Trump’s coup succeeded.
Denial won’t help.
By Keith Thomas
2/22/2025
Mopping up.
I know that people won’t like reading this but Trump’s coup was successful. Führer Trump is now consolidating power. Or rather the people handling crazy grandpa are. People like the Christian Nationalists that are implementing Project 2025. It’s a long list of people that are doing away with our democracy. His administration is taking our government apart daily. Or rather President Musk is.
The Füher Trump’s abysmal cabinet picks were approved. Some MAGA Republicans in Congress made some noise but that was the extent of their opposition. Trump threatened them and they immediately fell in line. Paychecks before country. Once they were approved, they immediately flipped. Attorney General Bondi immediately started charging Trump’s political enemies and supporting him.
Füher Trump has the House, the Senate, and a good chunk of the judiciary already. They flatter their king, bend their knee and do his bidding. Now he’s putting himself in charge of heretofore independent agencies. He’s firing thousands of career civil servants that have worked for several administrations. He has muzzled the media for the most part. Much of what he is doing is illegal, but the fix is in.
As I mentioned in a previous post when Trump was campaigning, he told a group of his Christian Nationalists that they wouldn’t have to vote again. He was serious. That’s what the Christian Nationalist Project 2025 is all about. His MAGA stooges always have explanations for what he says and that he isn’t serious but history has told us that he is. Look at what he’s doing right now.
During Trump’s first administration his staff repeatedly committed Hatch Act violations.[1] Here’s what I noticed. Nothing happened. Nothing. Media reported the violations. That’s it. No one was punished. No one was removed.[2] There weren’t any consequences. Trump has spent his entire life dodging consequences for his actions.
I understand that people are putting their faith in the courts but Trump has been playing the judicial system his entire life. Some lower courts will apply the brakes on his authoritarian actions for a while, but he has 4 years. One case has already made it to his Supreme Court, where he already has 4 Supremes in his pocket. He played the courts and got reelected as a convicted felon. BTW that conviction can be overturned. His odds are pretty good in that regard.
If he can’t get what he wants from the Roberts Court, Trump will just expand and stack the court with judges like Eileen Cannon. MAGA Republicans will bluster and might hold some hearings but ultimately, they’ll give their master what he wants. They are not the people’s representatives.
They are Trump’s.
[1] https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/probe-finds-trump-officials-repeatedly-violated-hatch-act
[2]
https://hatchact.uslegal.com/penalties/
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