Monday, January 15, 2024

Weimar: Healthy societies don't produce Hitlers

Editor's note: America's systemic problems are not external. China has no plans to war on America and neither does Russia. All of America's internal problems are caused by private corporate allegiances like to the British that are intentionally fracturing America. The American political class and leadership have created a rotting ugly dysfunctional unmitigated disaster. What the political class in America are deeply concerned about and rightly so when Donald Trump moves into the White House - again - is Trump using the US military to "remove hinderances and obstacles" that are threatening America internally. Only this kind of thing can happen in a Weimar: United Airlines CEO is a cross-dressing freak. It happened in Germany and it can easily happen again in America. It's a fatal position to be in when Americans are looking for their "savior."

If they think Trump is Hitler, they should admit we're Weimar
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Source: MSN

Fears grow that Trump will use the military in 'dictatorial ways' if he returns to the White House

By Jake Traylor, Peter Nicholas, Katherine Doyle, Megan Lebowitz and Courtney Kube | January 15, 2023

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is sparking fears among those who understand the inner workings of the Pentagon that he would convert the nonpartisan U.S. military into the muscular arm of his political agenda as he makes comments about dictatorship and devalues the checks and balances that underpin the nation's two-century-old democracy.

A circle of appointees independent of Trump's political operation steered him away from ideas that would have pushed the limits of presidential power in his last term, according to books they've written and testimony given to Congress. Most were gone by the end. In a new term, many former officials worry that Trump would instead surround himself with loyalists unwilling to say no.

Trump has raised fresh questions about his intentions if he regains power by putting forward a legal theory that a president would be free to do nearly anything with impunity — including assassinate political rivals — so long as Congress can't muster the votes to impeach him and throw him out of office.

Now, bracing for Trump's potential return, a loose-knit network of public interest groups and lawmakers is quietly devising plans to try to foil any efforts to expand presidential power, which could include pressuring the military to cater to his political needs.

Those taking part in the effort told NBC News they are studying Trump's past actions and 2024 policy positions so that they will be ready if he wins in November. That involves preparing to take legal action and send letters to Trump appointees spelling out consequences they’d face if they undermine constitutional norms.

"We're already starting to put together a team to think through the most damaging types of things that he [Trump] might do so that we're ready to bring lawsuits if we have to," said Mary McCord, executive director of the Institution for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection at Georgetown Law.

Part of the aim is to identify like-minded organizations and create a coalition to challenge Trump from day one, those taking part in the discussions said. Some participants are combing through policy papers being crafted for a future conservative administration. They're also watching the interviews that Trump allies are giving to the press for clues to how a Trump sequel would look.
 
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