Former GOP ethics lawyer Richard Painter says Trump is the "American Nero," and democracy is in extreme danger https://www.salon.com/2020/03/09/fo...p-will-grab-as-much-power-as-he-possibly-can/ Donald Trump's presidency is a crisis. The examples are almost too numerous to list. He and his regime have assaulted the rule of law, undermined the Constitution, and normalized fascism and authoritarianism in America. Trump has publicly invited hostile foreign countries to interfere in America's elections in order to ensure that he stays in power — perhaps indefinitely. He uses Nazi-like language to threaten reporters, journalists, news outlets and other public voices who dare to criticize him. Trump and his regime have empowered white supremacists and other right-wing extremists by appointing them to senior policy-making positions in the federal government. Trump and his regime are gutting the social safety net still further, literally shortening the lives of millions of the most vulnerable Americans. Trump and his regime have ushered in an Orwellian reality where truth itself is under siege, fully mated with a kakistocracy and plutocracy. The federal judiciary has been filled with Trump's unqualified sycophants. Trump and Attorney General William Barr make threats against judges who do not do their bidding. Career government employees and other experts have been purged and replaced with unqualified Trump loyalists. Trump leads a political cult whose members are tied to him in a knot of collective narcissism and other pathological behavior. He has also shown himself to be mentally unwell. His state of mind has only encouraged his corruption, and greed, as well as total rejection of any sense of the common good and public service. Republicans have effectively declared Trump a king or emperor by "exonerating" him in an impeachment show trial in the U.S. Senate. Right-wing Christian nationalists view him as a godlike figure, the "Chosen One." At the urging of white supremacists like White House senior adviser Stephen Miller, the Trump regime is engaged in a campaign of "soft" ethnic cleansing against nonwhite American citizens as well as immigrants, refugees and migrants. Trump is an unrepentant misogynist and sexist. Unfortunately, the crisis that is Trump's presidency will not end once he leaves office or is forced out. Trump and his regime have done great harm to America's political institutions and culture -- harm that will take many years and decades to remedy. In fact, the Age of Trump has birthed horrible precedents that future American presidents, political leaders and the public at large will accept as a new "normal." Ultimately, the Age of Trump is both a political and cultural disaster — one that may get worse before it gets better. Are there any limits left on Donald Trump's assault on the rule of law and democracy? Could Trump order his political "enemies," such as leaders of the Democratic Party, arrested and sent to prison? After the impeachment show trial, is Trump now the de facto king of America? How does the Trump regime's assault on the rule of law set a dangerous precedent for future presidents? Should the framers of the Constitution be blamed for designing a system that has not been able to stop the Trump's regime's authoritarian assault on American democracy? In an effort to answer these questions I recently spoke with Richard Painter, who was White House chief ethics counsel under George W. Bush. He is a frequent political commentator and analyst on CNN, MSNBC and other news networks. Painter is also a professor of corporate law at the University of Minnesota and the author of several books, including "Getting the Government America Deserves." He is also the host of "The Politics Podcast With Richard Painter." Painter's new book, co-authored with Peter Golenbock, is "American Nero: The History of the Destruction of the Rule of Law, and Why Trump is the Worst Offender."
The more power Trump gets, the better. Im sick and tired of all these so called victims. American men are becoming a bunch of pussies.
And so you're worshiping at the alter of the Victim in Chief? The guy's an incessant whiner, you voted for him, and now you're complaining about pussies? That's rich.