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Summary

Speculatively, Trump might use the Insurrection Act to impose martial law, citing false claims to justify military deployment.

Pentagon purges have removed officials who previously blocked his orders, raising fears of unchecked power.

Mass detention centers, like Leavenworth, could be repurposed for immigrants and dissenters, echoing Project 2025 plans.

Concerns grow over Elon Musk’s access to government AI, potentially aiding surveillance.

  • Carmakazi@lemmy.world
    801·
    23 hours ago

    Trump just moved an entire Stryker brigade, vehicles and all, to the Mexican border.

    I think the clearest way to declare himself President for Life, or at least grab a third term, is to invade Iraq Mexico for WMDs fentanyl, provoke a war, and bend everything in his favor in a system he’s already fixed.

      • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
        374·
        22 hours ago

        Did you happen to notice that GWB is not currently president or dictator? Like, yeah he was shitty, but he didn’t participate in a violent attack on the nation’s capitol. He didn’t illegally try to get other states to “find him votes”. He didn’t participate in a fake elector scheme. He didn’t say the 1st Amendment wasn’t legal anymore. He didn’t consider imposing martial law…

        • thallamabond@lemmy.world
          24·
          21 hours ago

          Like, yeah he was shitty, but he didn’t participate in a violent attack on the nation’s capitol.

          Not in DC, but in Miami many of his staffers were involved in a violent riot. The threat of violence was enough for them to suspend the counting of votes, and after a deadline passed, Bush won with a supreme court decision.

          Bonus points for similarity, Roger Stone organized a violent protest (riot) with the explicit goal of stopping the counting of votes, for the benefit of republicans.

          https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooks_Brothers_riot

        • venotic@kbin.melroy.org
          68·
          22 hours ago

          You clearly didn’t pay a single fraction of a thing that guy has done, obviously. He was more subtle with his crookedness.

          • HobbitFoot @thelemmy.clubEnglish
            13·
            21 hours ago

            Yes, W and his cronies were more subtle and worked more within the system. That’s the criticism.

            At the end of the day, even though W was a bad President, he still participated in the transition of power that this country has done previously. Trump tried to attempt a coup.

            • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
              6·
              18 hours ago

              That was the lie they tried.

              That Iraq was storing weapons of mass destruction and coordinating with Al-Queda. It didn’t make a lot of sense to anyone, but dissenting opinions were immediately called treasonous so people went with it. Or maybe not went with it- more like they didn’t know what the crap to do and shrugged.

              Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11. It was just something Bush wanted to finish fucking up something his dad started and a bunch of rich people made a lot of money because of Cheney’s influence on it.