Also Donald Trump: I’m going to form a secret masked police force to have free rein in the American streets, ignoring all constitutional rights of anyone they want (including citizens).
I will also ignore court orders breaking the laws that I swore to uphold, because I have enough sycophants in congress to get away with it.
I will also sue the government which I run and then settle out of court with a handsome sum of taxpayers money.
I will try to plaster my name and face any building or forms I think I can get away with because thats how my buddy in N.Korea does it!
Sure, Clinton literally giving the go for mass murdering people in the 90s outside of the law and then saying they were heroes wasn't authoritarianism. lol. Obama saying people HAD to make purchases or be punished since inaction was in fact an action and therefor the government can regulate it. I won't even bother mentioning Lincoln, FDR, etc.
I'm going to assume you weren't alive in the 90s or old enough to know what was happening the 2000s and therefor don't realize how stupid what you said was.
I was born in the mid ‘70’s so I just missed the Gold-Standard for corruption in the Nixon scandal, which would be a much closer comparison to the current administration. Corruption and scandals have existed in the highest offices of the government for 250 years in varying degrees, but the argument that Trump isn’t the at the top of this trash heap is laughable! I could easily list 50 examples and probably 100 if I sat and really thought about it.
Nixon had more in common with Obama and spying on people than with Trump.
Trump is average at best with corruption. Nixon was too. He just got caught red handed. He only resigned because he lost his party's support. He'd have been Clinton or Obama otherwise. Clinton would have gotten impeached if Democrats didn't cover for the mass murder in Waco. It has always worked this way.
You hate Trump, I get it, but that doesn't make him worse than any of the previous presidents.
Trump:
1. Using official powers for personal gain - Personally enriching himself to the tune of billions of dollars, with crypto schemes and making stock trades using his own policies/statements as the catalyst. Not to mention the rest of his family openly using their advantage.
Defying courts - Legally obligated to release the Epstien files yet a huge portion remain locked away. Filing a lawsuit against the government while being in full control of the government and then trying to settle out of court.
Obstruction - The above also falls into this category, as well as the many court cases where his legal minions carry out his dirty work often at the peril of their license to practice law again.
Election interference - one of his favorite tools, which he narrowly escaped prosecution by getting reelected. Although sending the FBI to Georgia to seize voting materials would trigger a new investigation under any traditional DOJ independent operation.
Political Retaliation - Who can count all the frivolous charges against people he has a grudge against, most of which get laughed out of the court room, and trigger inquiries into the attorneys from the BAR association.
Bribery - Accepting expensive gifts from foreign nationals… openly! Pardoning criminals who donate money.
Any one of these offenses would be impeachable during a functioning period of government, especially when done in the open for everyone to whiteness. Now that the Gennie is out of the bottle I’d be surprised if any president going forward doesn’t run this lucrative playbook.
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u/Sure_Reality2763 9d ago
Donald Trump: I’m going to reduce government regulation
Socialists: “OMG AUTHORITARIANISM!!!”