trump 2.0, so far, in a nutshell.

[berg80]

After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.​

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t apply to him.

A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.

As revelations of rot in the Nixon administration tumbled out through the 1970s, Senator Lawton Chiles, Democrat of Florida, captured the alarm of the Watergate era: “Nothing will bring the Republic to its knees so quickly as a bone-deep mistrust of the government by its own people,” he said. “We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

The Watergate scandal had convulsed the nation. Coming near the end of the disastrous war in Vietnam, the scandal sent trust in the presidency into a tailspin. The sense of shock and shame prompted an extraordinary period of bipartisan congressional activism to impose checks on the power of the presidency.
Nearly all corners of the government were touched by the reforms, which included new ethical safeguards, strengthened protections for federal workers against political pressure, restrictions on the president’s power to unilaterally declare war. And a succession of attorneys general established rules to block White House involvement in Justice Department prosecutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/president-trump-powers-watergate.html

I am not among those who have said trump is in bed with Putin. That he is doing Vlad's bidding. But I have said, and continue to maintain, trump is indirectly advancing Putin's goal of degrading western democracies. By sowing division when unity is needed. By challenging constitutional restraints on the prez, violating institutional norms, weakening national security, and fomenting doubt about the integrity of elections. Putin could not achieve any of those things alone.

“We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.​

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t apply to him.

A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.

As revelations of rot in the Nixon administration tumbled out through the 1970s, Senator Lawton Chiles, Democrat of Florida, captured the alarm of the Watergate era: “Nothing will bring the Republic to its knees so quickly as a bone-deep mistrust of the government by its own people,” he said. “We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

The Watergate scandal had convulsed the nation. Coming near the end of the disastrous war in Vietnam, the scandal sent trust in the presidency into a tailspin. The sense of shock and shame prompted an extraordinary period of bipartisan congressional activism to impose checks on the power of the presidency.
Nearly all corners of the government were touched by the reforms, which included new ethical safeguards, strengthened protections for federal workers against political pressure, restrictions on the president’s power to unilaterally declare war. And a succession of attorneys general established rules to block White House involvement in Justice Department prosecutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/president-trump-powers-watergate.html

I am not among those who have said trump is in bed with Putin. That he is doing Vlad's bidding. But I have said, and continue to maintain, trump is indirectly advancing Putin's goal of degrading western democracies. By sowing division when unity is needed. By challenging constitutional restraints on the prez, violating institutional norms, weakening national security, and fomenting doubt about the integrity of elections. Putin could not achieve any of those things alone.

“We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.

But enough about Obama. And Biden.

 

[theHawk]

After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.​

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t apply to him.

A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.

As revelations of rot in the Nixon administration tumbled out through the 1970s, Senator Lawton Chiles, Democrat of Florida, captured the alarm of the Watergate era: “Nothing will bring the Republic to its knees so quickly as a bone-deep mistrust of the government by its own people,” he said. “We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

The Watergate scandal had convulsed the nation. Coming near the end of the disastrous war in Vietnam, the scandal sent trust in the presidency into a tailspin. The sense of shock and shame prompted an extraordinary period of bipartisan congressional activism to impose checks on the power of the presidency.
Nearly all corners of the government were touched by the reforms, which included new ethical safeguards, strengthened protections for federal workers against political pressure, restrictions on the president’s power to unilaterally declare war. And a succession of attorneys general established rules to block White House involvement in Justice Department prosecutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/president-trump-powers-watergate.html

I am not among those who have said trump is in bed with Putin. That he is doing Vlad's bidding. But I have said, and continue to maintain, trump is indirectly advancing Putin's goal of degrading western democracies. By sowing division when unity is needed. By challenging constitutional restraints on the prez, violating institutional norms, weakening national security, and fomenting doubt about the integrity of elections. Putin could not achieve any of those things alone.

“We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

^^ These liberal tears are delicious!

 

[Rawley]

After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.​

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t apply to him.

A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.

