As a tuxedoed former President Donald Trump stood on a stage in Manhattan on Saturday night and doubled down on past quips about being a “dictator,” at least one member of the audience had real ties to actual historical dictatorships.
“You must always be doing things and obviously succeeding. The hard part is to keep people always at the window because of the spectacle you put on for them. And you must do this for years.” ― Benito Mussolini
What if it’s not all a joke?
It also nodded at the irony in Trump and his allies’ insistence that his strongman bluster shouldn’t be taken seriously
We failed to take Donnie seriously the last time…but we definitely took him seriously in 2020.
Donnie is nothing but a cheap imitator of European right wing politics. Also how in the Hell is Patel supporting himself these past three years?
If he gets back into office are we getting what we deserve? Both answers seem equally terrible.
From CNN’s Kristin Wilson and Haley Talbot
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I’m with Hunter. I hold the House in contempt.
Neoclassical style? WTF?
When the rich get rich enough, fascism is the product. Their sons assure it.
Just a lot of people with money and no knowledge.
When do the rich ever decide they are rich enough?
doubled down on past quips about being a “dictator,”
FFS TPM don’t join the rest of the lamestream press and normalize this shit. If TMFWWNBN gets re-elected, he will be dictator for life. How many times does he need to say it out loud?
Rich enough to take over the government and bend it to their will.
We have no country. We have a corporate courtesanship.
When will the MSM start showing Trump speak and Hitler speak side by side on the evening news?
Unless McDonalds kills him, dotard is going to be up for another shot at the WH. We defeat him again, or lose the country, and likely the world.
We seem to have set the Wayback Machine back to the 1930’s, when the Fascists and Nazis were defining and refining their messages for the next decade. When the Defendant, currently out on bail, says the next War will be WWII, that is exactly what it means to him. He wants to complete what Hitler was unable to do.
What is left of Democracy in this country needs to stop him. Because no one else will.
ETA: Even Jack Smith can’t do it all by himself…
“I think this point about being a dictator for one day is he’s going to hit the ground running,” they said.
Oh, he’ll be running, all right.He’s already running, and not just for President. But he won’t get away; the law will win the race. His luck and his ability to intimidate the judicial process have run out.
All of those Nazis under one roof. Where are the Jewish space lasers when we need them the most?
May this be so! But, it will only happen if we we are far more on the offensive side of things, and less on the defensive. We need to attack these criminals like we were Jack Smith. And, by criminals, I’m talking about almost half of Congress and the majority of SCOTUS. For pete’s sake, we ARE smarter than Kash Paetel and Steve Bannon, aren’t we?
If Greasy Macs kills him MAGA America will burn everyone of them.
I don’t know, but here’s that outfit’s insignia:
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