America”. I think this is a flash light on a possible future to avoid. Type in: voice of America Trump official, you will get many examples of Trump’s effect on the organization.
One NARCISSIST destroys an entire country
No, not him alone. Don't forget all the powergrifters behind him and the deranged voters for them.
@@tjhill4044 And his foreign master who hides in a bunker in Russia somewhere.
@@tjhill4044Think about it do think the republicans that are helping him do this aren’t going to be in the boat with the rest of. All these republicans around him openly lying to the American people shows him they are liars and he can’t trust them even if those lies helped him destroy our country they will discarded. Narcissists are paranoid. NATO alliances require democracy so we will lose our place in NATO 3 countries that hate us will hit us with a nuclear weapon without consequences. That alliance is vital to our national security and the only thing that has prevented them from doing that is NATO you strike one of us, you strike all of us and NATO countries will blow that country off the map. There will no longer be the need for a Supreme Court. 1 man will make every decision in our country a man that hasn’t decided not to care about others but has no ability to care about others.
@@tjhill4044 Yes, him alone. If he wasn't there, they weren't either, he's a demagogue. Remove him and it would stop.
Agreed, but Obama is out of power now so let's focus on the narcissist currently in the Presidency.
Death by Heritage Foundation.
Death by AIPAC.
Agolf Twittler must go the same way as other despots....one way chopper flight comes to mind🎉
"and nobody seem to notice; nobody seems to care" the late great comedy icon george carlin
That's certainly been my take. Nobody seems to notice and nobody seems to care that 2% of the population is controlling 99% of all media, finances, government, and sports.
Absolute lunacy
If Trump is reelected I don't think he would ever leave the White House again. He will remain president until he dies.
There will be no more elections if he gets back in. And your comment really makes me nervous because it seems to me that you don’t get the magnitude of what these republicans are saying. If he gets back in life as we have known it will be over with. Our lives will be at the mercy of this tyrant. You will no longer have any rights just like the rest of us won’t. As a mother and a grandmother the one right that scares me the most is the loss of parental rights. Essentially law of the land will be Trump law. He can do what ever he wants. I don’t think there is any need to spell that out any further. Vote Blue in 2024 to keep your daughters safe.
Which shouldn't be that long. He's 77.
Which makes the question of his running mate of vital importance. Vice President Taylor-Green or Vice President
Kate anyone? 😱
If Trump is reelected, you're looking at our last president, and the 1st self pronounced king (or dictator) of this great nation, and "We the people" can't let that happen.
VOTE BLUE 💙
@@mackjrbell7828 Rest assured, he'd hand the keys to the presidential palace over to one of his children.
This needs to be continuously reported on by every major network between now and the election. This is horrifying. This cannot ever be allowed to happen.
Adolf DeSantis?
Donald Hitler?
I´m confused...
Is it a new contest, "Who´s the best Adolf?" in the republican party?
So freaking bring the hammer of justice down already!!! Unbelievable that the worst traitor of our time is still free to plan his next coup!
Not just that he's free but that he's currently holding the office of the Presidency.
Hilpei3675, I think you should mention Trump when you mean him, otherwise, respondee idiots like Unclesamowitz9922 here will assume you mean Biden.
Isn't that a king monarchy, dictatorship or communist? 😮
We'll see if America survives this election. I hope it does but I'm not confident...
I was worried in 2020. However, the nation seemed to understand the dire circumstances of the moment. It's no different today. In fact, it's worse. Americans are used to going our own way. There's no way that we'll put our lives and livelihoods into the hands of a capricious basket case.
America (at least the sane, non-GOP, non-MAGA parts) will FIGHT to RETAIN DEMOCRACY!
How can a country that has invaded many countries to overturn autocratic regimes & establish freedom for their populations justify this?
Believe it or not, Germany was once thought of themselves that way too... And then, they embraced Hitler in 1932 😈
They can't.
We've also supported a few autocratic regimes. Maybe that's how.
It was never about overturning autocratic regimes. It has always been about money.
Most of the "but they brought freedom" is little more than propaganda. They literally armed those they fought later and destabilized the whole middle east and when it got too hot they simply fled and left thousands of people who helped them to die. The USA isn't built on freedom, it's built on exploitation and lies about how the exploitation is fine because it's "for the greater good".
''The secret of FREEDOM lies in educating people, whereas the secret of TYRANNY is in keeping them ignorant.''
Robespierre
Republicans don't want to fund education or student loan forgiveness. The faithful Republicans are most often poorly educated.
Keeping Americans ignorant has already been accomplished.
Fun fact: _75% of American adults possess the literacy skills of 6th-graders (prepubescent 11-year-olds) or less._ Think about that. If you thought the voting age in America was 18, you'd be wrong. Americans with the intellectual maturity of _prepubescent 11-year-olds_ get to vote, because they're biologically 18 year of age or older.
_“I love the poorly educated.”_ -Donald J Trump (2016)
_“I never meant to say that Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman will deny it._
_“Suppose any party, in addition to whatever share it may possess of the ability of the community, has nearly the whole of its stupidity, that party must, by the law of its constitution, be the stupidest party.”_ -John Stuart Mill, *Considerations on Representative Government* (1861)
Welcome to the _stupidest party_ in America: the _Repuglican_ Party-the *Stupid Peoples’ Party.*
“Once we squeeze all we can out of the United States, it can dry up and blow away.” Benjamin Netanyahu, 2002
I'm surprised they aren't reinstating prima nocta also by now.
