"The counterrevolution will be televised. Trump's a man of spectacle & he'll put on a show (trial) as a performance of his power. Power is understood as the ability to persecute anyone who can expose his corruption & crime."
-R Ben-Ghiat
Day🚨1: mass #deportations & T hints at persecution of enemies/purging of govt will begin immediately.
His SPOX on Fox News: mandate to govern as he campaigned *alarming: explicit threats of authoritarian retribution & #violence.
#USPol newrepublic.com/article/188119…
Transcript: Top Trump Ally Reveals His Alarming Plans for “Day One”
An interview with writer David Kurtz, who reflects on what it means that Trump ran on a platform of explicit authoritarian threats, and voters picked him anyway.The New Republic
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