I think today's Trump show was very, very intentional to send a message and incite fear.

[NCDem47]

He WANTS people to know nobody is out of his reach if they cross him in ANY manner.

Here.

In the U.S.

The President using fear to keep citizens in line.

It has absolutely sent a chill through America.

Cue the folks who say, "Well, if you obey the laws, you have nothing to fear." What happends when those "laws" are changed to restrict or outright ban thought, movement and choice? When your very existence is breaking a law?

[Tickle]

1. I think you are correct and

it was made clear to the Garcia family that he's not coming back in this administration

[OMGWTF]

57. Because he is probably already dead.

[Tickle]

60. I think that to

He knows too much now

[Coventina]

2. Yep, if you are trans, you are already "against the law."

Next it will be LGB as well.
then,
Non-Christian

and on from there....

[allegorical oracle]

18. What about the gay make-up artist who's been sent down there? Have seen

pictures of him and he's adorable. Breaks my heart.

[Bettie]

27. Is anyone working to get him home?

or the others who were similarly taken?

I see the one guy, but I hope there is a larger effort to bring more of them back or at least send them to their home countries.

[AllaN01Bear]

39. their non christianity.

ifwe dont beliver like them then we are thei nfediels.

[C_U_L8R]

3. The nightmare must seem real and possible

That's how you rule by fear.

Until the masses turn on you and hang you upside down in the town square.
Until then, it's all the tyranny you can eat.

[dalton99a]

4. Yep. The tyrant has always ruled by fear and bigotry

[sop]

5. Imagine the fear of the 1.3 million foreign-born Salvadorean immigrants in the US.

(Pew Research) "In 2021, an estimated 2.5 million people of Salvadoran origin resided in the United States, making Salvadoran immigrants the third-largest Hispanic population in the U.S. This includes both those born in El Salvador and those of Salvadoran descent born in the U.S. The Salvadoran foreign-born population in the U.S. grew by 147% between 2000 and 2021, from 540,000 to 1.3 million."

[MayReasonRule]

6. The Fascist Playbook

Intimidation

Incarceration

Extermination

This. Is. That.

[Owens]

54. The Nazi way

[HereForTheParty]

7. "Home growns"

That says it all.

[William769]

8. He wants to incite fear every day of the week.

[Lovie777]

9. Changing the subject....

the world is losing confidence and therefore the dollar is losing it’s value. This is not good for the USA’s economy.

As to fear, shithole musk republicans are the ones afraid. Most in the world, USA basically have lost the leadership status and defying the laws will not play in their favor especially here with the American people.

[Chi67]

15. Exactly!

Don’t be afraid! Make them afraid! We have power. Already made Musk cry, and we can make more of them cry.

[thought crime]

37. Great point! And the movement against Musk is a good model.

Hit them where it hurts most - in the pocketbook. Stop consuming, and the oligarchs will cry.

[surfered]

10. Or laws are enforced or not depending on the accused. My friends are rewarded, my enemies are imprisoned.

[vapor2]

11. PRETTY SURE YOU ARE SPOT ON

[róisín_dubh]

12. Not to freak anyone out...

But anyone curious about where this could go should read up on histories of dictatorships in Latin America. Yes, they were military dictatorships and so not exactly comparable.
But there are a ton of parallels. And they are frankly very frightening.

[SharonAnn]

53. Or, read up on Hungary's Orban, Turkey's Erdogan, Russia's Putin. All "elected" and all became "strong men".

[bdamomma]

13. Of course

The felon wants to instill fear in people, Do NOT LET THEM DO IT. He's nothing but a CRIMINAL.

Remember when he went to North Korea??? He admired how Kim Jong Un has his people under his thumb. Do we really want this POS do that to Americans???

[PortTack]

24. Exactly...if we do, all is lost!

[Evolve Dammit]

14. Free speech is under attack for sure. Ironic since they whined about the same since January 6, 2021

[flamingdem]

16. Congress it's your time

DO SOMETHING!

[allegorical oracle]

17. He may just be worse than Putin. Truly hateful human. nt

[GiqueCee]

19. The magnitude of his evil is incomprehensible...

... and he will not stop until he IS stopped. EVERY Republican politician is now on notice: Step up, or step down. There is no conceivable way this can be allowed to happen, and if you refuse to be part of the solution, then you are part of the problem, and will be dealt with accordingly. If you accede to his lawlessness, NO law will save you from the retribution you deserve.
Hand up articles of impeachment NOW.

[dchill]

25. "...Step up, or step down."

Totally agree.

[ReRe]

30. Absolutely!

What happened to Mussolini can happen here. Only, this time, those who defended the evil one might well be held accountable in the same way Mussolini and his girlfriend were.

So Republicans, make your minds up fast. Because we are one step away from full on Fascism. Only Republicans can stop this now in it's tracks. Good people in this country and all over the world beseech you to do the right thing.

[Martin Eden]

50. More than one lamp post will be needed

Metaphorically speaking, of course.

[mdbl]

20. When will the Repugs controlling Congress act against his tyranny?

They are just as complicit as long as they allow it.

[underpants]

21. That was bizarre. We can't do anything about what we both did. Then Miller...

orchestrated for him to step up and be a dick AND be wrong as usual.
Bondi lied at least 4 times.
Rubio is just …..🙄

[dchill]

23. Rubio is just ... Dorian Gray, near the end.

[dchill]

22. "Then they came for me--and there was no one left to speak for me."

