One of Trump’s three rallying cries on the campaign trail—one of the three apparent components of making America great again—was “Drain the swamp” (the other two were “Lock her up” and “Build that wall”). It may have sounded like a call to battle against corruption, but it was in fact a declaration of war against the American system of government as currently constituted.
Gessen, Masha. Surviving Autocracy (p. 17). Penguin Publishing Group. Kindle Edition.
45 and 47 didn’t campaign to be the chief executive of a democratic government but to change the government from a democracy to an autocracy.
He promised to destroy the democratic institutions of government because “I alone can fix it.” He promised to eradicate the rule of law for the rule of fiat when he insisted that his political opponent should be locked up. He promised to withdraw the nation from international relationships on the planet Earth by building walls and policies of exclusion to achieve solitary autonomy. The American voters voted not once but twice for this new form of government with all governmental power and authority vested in the unitary of the presidency.
We got what we voted for. How is it working out for us, for you and yours?
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