Countering the Trump "Dictatorship"

For John, BLUF:  Some, like Ms Mary B McCord, thinks it is close to 27 February 1933.  Nothing to see here; just move along.

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Hysteria on the Left Grows That Trump Will Use the Military in 'Dictatorial Ways' If He's Elected

From PJ Media, by RICK MORAN | 1:16 PM ON JANUARY 14, 2024.

Here is the lede plus five:

Every time I read an article that imagines a dystopian world if Donald Trump is elected,  I say to myself, "Well, surely they've reached the limit of anti-Trump hysteria, right?"

Not by a long shot.  And don't call me Shirley.

This one on the NBC News website took four leftists to write.  "Fears grow that Trump will use the military in ‘dictatorial ways’ if he returns to the White House" is a fantasy worthy of Tolkien.  It's Trump teams up with Sauron; all that's missing are some orcs.

Peter Nicholas, Katherine Doyle, Megan Lebowitz, and Courtney Kube all work for NBC News and are fearful that because all the adults in the room who made sure that Trump didn't blow up the world and do very bad, very un-American things during his first term are gone and Trump wouldn't have any adult supervision in a second term, he would therefore establish a military dictatorship...or something.

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES!

The premise of this fantastical thesis is that even though Trump didn't even try to do unconstitutional stuff in his first term, it's guaranteed that Trump, the authoritarian, will do it this time because...because...because the left says so.

Yes, Candidate Trump did say, in a jocular manner that on Day 1 he would be a dictator and close the border and restart energy independence.  He then said that after that we would proceed in natural order.

In my mind I find the current occupant of the White House to be fringing on Dictatorship.  For example, he seems to be ignoring the Constitution in waiving student loan debt.  Washington State Democrat Representative Pramila Jayapal has recently accused President Biden of violating the Constitution in his attacks on Houthi units attacking shipping in the Red Sea.  Then there is the question of if President Biden is turning us into a Banana Republic by conducting Lawfare against a likely opponent in the 2024 Presidential Race.

Candidate Trump did say that winning would be his best revenge.

On the other hand, thre is a theory out there amongst the supporters of Candidate Trump that Alex Soros, son of the wealthy George Soros, Tweeted out a suggestion that Mr Trump needs to be assassinated.  Ugh!

Hat tip to the InstaPundit.

Regards  —  Cliff