Donald Trumps coming police state: We have a president who wants unlimited power and wont respect
Donald Trump’s coming police state: We have a president who wants unlimited power and won’t respect the rule of law
He wasn't kidding about being the "law and order" president. What that will mean looks more chilling every day
Heather Digby Parton Wednesday, Feb 8, 2017 07:07 AM CST
It would appear that some of the folks who were hoping that Donald Trump was actually an isolationist “jobs” president, rather than the authoritarian white nationalist with imperial ambitions he clearly showed himself to be on the stump, are now being forced to face reality. Everything he has done since he was inaugurated proves him to be dead serious about unleashing the military and the police to enact his agenda, and he wants the other branches of government to understand that if they obstruct him he’s going to make sure his rabid followers know who to blame.
According to Ryan Lizza of the New Yorker, legal scholars of all stripes, even the torture advocate John Yoo, whom I wrote about on Tuesday, are disturbed by Trump’s executive actions and what he’s saying about them. Pretty much across the board, they anticipate that Trump will blame the courts , the media and the political opposition in the event of an attack. They believe he is anxious to use an attack as an excuse to “take the gloves off” in whatever way he deems necessary.
http://www.salon.com/2017/02/08/donald-trumps-coming-police-state-we-have-a-president-who-wants-unlimited-power-and-wont-respect-the-rule-of-law/
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