The US is trending towards authoritarian government under Trump

[Papageorgio]

The surfer getting arrested and thrown down into the sand during Covid in California is evidence of tyranny with a Progressive controlled government. This while the elites, politicians, media and entertainers are partying at expensive restaurants and taverns and other partying areas with no masks that were enforced on the peasants. I look at these things that you do not. Anyone who disagrees with you has a jackboot put on their head. You are dictatorial and you shut down your areas if need be to cause more suffering. Roy Cooper hut down a lot of stuff for a few years in North Carolina. He made visitors and citizens miserable and you stupidones still vote for that scum.

I had a friend who went fishing in his own backyard and a neighbor saw him out there. Alone and he got fined, his own property and he couldn’t fish it, gestapo tactics.

 

[ElmerMudd]

You perverting the word in order to attempt too cover for the lefts sick twisted agendas, otherwise by suggesting that Trump is the problem in it all, uhhhh is fake news at it's best. Gaslighting is all the left has left.

People not following the morals and ethics God teaches us is the problem.
Quit making excuses for Trump's immoral, unethical behavior.

 

[ElmerMudd]

The surfer getting arrested and thrown down into the sand during Covid in California is evidence of tyranny with a Progressive controlled government. This while the elites, politicians, media and entertainers are partying at expensive restaurants and taverns and other partying areas with no masks that were enforced on the peasants. I look at these things that you do not. Anyone who disagrees with you has a jackboot put on their head. You are dictatorial and you shut down your areas if need be to cause more suffering. Roy Cooper hut down a lot of stuff for a few years in North Carolina. He made visitors and citizens miserable and you stupidones still vote for that scum.

You are not about religion and God. You are about politics. disgusting

 

[jc456]

Always with the qualifications. The statements was over going after others.

yep and that's exactly what mandates were. perhaps you aren't smart enough to understand what a mandate actually does!!! hilarious. you should choose another thread.

 

[jc456]

You are not about religion and God. You are about politics. disgusting

 

[berg80]

I had a friend who went fishing in his own backyard and a neighbor saw him out there. Alone and he got fined, his own property and he couldn’t fish it, gestapo tactics.

Why is the regime supporting Orban? An authoritarian leader.

JD Vance heads to Hungary to support Viktor Orbán ahead of high-stakes election

Viktor Orbán has said the EU is a greater threat to Hungary than Russia. As an election defeat looms, U.S. Vice President JD Vance is visiting to support him.

www.cnbc.com

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

The US is trending towards authoritarian government under Trump.
Review the basic characteristics of a government heading towart authoritarian ism and the US is experiencing almost all under Trump,
If a left wing zealot is elected next, they will have the excessive powers to do what they want.

I wish I had seen all of this concern from 2020 through 2022.

 

[Anathema]

The US is trending towards authoritarian government under Trump.
Review the basic characteristics of a government heading towart authoritarian ism and the US is experiencing almost all under Trump,
If a left wing zealot is elected next, they will have the excessive powers to do what they want.

What are the top elements of the authoritarian playbook?

1. Divide and rule: Foment mistrust and fear; actively scapegoat and pit groups against each other.
2. Spread lies and conspiracies: Actively promote mis/disinfo; undermine the public’s belief in truth.
3. Destroy checks and balances and undermine institutions: Quietly use legal or pseudo-legal rationales to gut institutions (bureaucracies, courts, electoral institutions), undermine their independence, and weaken opposition.
4. Demonize opponents and independent media: Undermine the public’s trust in those actors and institutions that hold the state accountable.
5. Undermine civil and political rights and criminalize dissent: Actively suppress free speech, the right to assembly and protest and the rights of women and minority groups; restrict NGO activities.
6. Blame minorities, immigrants, and “outsiders” for a country’s problems: Exploit national humiliation while promising to restore national glory.
7. Deploy military forces to address public security problems and/or declare national emergencies to seize unconstitutional powers.
8. Reward loyalists and punish defectors: Make in-group members fearful to voice dissention.
9. Encourage or condone violence to advance political goals: Dehumanize opposition and/or out-groups to justify violence against them.
10. Organize mass rallies to keep supporters mobilized against made-up threats: Use fearmongering and hate speech to consolidate in-group identity and solidarity.
11. Make people feel like they are powerless to change things: Solutions will only come from the top.

Great!! Wonderful!!! Where do I sign up to join?

 

[Rawley]

Back, Trump controls your brain also. You are not one to judge.
Unless you get help, you will be going down with Trump.

And you worship at the altar of Rachael Maddow's vagina. Go figure.

 

[jc456]

Why is the regime supporting Orban? An authoritarian leader.

JD Vance heads to Hungary to support Viktor Orbán ahead of high-stakes election

Viktor Orbán has said the EU is a greater threat to Hungary than Russia. As an election defeat looms, U.S. Vice President JD Vance is visiting to support him.

www.cnbc.com

You didn’t answer the other guys post! Nice punt

 

[jc456]

And you worship at the altar of Rachael Maddow's vagina. Go figure.

Does Rachel have one of those?

