Some Questions on 2 important Dates for Trump Supporters. 

On January 6, 2021, at the urging of then president Donald Trump, a mob stormed our nations  Capital.  They were looking for revenge for what they had been told was a stolen election. They were chanting the names of Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence. Loudly chanting, “HANG MIKE PENCE”. They broke into many offices as Democrats and Republican alike ran for their lives.  If not for the bravery of Capital police surely some lawmaker would have been killed or injured.  

QUESTION 1-  What would have happened if the rioters had gotten their hands on Nancy Pelosi, Mike Pence or another lawmaker?  Would they have carried out their threats? Would the torture or death of a lawmaker been shown all around the world on CNN? 

QUESTION 2- What would have happened on January 7 if the insurrection had been successful?  Would Trump have rounded up his enemies? What would have happened to President Elect Joe Biden? Trump could not have let him stay free making speeches. 2020 was a free and fair election and Joe Biden won. In order for Trump to stay in power he would at least have to have Biden placed under house arrest where he would be unable to speak to the media.  

QUESTION 3- If the insurrection was successful, what would happen to anyone who spoke out against it and against Trump and his supporters? Would they have been rounded up? Arrested? Jailed? Maybe even killed?  Would mobs of Trump supporters go door to door demanding oaths of allegiance to Trump? Who knows what would happen to those who said “no”. Would a new armed force exist to pick up and jail, deport, beat up or kill anyone who even LOOKED like they might be an immigrant? 

It is not a stretch to see this happening. To see how very close we were to losing our democracy.  

In all that turmoil- would a foreign power seize the opportunity to launch an attack on US interests? Would countries that currently sell us goods decide that we were not a good risk because of our instability? Would US companies close down because of the instability and inability to get people to risk leaving their homes to got to work or even to the store  for fear of being picked up because they looked different or spoke out against the dictator? Would foreign markets boycott our goods and place economic sanctions against us? 

Would parts of the country secede from the US because they did not want to be part of this new dictatorship? Would an Army from one state attack another state?  

This was all a VERY REAL possibility. 

Now Trump is running again. He is the GOP favorite.  He has NO policies. He just wants retribution. Trump is on the record saying, “ that we will root out Marxist fascist, and the radical left thugs that live like vermin within the confines of our country”

Retribution has become Trumps campaign ideology.

He’s not running to accomplish anything. He’s talking about a personal agenda of using the United States government  and The Presidency for retribution and revenge. His agenda for a second term is  finishing the radical and extreme unfinished business of a Trump first term. He hasn’t given up on things like building his wall, withdrawing from NATO, withdrawing from South Korea  and using the justice department to go after his political enemies. Those are all things that he tried to do wanted to do in his first term. Trump 2024 is not Trump 2016 or even 2020. He has eight years worth of grievances he has  91 felony charges against him. 

Trump himself is a threat to American Democracy. He has the natural inclination and goals of an anti-democratic authoritarian leader. He wants to impose a police state.  HE HAS SAID THIS. 

Every administration wants to have loyalists. They want to surround themselves with people who believe the movement.  That is fine. BUT this one is just too far. It has become a CULT.  Where a person cannot believe science or fact. They can only believe what their dear leader has told them to. This idea was hatched at the end of the last Trump administration. It is called Schedule F. Schedule F is getting rid of people who are independent experts, The absolute enemy is Tony Fauci. They don’t want a scientist who is worrying about the entire countries national health what they want is someone who is loyal to Trump if Trump says, “ivermectin is the thing” that person will tell the country take your ivermectin. Related to that is the idea that they will also staff the national security and military space with people who share a similar skepticism about independent authority. They would review flag officers  and general officers to try to assess whether they have loyalty to Donald Trump’s ideological project. 

From the very beginning, Trump has a strong man’s natural attraction to what it in Russia would be called the “power ministries” and understanding he who controls the guys with guns control the power structure. In 2020 there was a backstage confrontation between Trump, and both the senior civilian and military leadership of the Pentagon as well as the Attorney General.  It was about the very question of Trump, potentially seeking to use the power ministries for his own political advantage first through shows of strength in photo ops  and then in an even more menacing way. Using the military as part of his unprecedented effort to overturn the 2020 election results. Given that he’s already contemplated doing that; given that he’s already clashed with people; you need to assume that this is a very real part of his second term agenda. It flows directly from his experience in the first term of wanting to do this and being stymied.  

What would happen in 2028? Would he allow another election? Would he come up with a reason why the election in 2028 needed to be delayed indefinitely? His supporters stormed the US Capital once. Given a chance would they do what is necessary to disrupt the election or primary process? 

Not only should Donald Trump’s actions disqualify him from being president, the entire idea of another Trump presidency should scare the hell out of you. You can dislike Biden, you can dislike the democrats, but if you like our republic you cannot vote for Trump. Not in the primary, not in the general.

Trump business got at least $7.8 million in foreign payments during presidency.