[oregonjen]

26. That poem has been in my head all day

[dchill]

32. Mine, too. As it should.

[Orrex]

28. Hmm. I wonder if he reads my daily IHDY posts.

I mean, I wonder if someone reads them to him.

[dchill]

33. I hope not.

[Harker]

35. I doubt it.

He doesn't want to face his mortality.

[thought crime]

36. He has mortality issues

Mortality brushed his ear. Made him think about it, and his bitterness is on full display.

[Orrex]

40. I dream every day of facing his mortality

[Harker]

45. I look forward to it daily.

Every now and then I contribute.

I hope I live to answer your inquiry with a cheer and a "finally!"

[chowder66]

29. The courts are too slow as he's ramping up his authoritarianism. We need to act.

[dai13sy]

31. This is his modus operandi. He lies, he cheats he steals. Not qualified to be human!

[thought crime]

34. It gets darker every day

[sagetea]

38. Felon wants a Military parade on 6/14

Flag Day. What is going to happen on July 4th.?

Maybe WE should claim 7/4. I'm ready.


sage

[YepYep]

41. I Am the Law!

Do you really believe he doesn’t care about breaking the law? He believes his word is law and anything else doesn’t apply to him. Of course, he also believes that he is 6 foot 3 inches tall, and 224 pounds weight.

[totodeinhere]

42. I am just hoping that enough Republicans finally have enough and do something to stop him.

It hasn't looked like that will happen so far. But they are the only ones who can stop him. The Democrats and the courts cannot stop him. We would need around 20 Republican senators to break ranks and vote to convict him in an impeachment trial. And we would need only three or four Republicans to break ranks in the House.

[Iamscrewed]

43. Constitution

Failure to uphold the constitution is a violation of the oath of office. Impeach or use the 25th amendment.

[MorbidButterflyTat]

44. Really?

It's unfortunate finding multiple posts intentionally inciting fear on DU.

WTF.

[TBF]

58. If you think members of DU are the ones inciting fear -

you are not paying attention. Long term DU members are reporting what they saw. The fact that you question their interpretation is frankly alarming.

What did you see in that conference between the 2 dictators?

[bdamomma]

46. I'm

just asking this question, since we are aware of what's going on politically, how many of Americans are not? regarding how the felon wants to kidnap Americans and send them to gulags.

Like what if we didn't give him any attention to this fear, he is trying to instill in people to make us stay in line.

[live love laugh]

47. Well if you're white you've got nothing to fear ....

literally is where the proverbial bar has moved to.

It’s always been biased that way but the kidnapping threat hardens the shift.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

48. Except his inciting anger instead

He's a pathetic little man.

[Martin Eden]

49. In 1973 The Gulag Archipelago was published. Americans were appalled at the brutal repression of Soviet tyranny.

Today's President of the United States of America is creating The Gulag El Salvador, into which he can throw anyone he doesn't like into a black hellhole of no return.

Yesterday in front of cameras he said he can do this to "homegrowns" -- American citizens -- while the US Secretary of State and other high administration officials laughed in approval.

Can this really be happening in America?

[Onthefly]

51. The GOP has embraced EVIL. The Rump believes he invincible.

We are in an Oligarchy.

[-misanthroptimist]

52. Obey the laws?

Sure, Traitortot! How about you start that your own self and set a good example?

[louis-t]

55. I will repeat this to any maga that cross my path.

He wants to send anyone he doesn't like to prison. Let me ask you something, what if he decides he doesn't like you?

[DENVERPOPS]

56. Trump is always

trying to "One Up" others and claiming to be the best at everything............

This time, he is trying to "One Up" Hitler........

[Crowman2009]

59. I think MAGA is in for a rude awakening if they think all the guns are possessed by them.

We'll probably veer into the radical craziness of the late 60's, riots included. Plus I doubt every single serviceman will fall in line with Gen. Bonespur and his drunk/perverted underlings.

[bpj62]

61. Third Party Operator

The dissapearance or exile of American citizens will be done by a third party player that has the means and wherewithal to make it happen. That person is Eric Prince and he is actively pitching a deportation plan that is on steroids
He will operate independently of law enforcement and he is a zealot who will do Trumps bidding and get paid handsomely for it.
When it happens and it is not a matter of if but when, it won't be one of us on Facebook or DU who suddenly disappear without a trace it will be a well known name in democratic circles. Trump will deny any knowledge of the disappearance but the message will have been sent. Why do you think all those former Trump and Biden officials have lost thier security details.

[Fil1957]

62. Or what happens when the laws aren't changed, your obeying them, and they whisk you off anyway?

[Kaleva]

63. What does one have to do to be out of line?

I'm unaware of any DUer who has been arrested and evicted from the country despite how much we publicly despise him and openly state that we voted against him

[YoshidaYui]

64. FUCK TRUMP

who does he think he is, HITLER?

[Lokee11]

65. Cue the folks who say, "Well, if you obey the laws, you have nothing to fear."

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This Orange Muthafucka breaks laws on the daily and is a fucking felon and an adjudicated MF'n Rapist!!

These people are just so fucking dense!!!!

The occurrence is horrible in every way imaginable, but what these ignorant fucking people do not realize is that there was NO DUE PROCESS - and what that really means is not that "if you obey the laws, you have nothing to fear" it means that if they want to do something they will do it - does not matter if you were being great, good, bad, or horrible - it does not matter if you "belong" here or have the "right" to be here or not - all that matters is they decided they want you gone, and if so they will "disappear" you - how do they not fucking get that?!?!?!?!?

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[Godot51]

66. 1st felon...

Yes, if you "obey" the laws, as he obeyed the laws.