 

[Marener]

The government told us couldn’t go to church during Covid but we could riot in the streets, the government told us we had to vaccinate or possibly lose our income, the government told us could not voice our opinions on social media unless we towed the government’s line, we saw government move in on political opponents and jail them without due process, the government didn’t enforce our border laws and we lost American lives because of it, we saw the IRS delay setting up organizations that didn’t follow the politics of the day, the government raided a former President’s home in a warrant that even government agencies thought was illegal at best. We watched a state go after a political opponent for a law that was never enforced to try to take him down, we saw a president go after the opposition before an election in an attempt to win an election for his successor. We have a government take rights away in the name of a war, we have a government that took billions and gave it to the rich in the name of too big to fail, which resulted in the largest transfer of wealth from the working class to the rich, only to be followed by in 22 by making the rich even richer. We have had Presidents try to work around the Constitution with EO’s, we have watched America give more and more power to Presidents, which you are all for until your guy is no longer in power and now, it is wrong. We had a party and the media lie to the entire nation for years about the health of a President because they wanted power.

I honestly see no difference between either party in becoming authoritarian, we have given up so much power because of this very partisan bullshit. I have warned people about both parties and you play the partisan bullshit card now? Shame on you for not caring 30 years ago when the slide started.

I put my hope and trust in the Constitution not republicans or democrats, all you assholes do is try to divide.

You believe all these things yet demand unattainable level of proof for other random accusations even when backed by good solid journalism.

I have little tolerance for “both sides” because there are crucial distinctions you’re leaving out. People become addicted to their world view and will distort and lie to make it true.

 

[berg80]

I wish I had seen all of this concern from 2020 through 2022.

As I recall there were predictions of trump's authoritarian leanings back then. So plenty of concern. Especially after he tried to install himself as the unelected prez. Also, he had been fawning over autocrats and despots for years.

 

[berg80]

Trump Threatens Jail if Journalists Protect Certain Iran Sources​

President Trump vowed on Monday to pursue a “leaker” involved in disclosing details about the downing of a U.S. fighter jet in Iran late last week and indicated that the government would take action against an unnamed media outlet that disseminated the information.

Mr. Trump was speaking at a news conference on the rescue of two crew members who ejected from the cockpit of an F-15E Strike Eagle that Iran shot down on Friday. Though the pilot was rescued quickly, the weapons systems officer could not be located right away, prompting a two-day scramble to find him before enemy forces did.

Mr. Trump said the reporting had put the at-large airman and others in danger. The administration, he added, was “looking very hard to find that leaker.” Efforts to unmask the source of the information, he continued, would include approaching the news outlet that had published it.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/06/business/media/trump-jail-journalists-fighter-crew.html

All authoritarians target the press while trying to control the flow of info to the public.

 

[ElmerMudd]

And you worship at the altar of Rachael Maddow's vagina. Go figure.

I do? Do you worship Trump's genitals? No, you kiss his ass.

 

[ElmerMudd]

Great!! Wonderful!!! Where do I sign up to join?

INSTEAD OF CHANGING THE USA TO FIT A MINORITIES WISH FOR AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT, THOSE WANTING AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD TRY, RUSSIA, CHINA OR NORTH KOREA.
YOU WILL FIND MORE LIKE MINDED PEOPLE IN THOSE COUNTRIES THAN YOU WILL IN THE USA.

 

[martybegan]

INSTEAD OF CHANGING THE USA TO FIT A MINORITIES WISH FOR AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT, THOSE WANTING AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD TRY, RUSSIA, CHINA OR NORTH KOREA.
YOU WILL FIND MORE LIKE MINDED PEOPLE IN THOSE COUNTRIES THAN YOU WILL IN THE USA.

CAPS LOCK DOESN'T MAKE YOUR POINT ANY STRONGER.

 

[Papageorgio]

Why is the regime supporting Orban? An authoritarian leader.

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/07/jd-vance-visits-hungary-viktor-orban-trump-russia-eu.html[/URL

http://Norhing to do with my post

 

[Anathema]

INSTEAD OF CHANGING THE USA TO FIT A MINORITIES WISH FOR AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT, THOSE WANTING AN AUTHORITARIAN GOVERNMENT SHOULD TRY, RUSSIA, CHINA OR NORTH KOREA.
YOU WILL FIND MORE LIKE MINDED PEOPLE IN THOSE COUNTRIES THAN YOU WILL IN THE USA.

My family built this country jackass. For almost 400 years we’ve worked and fought for it. We didn’t do it to see our money taken by the government and given to worthless wastes of flesh and oxygen who don’t even have the decency to accept their place and say thank you when they encounter a hard working, tax paying citizen. Instead they demand more handouts from our pockets.

I’m sorry but they shouldn’t get a say in how things are run when all they do is take, take, take. It’s not just the immigrants either. It’s often just the lazy, shiftless pieces of shit. The politicians theory example of this possible. It’s time for Americans to take America back FOR REAL AMERICANS ONLY!!!

 

[Rawley]

I do?

From the nonsense you post here, unquestionably.

Do you worship Trump's genitals? No, you kiss his ass.

Damn, why are you cultists consumed with sexual imagery of Trump? It's messed up.