The US is trending towards authoritarian government under Trump

[marvin martian]

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.

LOL

 

[ElmerMudd]

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!!!

Your family has no more say than any of the millions of families that built this country.
Our founding fathers built a government with seperation of powers to prevent an authoritarian government.
Their wishes are more important than your families desire to change what they built.
Quit blaming your problems on others. Take accountasbility for yourself. You are your biggest problem, not immigrants, foreigners, liberals or whatever.

You are a selfish excuse maker

 

[ElmerMudd]

LOL

Not funny. Only people more loyal to Trump than our country feel that way.
History will define Trump, MAGA and you as a huge shit stain on the US and the world.

 

[marvin martian]

Your family has no more say than any of the millions of families that built this country.
Our founding fathers built a government with seperation of powers to prevent an authoritarian government.
Their wishes are more important than your families desire to change what they built.
Quit blaming your problems on others. Take accountasbility for yourself. You are your biggest problem, not immigrants, foreigners, liberals or whatever.

You are a selfish excuse maker

LOL

 

[ElmerMudd]

From the nonsense you post here, unquestionably.

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

Says the person that accused me of worshipping a vagina. You are what you hate.

 

[Rawley]

Says the person that accused me of worshipping a vagina. You are what you hate.

Sigh. Don't they have some reading comprehension classes at your cult meetings?

 

[dudmuck]

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.

 

[Lockback]

The Left can't meme.

 

[Anathema]

Your family has no more say than any of the millions of families that built this country.
Our founding fathers built a government with seperation of powers to prevent an authoritarian government.
Their wishes are more important than your families desire to change what they built.
Quit blaming your problems on others. Take accountasbility for yourself. You are your biggest problem, not immigrants, foreigners, liberals or whatever.

I’m sorry that you feel that way but you’re wrong. Those families who have been here since the beginning should be given preference and should have from the start. The Founding Fsthers were naive, incompetent fools. That’s why my family preferred the articles of Confederation to the Constitution.

I’m not blaming anyone for my problems. I’m outright accusing them of THEFT of my money, with the US Federal Government fully complicit in the act. My family doesn’t take charity, public or otherwise. We certainly do not give it to those unworthy of it.

Maybe it’s time we culled the entire US population down to those who should actually be here permanently.

 

[ElmerMudd]

I’m sorry that you feel that way but you’re wrong. Those families who have been here since the beginning should be given preference and should have from the start. The Founding Fsthers were naive, incompetent fools. That’s why my family preferred the articles of Confederation to the Constitution.

I’m not blaming anyone for my problems. I’m outright accusing them of THEFT of my money, with the US Federal Government fully complicit in the act. My family doesn’t take charity, public or otherwise. We certainly do not give it to those unworthy of it.

Maybe it’s time we culled the entire US population down to those who should actually be here permanently.

What about native Americans that have been here longer than anyone. Should they have preference to those who have not been here as long?

 

[Papageorgio]

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.

Then you must have no tolerance for yourself because few on this board are more addicted to their world view and distort and lie to make it true, than yourself.

Trump is not a good President, neither was Biden, Obama or Bush, the party doesn’t matter to me, all have been terrible and we need better candidates but with today’s divisions in party’s and the hate and vitriol they throw, I don’t see a smart person ever running for office.

No leave me out of your partisan BS.

 

[Hafar1014]

Trump us cutting back the power of government by tax cuts regulation cuts and firing 300000 useless government workers. Thats the opposite. Democrats increase the power of government and insert it into every aspect of our personal lives

 

[Marener]

Then you must have no tolerance for yourself because few on this board are more addicted to their world view and distort and lie to make it true, than yourself.

Trump is not a good President, neither was Biden, Obama or Bush, the party doesn’t matter to me, all have been terrible and we need better candidates but with today’s divisions in party’s and the hate and vitriol they throw, I don’t see a smart person ever running for office.

No leave me out of your partisan BS.

I try hard to maintain a connection to reality, which is why I actively seek out people who don't agree with me.

Cynicism will rot the country.

 

[martybegan]

You can do all of those things easier if you are an authoritarian government. A liberal President will be able to do more of what he wants, also.

The issue is seperation of powers. Look it up. That goes away, no more democracy. That works better for you when someone of your ideology is the leader but much worse for you if the leader is the opposite of your ideology.

Seperation of powers is why the US has survived and thrived over 250 years. Think long term, not short term.

An authoritarian government reduces the power of government?

Are your really that stupid?

 

[martybegan]

I try hard to maintain a connection to reality, which is why I actively seek out people who don't agree with me.

Cynicism will rot the country.

The reality where women have penises?

 

[Anathema]

What about native Americans that have been here longer than anyone. Should they have preference to those who have not been here as long?

No. You see my people didn’t come here to settle peacefully andclivecbrsidectge natives. They came here to CONQUER the native peoples, wipe them out if necessary and take the land. Thats exactly what my people did. The losers of the war don’t get to demand terms.

 

[Papageorgio]

I try hard to maintain a connection to reality, which is why I actively seek out people who don't agree with me.

Cynicism will rot the country.

I seek out others that disagree with me as well, not seeing your point, at all.

 

[Thinker101]

I try hard to maintain a connection to reality, which is why I actively seek out people who don't agree with me.

Cynicism will rot the country.

I do too, I always enjoy a good laugh.

 

[Marener]

I seek out others that disagree with me as well, not seeing your point, at all.

You're so desperate to maintain the "both sides are equally bad" because it gives you some sense of superiority over the "partisans".

 

[Marener]

An authoritarian government reduces the power of government?

Are your really that stupid?

Trump is expanding the power of the presidency while insulating himself from accountability.