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[–]LGBTQIAIDSAnally Injected Death Sentence 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I think this is the moment to reflect on how Trump these past seven years has really been one of the most bizarre characters in human history. Somehow, the man seems to survive everything: among them Comey, Mueller, Strzok, Omarosa, the Russiagate conspiracy theory... and now it looks like he'll survive the 'January 6 was a planned coup' conspiracy theory even with all of these 'deep state' hacks going after him. All the while, they're so transparently avoiding the problems of crack cocaine, the whole 'incest with his niece' thing and other problems surrounding Hunter Biden; that is, someone who clearly has been up to some illegal things.

Now, you should see the reaction to his latest speech at CPAC. Trump Derangement Syndrome is coming back in full force as we near the mid-terms. Look at the absurd conclusions that some quoted idiot reaches in this article (https://web.archive.org/web/20220809060103/https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2697558734427/trump-s-108-minute-cpac-speech-is-branded-unapologetic-fascism-with-blood-and-soil-rhetoric):

He claimed that President Joe Biden “surrendered our strength and our everything” when withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan, adding that “they surrendered our dignity”.

Texas Monthly senior editor Mr Hardy tweeted that Mr Trump’s language about the withdrawal from Afghanistan echoed “the Nazi ‘stab in the back theory’ of losing WWI”.

I simply have no idea how one could arrive at the conclusion that mere criticism of Biden or even the Democrats more broadly even remotely amounts to any broad brush that the NatSocs have been accused of painting Jews with.

“The streets of our Democrat-run cities are drenched in the blood of innocent victims,” Mr Trump went on to claim. “Bullets are killing little beautiful little children who never had a chance. Carjackers lay in wait like predators.”

"This is some literal blood-and-soil rhetoric," Mr Hardy said, referring to the Nazi slogan expressing the idea that “ethnic identity is based on only blood descent and the territory in which an individual lives”, according to CNN.

Likewise, just where exactly is the reference to 'blood-and-soil' or 'ethnic identity' in the above? At very most his words might be viewed as targeting Democrats, spree shooters and 'carjackers'—none of whom are ethnic groups, and none of whom should be above criticism. And if we use that to determine who he might not be targeting: non-Democrats, non-spree shooters and non-carjackers, again we arrive at absolutely no positive affirmation of any ethnic group.

"We need the courage to say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done," Mr Trump added.

"This is a rallying cry for street violence and worse," Mr Hardy tweeted.

Again, I have no idea how that could be interpreted as even implicitly calling for violence. This Hardy moron is simply reading all sorts of things into Trump's words in order to preserve his own delusional worldview. No amount of saying 'what needs to be said' amounts to violence, and interpreting an incredibly broad 'do[ing] what needs to be done' much more narrowly as an implicit call for violence is simply paranoid nonsense.

After calling for the relocation of the homeless from large cities, calling migrants crossing the southern border an “invasion”, and listing instances of undocumented migrants committing murder, Mr Hardy tweeted that “Trump’s rhetoric is significantly more extreme than even a few years ago. This might be [the] most frightening speech I’ve ever heard. Full-on, unapologetic fascism”.

I have no idea what is 'fascistic' about opposing illegal immigration nor about drawing attention to real cases of illegal immigrants committing murders.

Here, ignorance of real problems is being promoted merely because appreciating the problem for what it is might possibly lead some closer to 'fascism'. And, well, better to remain ignorant than to even risk moving 0.01% closer towards 'fascism', right?

Next, we go back to an ad Hitlerum. Yep, Hitler lives on in these people's deranged minds, rent free. He's still giving these clowns nightmares 77 years later.

“Trump has either been reading Mein Kampf or having someone read it to him,” Mr Hardy added.

He went on to say that “this is some seriously bloodthirsty s**t”.

Mr Hardy tweeted that Mr Trump called for “new legislation allowing [the] president to remove any government employee they deem corrupt. This is a call for a total purge of government”.

Somehow, allowing the President to remove select employees means that Trump... wants to 'purge' the entire government. Again, merely jumping at absurd conclusions. Moreover, Congress would almost certainly still have the ability to veto these kinds of orders even if this power was technically bestowed upon the Executive, just as Congress can already block practically anything (including Executive Orders) that the President signs.

tl;dr: Trump Derangement Syndrome is alive and well, the sheer desperation to find a way to imprison Trump so that the Republicans will be forced to choose a less popular candidate has led to 'deep state' spooks literally raiding Trump's home.

[–]WhiteZealotWhite Nationalist 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Constitutionally, the president has the power to fire the entire executive branch immediately and at will. All executive power rests in the president (Article II, Section 1, Clause 1). Any power exercised by any member of the executive branch is only power delegated from the president.