1. How often have we had this conversation: A: "Trump is an aspiring authoritarian" B: "Actually, he's just an incompetent buffoon." In truth, it's not just that Trump is both an authoritarian & a buffoon but that this combination (a common one) makes him more dangerous.
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3. Another fall back position now that the army isn't doing what he wants is mercenaries. We might already be seeing some fo that.https://twitter.com/dfriedman33/status/1267936203522932738 …
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4. The more Trump's incompetence frustrates his ability to carry out what he wants, the more he'll lash out: a fairly common dynamic in authoritarian regimes. He still has enough power -- especially via figures like Barr -- to do real damage. More here:https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-military-weakness/ …
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The idea was always to get street fighting to occur first between militias and "antifa" and then use it as a pretext
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Looking at the videos on white nationalists’ twitter account of armed whites showing up to the marches seems to imply the brown shirts are ready.
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Trump's fallback is not his incompetence but his Republican support base. They would have given away hand to have a competent leader
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Even that gives him too much assumed power - he’s a talking head for the pentagon & the police state, not an autonomous dictator king.
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Quash, Jeet; a squash is a vegetable.
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