Let that sink in for a moment.
The Poisoning of Presidential PowerRobert ReichJul 15, 2025Three examples from just the last week.On Saturday, Trump said, “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.”He called O’Donnell a “threat to humanity” and said she should remain in Ireland, where she moved in January after Trump won a second term.O’Donnell responded on Instagram: “The president of the USA has always hated the fact that I see him for who he is — a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself.”A central feature of Trump’s second term is his poisoning of the power of the presidency for personal ends, such as wanting to get even with O’Donnell for having expressed negative views about him.
All the dictators did it. It is one of the traits of dictator is to quell the opposition! Not just those who Trump threaten are in fear but all others who are like her, a naturalized US citizen are worried. That is the nature of an authoritarian. Rule by fear. Not just about what Trump can do, But what his Gestapo can do.
Tyrants view educated citizens as their enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking the Dept. of Education, science, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's fascism.
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Robert Reich
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