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

The parallels continue.

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Rebecca K. Reynolds​

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"Our universities are filled with liberal professors who teach students to hate this country! They are breeding grounds for godless, leftist propaganda."

"The press is no better. Those liberal reporters despise our nation. They spread lies with the intention of destroying this country."

"Our public museums have been corrupted! They work overtime to make this nation look bad! They do whatever they can to make white, Christian people look like criminals! This is not helpful!


"This is not free speech. It's a strategic, systematic, leftist demolition of all that is sacred and true. We cannot let corrupt judges prevent us from protecting this country! We must take a hard stand against the poisoning of the youth and the poisoning of the public, or we will no longer have a nation!"
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This is the language of Gleichschaltung, a key strategy employed by Nazi Germany after Hitler's rise to power in 1933.

Gleichschaltung attempted to bring all of German society, politics, and culture under Nazi control. The term loosely means "synchronization."

Institutional takeover was essential to Gleichschaltung. Leaders in all influential groups were removed and replaced with loyalists. These groups included government bureaucracy, legal systems, educational systems, cultural organizations, and professional associations. For example:

A. Unsympathetic judges were targeted and removed.
B. "Undesirable" university students were systematically purged from campuses. Funding was strategically wielded to influence what was taught on campuses.
C. Quack herbalism and homeopathy (Naturheilkunde) were elevated while many brilliant scientists were moved out of the medical profession
D. Unqualified loyalists were chosen to fill many cabinet positions. People without sufficient experience who expressed early and fervent allegiance to Hitler were regularly chosen to lead the nation.
E. Media control grew. Unsympathetic reporters were routinely denied access to government press conferences, Nazi Party rallies, and other significant events. Only approved journalists from Nazi-friendly publications received official invitations and press passes. For major events, journalists were often required to stay in designated areas and follow specific guidelines about what they could report. Those who violated these rules lost their credentials.
F. Economic alignment was attempted through tariffs. In an attempt to make Germany self-sufficient, Hitler imposed deep and sweeping tariffs soon after his election. This angered the world and caused major economic problems in Nazi Germany.
G. Opposing political parties were targeted for defunding. Attempts were made to squelch fundraising for opposing parties. Property was seized, donors were intimidated, and eventually opposing parties were outlawed.
H. The purpose of women was streamlined with concepts such as "Kinder, Küche, Kirche" (Children, Kitchen, Church), which appealed to conservative Christians by emphasizing women's traditional roles. The Nazi regime also instituted the Mother's Cross award (Mutterkreuz), which honored women with large families.

These actions were not presented as authoritarian moves, but as attempts to protect Germans from perversion, abuse, and harm.

Citizens were regularly warned about the dangers of diseased and criminal foreigners, assured that Hitler was purifying the nation so that it could become a haven for "traditional" values while ridding itself from dark secular, communist influences.
 
Shiftless2 said:

Rebecca K. Reynolds​

"Institutional takeover was essential to Gleichschaltung. Leaders in all influential groups were removed and replaced with loyalists. These groups included government bureaucracy, legal systems, educational systems, cultural organizations, and professional associations." #621
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And the reaction of the nation which has victimized itself this way is to look on mostly passively, noting the historic precedents foretelling what is likely to come.

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Madness !
 
Another Every Day HERO! She has great integrity and her students are better for it!

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Patriann Tsaum​

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Secretary of Education and WWE faux-wrestling promoter, Linda McMahon, and the Trump administration gave schools 10 days to gut their equity programs or lose funding. One superintendent responded with a letter so clear, so bold, and so unapologetically righteous, it deserves to be read in full. PLEASE READ, to see if this makes sense to you.

April 8, 2025

To Whom It May (Unfortunately) Concern at the U.S. Department of Education:

Thank you for your April 3 memorandum, which I read several times — not because it was legally persuasive, but because I kept checking to see if it was satire. Alas, it appears you are serious.

You’ve asked me, as superintendent of a public school district, to sign a "certification" declaring that we are not violating federal civil rights law — by, apparently, acknowledging that civil rights issues still exist. You cite Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, then proceed to argue that offering targeted support to historically marginalized students is somehow discriminatory.

That’s not just legally incoherent — it’s a philosophical Möbius strip of bad faith.

Let me see if I understand your logic:

If we acknowledge racial disparities, that’s racism.

If we help English learners catch up, that’s favoritism.

If we give a disabled child a reading aide, we’re denying someone else the chance to struggle equally.

And if we train teachers to understand bias, we’re indoctrinating them — but if we train them to ignore it, we’re “restoring neutrality”?

How convenient that your sudden concern for “equal treatment” seems to apply only when it’s used to silence conversations about race, identity, or inequality.

Let’s talk about our English learners. Would you like us to stop offering translation services during parent-teacher conferences? Should we cancel bilingual support staff to avoid the appearance of “special treatment”? Or would you prefer we just teach all content in English and hope for the best, since acknowledging linguistic barriers now counts as discrimination?

And while we’re at it — what’s your official stance on IEPs? Because last I checked, individualized education plans intentionally give students with disabilities extra support.

Should we start removing accommodations to avoid offending the able-bodied majority? Maybe cancel occupational therapy altogether so no one feels left out?

If a student with a learning disability receives extended time on a test, should we now give everyone extended time, even if they don’t need it? Just to keep the playing field sufficiently flat and unthinking?

Your letter paints equity as a threat. But equity is not the threat. It’s the antidote to decades of failure. Equity is what ensures all students have a fair shot. Equity is what makes it possible for a child with a speech impediment to present at the science fair. It’s what helps the nonverbal kindergartner use an AAC device. It’s what gets the newcomer from
Ukraine the ESL support she needs without being left behind.