As revelations of rot in the Nixon administration tumbled out through the 1970s, Senator Lawton Chiles, Democrat of Florida, captured the alarm of the Watergate era: “Nothing will bring the Republic to its knees so quickly as a bone-deep mistrust of the government by its own people,” he said. “We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

The Watergate scandal had convulsed the nation. Coming near the end of the disastrous war in Vietnam, the scandal sent trust in the presidency into a tailspin. The sense of shock and shame prompted an extraordinary period of bipartisan congressional activism to impose checks on the power of the presidency.
Nearly all corners of the government were touched by the reforms, which included new ethical safeguards, strengthened protections for federal workers against political pressure, restrictions on the president’s power to unilaterally declare war. And a succession of attorneys general established rules to block White House involvement in Justice Department prosecutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/president-trump-powers-watergate.html

I am not among those who have said trump is in bed with Putin. That he is doing Vlad's bidding. But I have said, and continue to maintain, trump is indirectly advancing Putin's goal of degrading western democracies. By sowing division when unity is needed. By challenging constitutional restraints on the prez, violating institutional norms, weakening national security, and fomenting doubt about the integrity of elections. Putin could not achieve any of those things alone.

“We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

Translation: 'he's crushing my cult'

 

[martybegan]

After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.​

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t apply to him.

A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.

As revelations of rot in the Nixon administration tumbled out through the 1970s, Senator Lawton Chiles, Democrat of Florida, captured the alarm of the Watergate era: “Nothing will bring the Republic to its knees so quickly as a bone-deep mistrust of the government by its own people,” he said. “We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

The Watergate scandal had convulsed the nation. Coming near the end of the disastrous war in Vietnam, the scandal sent trust in the presidency into a tailspin. The sense of shock and shame prompted an extraordinary period of bipartisan congressional activism to impose checks on the power of the presidency.
Nearly all corners of the government were touched by the reforms, which included new ethical safeguards, strengthened protections for federal workers against political pressure, restrictions on the president’s power to unilaterally declare war. And a succession of attorneys general established rules to block White House involvement in Justice Department prosecutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/president-trump-powers-watergate.html

I am not among those who have said trump is in bed with Putin. That he is doing Vlad's bidding. But I have said, and continue to maintain, trump is indirectly advancing Putin's goal of degrading western democracies. By sowing division when unity is needed. By challenging constitutional restraints on the prez, violating institutional norms, weakening national security, and fomenting doubt about the integrity of elections. Putin could not achieve any of those things alone.

“We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

 

[Mac1958]

After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.​

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t apply to him.

A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.

As revelations of rot in the Nixon administration tumbled out through the 1970s, Senator Lawton Chiles, Democrat of Florida, captured the alarm of the Watergate era: “Nothing will bring the Republic to its knees so quickly as a bone-deep mistrust of the government by its own people,” he said. “We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

The Watergate scandal had convulsed the nation. Coming near the end of the disastrous war in Vietnam, the scandal sent trust in the presidency into a tailspin. The sense of shock and shame prompted an extraordinary period of bipartisan congressional activism to impose checks on the power of the presidency.
Nearly all corners of the government were touched by the reforms, which included new ethical safeguards, strengthened protections for federal workers against political pressure, restrictions on the president’s power to unilaterally declare war. And a succession of attorneys general established rules to block White House involvement in Justice Department prosecutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/president-trump-powers-watergate.html

I am not among those who have said trump is in bed with Putin. That he is doing Vlad's bidding. But I have said, and continue to maintain, trump is indirectly advancing Putin's goal of degrading western democracies. By sowing division when unity is needed. By challenging constitutional restraints on the prez, violating institutional norms, weakening national security, and fomenting doubt about the integrity of elections. Putin could not achieve any of those things alone.

“We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

Before Trump started his second season term, those of us across the political spectrum who were concerned were met with mockery when we expressed those concerns.

"He didn't do that in his first term, why would he do it in his second term?" they belched.

Well, the screamingly obvious answer to that stupid question was that he promised retribution, his juvenile temperament suggested aggressive personal revenge, and we assumed that this time around he'd surround himself with nothing but mindless, sycophantic True Believers who'd only enable all his worst impulses.

So, yeah, we were right.

