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hookaleft

(938 posts)
Tue Aug 10, 2021, 05:06 PM Aug 2021

Follow the money: Understanding the deep roots of Donald Trump's coup attempt

It sure looks as if Jan. 6, and the entire Trump presidency, were planned and funded by oligarchs in the shadows

onald Trump and his allies and followers were involved in a conspiracy against American democracy, the Constitution, the general welfare and the rule of law. Trump may have been president by title, but not in spirit or through his actions. At almost every opportunity he betrayed the presidential oath and worked to undermine the United States and its interests.

The examples are legion: Trump was elected with the help of a hostile foreign power and appeared to do its leader's bidding throughout his presidency. Trump engaged in acts of democide against the American people through sabotage and willful neglect in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Trump is directly and indirectly responsible for the deaths of more than 600,000 people in America. He was impeached twice — something unprecedented in American history — for crimes against democracy and the Constitution.

Donald Trump was grossly corrupt as president, using the office to enrich himself, his family and his political allies.

Trump and his regime debased America's democracy and political culture, elevating neofascism and white supremacy in an attempt to create a new form of apartheid. The damage Trumpism caused to American society has created a full-blown political and social crisis. Matters are so dire that many observers, including President Biden, have described the Age of Trump and beyond as the greatest threat to American democracy since the Civil War.

https://www.salon.com/2021/08/10/follow-the-money-understanding-the-deep-roots-of-donald-trumps-coup-attempt/

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Follow the money: Understanding the deep roots of Donald Trump's coup attempt (Original Post) hookaleft Aug 2021 OP
It's history repeating itself, everybody thought Hitler was a nobody Bluethroughu Aug 2021 #1
Exactly!!! It's the SOS playing out, just different names and country, but the SOS again. n/t RKP5637 Aug 2021 #3
Trump, is pretty much a terrorist and a traitor to the US. The entire book should be thrown at RKP5637 Aug 2021 #2
Find the ogliarches I_UndergroundPanther Aug 2021 #4

Bluethroughu

(5,173 posts)
1. It's history repeating itself, everybody thought Hitler was a nobody
Tue Aug 10, 2021, 05:11 PM
Aug 2021

Until somebodies funded his mission...we know who they are, the same oligarchs playing today.

RKP5637

(67,111 posts)
2. Trump, is pretty much a terrorist and a traitor to the US. The entire book should be thrown at
Tue Aug 10, 2021, 05:12 PM
Aug 2021

him and his cohorts. To me, there should be far more outrage!!!

I_UndergroundPanther

(12,480 posts)
4. Find the ogliarches
Tue Aug 10, 2021, 06:27 PM
Aug 2021

Funding all this bullshit
Confiscate thier wealth to pay back the country for thier crimes against democracy.

Make it so thier spawn have to get real jobs. Hopefully minimum wage since they have no skills.. Than throw the ogliarches in federal penitentiary forever. It must be a regular prison the poor and people of color get stuck in..

For me I would prefer they get a trial on tv and then executed.

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