Concentrate power in Trump's hands? That would be like giving the nuclear bomb to Hitler would've been . 🙄
And yet _American_ Harry Truman is the only one that was so irresponsible as to launch one on another country.
That's called fascism
Yes
Exactly what Ukraine is fighting to keep.
Nothing new here. Hitler made this already after the coupe detat in 1933.
There have been plenty throughout history, though history is doomed to repeat itself. Why? Probably because of the inherent nature of humans.
Their biggest problem is they need a strong man to attempt to implement that and none of them are strong or smart enough.
Being "not strong or smart enough" has never been a problem for any authoritarian leader.
In fact, stupidity is kind of a must to be a dicktat... they don't play chess; they toss the game away and yell, "I win!" 😈
There are very powerful and wealthy people throwing their weight behind this. Don't be deceived. Our medical records are no longer our own. Imagine when your home or business is no longer your own because some toady of the president decided that they deserved it more than you!
Feels like insanity
Welcome to United States of Rwanda America!
A wholly owned subsidiary of International jewry.
You are wrong. 70 millions plus Americans want that kind of government. If they don't want that kind government then why they voted for Trump twice.
You are right. Sadly so I am afraid. But it is not as simple as you put it. Huge # 's of White people in this country are very Racist. Ending of the Civil War did NOTHING to resolve all the Racism towards Blacks and especially Brown people.
What they want is a WHITE America and they think Trump is the only one who can get or provide that. If he gets in power again, am certain Trump will at least TRY and work toward the goal of a White America. I would not be surprised if Trump brings back White Supremacist and Racist Steven Miller as Senior Policy Advisor again to work toward a White America effort. You wait and see.
My prediction above is provided Trump somehow finds a way to win the election in 2004/5. Trump may find a way of escaping the Federal Charges. But right now I am not seeing ANY way he is going to escape the Georgia charges and likely conviction.
Not exactly... the 70+ million voters just hate the same way Trump does and want power for themselves to get 'revenge'... They have no idea what Russian authoritarianism looks and feel like, and they have no clue that this is what Trump wants for the USA 😈
This is what I hear from his voters: "We have to lock Hillary up... we have to get back at the MS13 gangs... we have get back at China and India... we have to stop gays and illegal immigrants... Democrats are our enemies..."
It's cluelessness, bigotry and ignorance that makes magatards vote for Trump.
They only think they want that kind of government because it's linked to Trump..They think they will be safe...and they have never lived under that kind of government..
This is what some americans are leaning towards... how strange, this not freedom.
There is an actual training program for this on the website with the goal of training people now to assume governmental positions. An application is required for the free training.. The application questions are designed to weed out those who are not fully on board with their plan.
Welcome to Giliad
Or Pyongyang.
How is this not the most important story out there right now?
Over our Dead Bodies, "Fat Boy" !!
I'm not sure you realize how true that will be. At least with some of us. If he's elected we must defang the state to protect the world from the power he will wield.
"For what shall it profit a man, if he gain the whole 🌎 world and lose his soul?
Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?"
~ Jesus Christ, Mark 8:36 (KJV)
"If we all support him, he won't ever turn against us."
"True. Let's just...give him all the power."
"Giving Adolf all the power could never backfire on us."
It's true that Hitler abolished all political opposition parties the moment he came to power, meaning no competition in that regard.
Want to see more Democrats talking about what is good for America and it's people and why this would not be fruitful for America
You started panicking
The Heritage Foundation? Really? James DeMint well?
I always remember they are called a Think Tank. No idea. But sitting around thinking how to change the world to one they are more comfortable with required more than thought. Yup. &th January 2021.
I thought about Project 2025. Nah. 🙃🙃
First thing Jim DeMint and HenchPeople better do is admit all they do is think. There is not a human in the world that deserve that role. But Trump? You are having a laff. Allegedly
Did Apple invent this plan?
You don't need all those extra buttons, just one
You don't need all those extra ports, just one
You don't need all those extra branches of government...
Kind of like the submarine that just imploded.
Those are Dreaming and Dreams will only remain what it is called
DREAMS!!!!!!!!
Protect your country, rights and future. Dispose of 🇷🇺Donald
What’s next Trump .. telling Taylor Swift if she doesn’t perform 4 u .. she can’t perform anywhere 🤨
Redhats, Redcoats. Same thing
jews: beaten out of 110 countries and counting
He wants to be king.
Thanks Rachel
Excellent reporting.
But... but... states' rights!
You seem to have trouble saying the word DICTATORSHIP! That what is would be!
You can plan all you want, Chump. We patriots are going to end the Republican party once and for all.
Oh let’s let leave it the same 🤦🏻♀️
How does this NOT sound exactly like what that deranged little corporal did to Germany back in 1933? Cheers....
Rahel meant CON-man, not STRONG-man. 😎
Oh, it will be glorious!
I just posted something to you to connect dots and my keyboard remotely fought me controlled me and it erased it. Remotely. My RUclips must be hacked again. Idk. This has happened always as I try to help with connecting dots
This is scary people!
Thank you Rachel for explaining this horrible plan!!!
Sounds *authoritarian* to me 👀
One person running everything, what could go wrong?
Everything!
Ask Ron DeSaster.
He sees himself as being among the greatest presidents the country has ever had. Can he name one of those others who strongarmed their plots on Americans?
Yes. 9/11