The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America

Shiftless2 said:
" Neither of them [Bill or Hil] are stupid (or naive)." S2 #2,461
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In the now familiar comparison of Trump to Hitler, some may overlook the fact that Hitler's domestic political opposition diminished as Hitler consolidated his own political power.
Is that not what Trump has done to congress? Speaker Johnson not Trump's lap dog?
Trump may get some criticism here or there from within the GOP, but there is no obvious law-&-order anti-Trump political blowback within the GOP powerful enough to set the U.S. and the world right again. And Greenland girds for War.

- fine -

But even if the Clinton's intend to take this to the mat, can we deny the David & Goliath similarity?
The Clinton's were a formidable political influence when they held public office.

What have they got now? Government pensions and some Secret Service protection?

I wish them well.
I do not expect them to succeed alone.
 
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The Pentagon has ordered 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota amid growing unrest. Not overseas. Not a hurricane response. Not a foreign war. Minneapolis. Right now. In response to protests sparked by the fatal shooting of Renee Nicole Good by an ICE agent.

This could be an inflection point.

The administration insists this is “just preparation,” that no final decision has been made. But preparation is the point. Infantry units from the 11th Airborne Division — trained for combat, not crowd control — have been put on standby while the president publicly threatens to invoke the Insurrection Act, a relic of 19th-century law designed to crush rebellions, now being dusted off to intimidate civilians demanding accountability.

Let’s be clear about what’s happening. Federal immigration enforcement expands aggressively into communities. A civilian is killed. Protests erupt. And instead of de-escalation, transparency, or justice, the response is escalation — CBP guarding federal buildings, ICE agents framed as “patriots,” protesters labeled “insurrectionists,” and the military quietly moved into position.

This is not about public safety. This is about power.

Every autocratic turn in modern history follows the same script: redefine dissent as disorder, elevate police and security forces as the last line of “law,” and normalize the presence of soldiers in civilian life. The language hardens. The laws stretch. The precedent sets.

Once the Insurrection Act is invoked, the line between civilian governance and military force doesn’t just blur — it collapses.

What’s being tested in Minneapolis isn’t just crowd control. It’s whether Americans will accept armed troops as a response to protest, whether we’ll shrug as the military is positioned against its own people, whether fear will override memory.

And once this door opens, it rarely closes quietly.

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Shiftless2 said:
"The Pentagon has ordered 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for a possible deployment to Minnesota ..." #2,464
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S2,
I was puzzled about Trump's expressed concern about Iranian protestors, and the ayatollah's reaction.
Trump doesn't seem to care much if at all for U.S. citizens. Not clear to me why Trump would care about Iranian protestors.

Perhaps S2 your #2,464 offers insight:
is Trump's interest in Iran out of Trump's own concern about how Trump should / can handle similar anti-government protests? Trump: an OJT authoritarian.
 
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