 

[martybegan]

Before Trump started his second season term, those of us across the political spectrum who were concerned were met with mockery when we expressed those concerns.

"He didn't do that in his first term, why would he do it in his second term?" they belched.

Well, the screamingly obvious answer to that stupid question was that he promised retribution, his juvenile temperament suggested aggressive personal revenge, and we assumed that this time around he'd surround himself with nothing but mindless, sycophantic True Believers who'd only enable all his worst impulses.

So, yeah, we were right.

Only in your tight little Bluesky bubble.

 

[berg80]

^^ These liberal tears are delicious!

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That's what is called a non denial, denial.

 

[berg80]

Before Trump started his second season term, those of us across the political spectrum who were concerned were met with mockery when we expressed those concerns.

"He didn't do that in his first term, why would he do it in his second term?" they belched.

Well, the screamingly obvious answer to that stupid question was that he promised retribution, his juvenile temperament suggested aggressive personal revenge, and we assumed that this time around he'd surround himself with nothing but mindless, sycophantic True Believers who'd only enable all his worst impulses.

So, yeah, we were right.

The chaos and incompetence of trump 1.0 were certainly precursors to 2.0. So we were prepared for a shitstorm, or so we thought. What has transpired has exceeded my worst fears. Especially the lawlessness on so many fronts.

 

[Mac1958]

The chaos and incompetence of trump 1.0 were certainly precursors to 2.0. So we were prepared for a shitstorm, or so we thought. What has transpired has exceeded my worst fears. Especially the lawlessness on so many fronts.

Yeah, it's gone from a vague foreboding to an ugly reality.

I had already learned that America wasn't what I thought it was, but holy crap.

 

[berg80]

I had already learned that America wasn't what I thought it was, but holy crap.

I feel embarrassed that I was so naive as to think we truly were exceptional. We aren't. The existence of slavery and subsequent racist attitudes should have told me that.

This is different. Parts of the population are showing fascist proclivities you could not have convinced me existed before 2017.

 

[Mac1958]

I feel embarrassed that I was so naive as to think we truly were exceptional. We aren't. The existence of slavery and subsequent racist attitudes should have told me that.

This is different. Parts of the population are showing fascist proclivities you could not have convinced me existed before 2017.

Yeah, exactly the same here. I knew it existed to some degree, but nothing like this. Not even close.

 

[C_Clayton_Jones]

A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.

But enough about Obama. And Biden.

‘A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.’

And Trump has done the same with his lawless, criminal regime.

In fact, the crimes and corruption of the Trump retime are worse than Watergate.

 

[Oddball]

After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.​

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t apply to him.

A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.

As revelations of rot in the Nixon administration tumbled out through the 1970s, Senator Lawton Chiles, Democrat of Florida, captured the alarm of the Watergate era: “Nothing will bring the Republic to its knees so quickly as a bone-deep mistrust of the government by its own people,” he said. “We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

The Watergate scandal had convulsed the nation. Coming near the end of the disastrous war in Vietnam, the scandal sent trust in the presidency into a tailspin. The sense of shock and shame prompted an extraordinary period of bipartisan congressional activism to impose checks on the power of the presidency.
Nearly all corners of the government were touched by the reforms, which included new ethical safeguards, strengthened protections for federal workers against political pressure, restrictions on the president’s power to unilaterally declare war. And a succession of attorneys general established rules to block White House involvement in Justice Department prosecutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/president-trump-powers-watergate.html

I am not among those who have said trump is in bed with Putin. That he is doing Vlad's bidding. But I have said, and continue to maintain, trump is indirectly advancing Putin's goal of degrading western democracies. By sowing division when unity is needed. By challenging constitutional restraints on the prez, violating institutional norms, weakening national security, and fomenting doubt about the integrity of elections. Putin could not achieve any of those things alone.

“We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

 

[Toddsterpatriot]

In fact, the crimes and corruption of the Trump retime are worse than Watergate.

In fact, the crimes and corruption of the Obama regime are worse than Watergate.

