If one has seen how those countries ended up with an authoritarian President, one would be able to identify Trump's ideas and tendencies, and what has happened to the Rule of Law in the US during his administration:
[ I know, you will just laugh it off ]
While the coronavirus pandemic crystalized Donald Trump’s ignorance and incompetence, we may look back at his response to the current civil unrest as the moment when his longtime flirtation with authoritarianism hardened into something more sinister. On Monday morning, in a
call with governors, Trump, who
one participant later described as sounding “unhinged,” called protesters “terrorists,” suggested they should be locked up for at least a decade to silence them, encouraged the use of force against American citizens, and promised to unleash the military if local law enforcement wasn’t up to the job. Later, in short remarks delivered from the Rose Garden,
he doubled down. After briefly name-checking peaceful protesters, Trump alleged, falsely, that the nation was in the grip of organizers of terror – professional anarchists, violent mobs, arsonists, looters, criminals, rioters, Antifa, and others – who deserved lengthy prison sentences. He promised to dispatch the U.S. military if governors did not deploy the National Guard in their states. In Washington, D.C., where Trump does not have to wait for a governor to act, he deployed thousands of heavily armed military personnel. To cap off his militarized reaction to both peaceful protests and acts of civil disobedience, Trump
said he put Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley “in charge” of the administration’s response.
These may be the actions of a man
fearful of looking weak to the world, but they are also redolent of how authoritarian regimes in countries the world over have responded to protest movements. America is exceptional in many ways, but the truth is that we have more in common with some of these countries than we’d like to admit. Like many of them, our country is riven – not by sect or tribe – but by race and, increasingly, political affiliation. Like many of them, our government has failed to forge an inclusive compact with its entire citizenry, in this case leaving black Americans marginalized and without the same access to justice that the rest of us take for granted. The protests and civil unrest that have rocked over 100 American cities since a white police officer choked the life out of George Floyd in Minneapolis last week are occurring as black Americans continue to die in higher numbers from COVID-19. While the protests have largely been peaceful, a small number of individuals have resorted to violence or looting – whether because they are angry or opportunistic. The same is true of law enforcement – many officers have upheld their oaths to serve and protect, but a troubling number of
reports have emerged of police officers assaulting peaceful protesters.
(full article online)
We are now seeing how Trump and those around him who share is authoritarian impulses respond to civil unrest that resulted from genuine grievances.
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He is hated like no other president in mankind history because of one simple reason. the left Hate Trump ten times worse than either of those asswipes because is the first POTUS sense kennedy not part of the corrupt two party system.