And let’s not skip past the most insulting part of your directive — the ten-day deadline. A national directive sent to thousands of districts with the subtlety of a ransom note, demanding signatures within a week and a half or else you’ll cut funding that supports... wait for it... low-income students, disabled students, and English learners.

Brilliant. Just brilliant. A moral victory for bullies and bureaucrats everywhere.

So no, we will not be signing your “certification.”

We are not interested in joining your theater of compliance.

We are not interested in gutting equity programs that serve actual children in exchange for your political approval.

We are not interested in abandoning our legal, ethical, and educational responsibilities to satisfy your fear of facts.

We are interested in teaching the truth.

We are interested in honoring our students’ identities.

We are interested in building a school system where no child is invisible, and no teacher is punished for caring too much.

And yes — we are prepared to fight this. In the courts. In the press. In the community. In Congress, if need be.

Because this district will not be remembered as the one that folded under pressure.

We will be remembered as the one that stood its ground — not for politics, but for kids.

Sincerely,

District Superintendent
Still Teaching. Still Caring. Still Not Signing.

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I'm sure Donnie will claim this is a great victory - it was, but not for him

China has won the trade war with Trump​

Matthew Lynn

his weekend, the United States struck a deal with China that will see American tariffs on Beijing’s exports come back down to manageable levels again, while China will lower its levies on imports from the US. The giant container ports on both sides of the Pacific can now be re-opened. The factories across China can get back to work, and Wal-Mart and Target can start placing orders again. The global economy can start moving once more – but significantly, it will very quickly become clear who has won the tariff war: China.

The deal that was announced this morning in Switzerland, where negotiations took place, by the US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessant appears very simple. The US will reduce its tariffs on Chinese imports from 145 per cent to 30 per cent, while China will cut its from 125 per cent to just 10 per cent. For now, it is just a 90-day pause, but it already looks likely that over the next three months a more permanent agreement will be worked out. Stock markets around the world celebrated the news, with equities jumping in Europe, and with the main indices on Wall Street expected to rise 2 per cent or more when they open.

If the deal sticks, the ‘tariff war’ between Donald Trump and China is effectively over. Sure, a 30 per cent levy on the American side is still significant, but there already appears to be negotiating space for it to come down to 10 per cent. Chinese manufacturers are so competitive, and make so much progress in productivity, that they can absorb that without too much damage. In reality, the world’s most important trading relationship between its two largest economies can get back to normal.

The more significant point is surely this. China made very few concessions to get this deal. It has not opened up its market to the American tech giants, or agreed to ship fewer goods across the Pacific, or buy more planes or pharmaceuticals from the US, or indeed to scale back its attempts to move into higher value industries such as autos, Artificial Intelligence or aerospace.

Instead, President Trump has looked at the potentially devastating impact that cutting the US off from Chinese imports would have on the economy and blinked. He was not ready to ride out the inevitable spike in inflation or the likely recession. For China, that is clearly a victory. The US needs China more than China needs the US. With that becoming increasingly clear, the US won’t restart the trade war any time soon – and China can resume its long-term plan of turning itself into the world’s dominant economy.

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China has won the trade war with Trump

The factories across China can get back to work, while Wal-Mart and Target can start placing orders again.
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I'm sure Donnie will claim this is a great victory - it was, but not for him S2 #625
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For those that have been spared the anguish of the past decade of Trump headlines,
legitimate politicians are interested in favorable outcomes.

Trump is interested in dramatic process, and seems indifferent to outcome as long as he can rhetorically tout it as a favorable accomplishment.

President of the United States Donald J. Trump may have swindled more billions of humans than anyone else in history. The greatest swindler of all time, so far.

Will there ever be a better epitaph for this two-term two-timer ?

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China has won #625​

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Trump has one also, but Stormy Daniels says it's not very big.
 
Ask a former U.S. president what they miss most about holding the office, he's likely to reply: "Air Force One".

Trump plans to accept luxury 747 from Qatar to use as Air Force One​

By Jeff Mason and Joseph Ax / May 12, 20253:04 AM GMT-5
May 11 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump's administration intends to accept a Boeing 747-8 airplane as a gift from the Qatari royal family that would be outfitted to serve as Air Force One, according to a source briefed on the matter.
The luxury plane, which would be one of the most valuable gifts ever received by the U.S. government, would eventually be donated to Trump's presidential library after he leaves office, the source said. A new commercial 747-8 costs approximately $400 million.
Trump has expressed frustration at the delays in delivering two new 747-8 aircraft to serve as an updated Air Force One. During his first term, Trump had reached a deal with Boeing to deliver the jets in 2024. A U.S. Air Force official told Congress last week that Boeing had proposed finishing the planes by 2027.
A Qatari spokesperson, Ali Al-Ansari, said in a statement that the possible transfer of an aircraft for temporary use as Air Force One was still under consideration between Qatar's Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Department of Defense and "no decision has been made".

This Qatari "gift" has not been officially exhaustively investigated and officially approved.
It appears to be an obvious violation of the Constitution's emoluments clause.

There are many issues involved, including information security risks, if the aircraft has been bugged.
And presidential security may be at risk, if the aircraft has been sabotaged with a remote-control bomb.

Even if the "gift" from Qatar to Trump ("the U.S.") is as safe and secure as it would be if delivered directly from Boeing, would it not complicate if not cripple the U.S.' ability to conduct "objective", unbiased foreign affairs, including mediating disputes within the Middle East, and beyond?
 
The argument has been made that the gift is legal because the plane is being given to the Air Force, not Trump personally, and when he leaves office it will be transferred to a non-profit.
 
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