 

[Concerned American]

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The best thing about it is that these TDS afficted morons don't realize that as long as they keep spouting their claptrap with every breath, they are just keeping him in the fore of the media and making him stronger and they look dumber---if that's possible.

 

[Independent thinker]

After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.​

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t apply to him.

A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.

As revelations of rot in the Nixon administration tumbled out through the 1970s, Senator Lawton Chiles, Democrat of Florida, captured the alarm of the Watergate era: “Nothing will bring the Republic to its knees so quickly as a bone-deep mistrust of the government by its own people,” he said. “We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

The Watergate scandal had convulsed the nation. Coming near the end of the disastrous war in Vietnam, the scandal sent trust in the presidency into a tailspin. The sense of shock and shame prompted an extraordinary period of bipartisan congressional activism to impose checks on the power of the presidency.
Nearly all corners of the government were touched by the reforms, which included new ethical safeguards, strengthened protections for federal workers against political pressure, restrictions on the president’s power to unilaterally declare war. And a succession of attorneys general established rules to block White House involvement in Justice Department prosecutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/president-trump-powers-watergate.html

I am not among those who have said trump is in bed with Putin. That he is doing Vlad's bidding. But I have said, and continue to maintain, trump is indirectly advancing Putin's goal of degrading western democracies. By sowing division when unity is needed. By challenging constitutional restraints on the prez, violating institutional norms, weakening national security, and fomenting doubt about the integrity of elections. Putin could not achieve any of those things alone.

“We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

You think about Trump 24/7. He lives in your mind day after day after day.

 

[Nostra]

After Watergate, the Presidency Was Tamed. Trump Is Unleashing It.​

In the 1970s, Congress passed a raft of laws to hold the White House accountable. President Trump has decided they don’t apply to him.

A power-hungry president had twisted the government into a tool for his personal political benefit. His aides kept an “enemies list” of opponents to be punished. His cronies ran the Justice Department and he made puppets of other agencies that were meant to be independent. Corporations that wanted favorable treatment from the White House were pressured to make illegal contributions to the president’s political coffers.

As revelations of rot in the Nixon administration tumbled out through the 1970s, Senator Lawton Chiles, Democrat of Florida, captured the alarm of the Watergate era: “Nothing will bring the Republic to its knees so quickly as a bone-deep mistrust of the government by its own people,” he said. “We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

The Watergate scandal had convulsed the nation. Coming near the end of the disastrous war in Vietnam, the scandal sent trust in the presidency into a tailspin. The sense of shock and shame prompted an extraordinary period of bipartisan congressional activism to impose checks on the power of the presidency.
Nearly all corners of the government were touched by the reforms, which included new ethical safeguards, strengthened protections for federal workers against political pressure, restrictions on the president’s power to unilaterally declare war. And a succession of attorneys general established rules to block White House involvement in Justice Department prosecutions.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/02/us/politics/president-trump-powers-watergate.html

I am not among those who have said trump is in bed with Putin. That he is doing Vlad's bidding. But I have said, and continue to maintain, trump is indirectly advancing Putin's goal of degrading western democracies. By sowing division when unity is needed. By challenging constitutional restraints on the prez, violating institutional norms, weakening national security, and fomenting doubt about the integrity of elections. Putin could not achieve any of those things alone.

“We have seen other democracies fall within our own lifetime. Fall through internal corruption rather than outside invasion.”

Lots of platitudes and bed wetting, no actual examples.


But hey, he is just trying to rile up the brain dead Dimtard short bus riding window lickers. Worked on you.



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[Nostra]

Before Trump started his second season term, those of us across the political spectrum who were concerned were met with mockery when we expressed those concerns.

"He didn't do that in his first term, why would he do it in his second term?" they belched.

Well, the screamingly obvious answer to that stupid question was that he promised retribution, his juvenile temperament suggested aggressive personal revenge, and we assumed that this time around he'd surround himself with nothing but mindless, sycophantic True Believers who'd only enable all his worst impulses.

So, yeah, we were right.

Relax. You are still well mocked.

 

[Nostra]

That's what is called a non denial, denial.

Lunatic ramblings don't need a deniel, Simp. They need mocking, which is what you are getting.