U.S. Moves To the Extreme Right–But For How Long?
Re: the meme here, no, this is not fascism. It’s an attempt at fascism, but it will ultimately prove to be a failed attempt.
Americans will not accept and normalize this. If Trump miraculously remains in office until 2020, he’ll be gone then, and we all will have learned a good lesson.
Craig,
WTF ? Has your obsession with hating the President completely derailed your capacity for rational thought ?
Calm down, it won’t be a “miracle” if the President finishes his first term, in fact the odds are looking good for his re-election. (depending on the economy over the next two years).
Only in a bizzaro world does any of your little list make sense !
1) It’s not “fascism” for the President to respond to relentless attacks by sections of the media, it’s his constitutional right. “Freedom of the press” means the right of the press to publish and freedom to be criticized in turn. Banning, or closing down media outlets is more on the way to fascism. Refusing to put up with harassment and media bullying, isn’t “fascist” in fact it’s re3sisting crypto-fascists.
2) It’s not “fascism” for an elected President to openly criticize, the DoJ, FBI, and CIA . That’s the constitutional duty of Presidents. The elected President and elected members of Congress are the safeguards of citizens rights against unelected officials. That is the safeguard against “fascism”.
3) Praised two dictators ! That’s not “Fascism” , that’s diplomacy! Show me an American President who didn’t praise all kinds of despicable world leaders, in the name of diplomacy.
4)Undermined the Judiciary. Criticizing judges isn’t “Fascism”, every citizen has the right to criticize the Judiciary. It’s sometimes foolish, and bad mannered,but hardly fascism.
5) Openly obstructed justice. Still not “fascism” and there is not evidence the President has “openly”, or covertly obstructed justice in the legal sense. Even if he did, it’s simply committing an offense, not fascism.
6) Named oneself the “greatest” anything, isn’t “Fascism”, and trying to claim it is, is plain silly. It may be ego-ism, but all politicians have periods of ego-driven pomposity, it’s meaningless.
7) “Advertised ” a “nationalistic” rally. What does that even mean? What it does show, is you and “Translate Trump”, obviously have no idea of the principles of Fascism, or are just recklessly using the term as more meaningless abusive propaganda.
President Donald Trump is not a Fascist ! In fact, his refusal to continue the practice of rule by Presidential orders, instead sending issues back to Congress to legislate, proves him to be the opposite.
It’s quite possible to be a populist (even a bit of a demagogue) without being a “fascist”.
Almost 1 tweet every hour. Why couldn’t we elect a proper president instead of getting stuck with Clinton and Trump? In the end, we elected him which makes him our problem.