I doubt they are aghast. Rather, they aren't happy as we are no longer getting the wool pulled over our eyes.
we can discuss all president's and how they want to wield some power but trump has come in and checked all the boxes so far... Call the media bias to destroy any confidence in those who highlight his flaws, mistakes and violations and opposition. The media is biased...sky is blue..water is wet... only dumb americans get brainwashed like this. But it works because all opposition is labeled a conspiracy. Make your party fall in line and too scared to oppose you... gop has become sickness and his worst critics now sucking his dick. Easy to brainwash the dumb. GOP is fully behind him and afraid to speak up. Declare a common enemy the other side supports against you... immigrants, .02% of trans people, DEI, etc...rally white america to your cause and liberal cities are the reason you are suffering. Take advantage of economic conditions to rally support against common enemy and that gives you all the power to fix it. Inflation.and poverty blamed on Dems and immigrants and people told only trump can fix it. rallies the people to give trump absolute power. Claim the laws of the land need to be bent to trumps will. EO left and right dismantling the executive branch and anyone not pro trump. Attempt to rewrite the constitution with an EO on birthright..its a test to see hiw far he can go under current judicial scrutiny. claim laws don't apply to him when he is trying to "save" the country. Use a charismatic figure to rally your subjects and spread disinformation against all...musk fitting that perfectly with no oversight. Align with similar dictators so that your own people see wielding power as s good thing. Liftt up putin and Xi and spit on allies like Mexico and Canada and ukraine. Make trump look like he deserves the same powers to defend the country. Begin to consolidate power in executive while in ignoring judicial review and controlling congress. Make land grabs or threaten them to increase power in the region Lie daily and change stories so they never can pin you down. His followers are too busy being distracted to know they are being lied to. have your sycophants claim you should stay in power longer than legally allowed. trump is running the Project 2025 playroom nicely. Forget Hitler and Nazis...that is wrong to equate here. trumo and maga have reinvented the modern version of the playroom and doing it all out in the open.
Sadly he is trolling the GOP as well as they are completely fooled...i hope all the government cuts stay in place and red southern states that pull the most.from the budget feel it... trump has silenced any opposition in his own party because they are too busy whining China controls the Canal or immigrants are eating dogs.
If he didn't toy with the notion that a two-term maximum for a president as outdated. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...trump-third-term-2028-amendment-b2702225.html And if he didn't declare that anything a president does is legal. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-break-law-presidents-day-1235269528/ Then maybe you would have a leg to stand on. This is not the conduct of a responsible president who takes his role, responsibilities and limits seriously.
Fuck off. Trump has NO sense of humor. None. So don't ascribe his outrageous proclamations as humor. He can't take a joke and he doesn't have the wherewithal or mental capacity to make one.
Remember there is a context here about him getting personal revenge on NYC's mayor etc. It's a state matter, but he found a federal string to pull at. https://www.yahoo.com/news/donald-trump-supporters-bending-over-204749593.html This is not merely humour, it's eroding norms to an agenda.