Mary Trump - Full-Blown Authoritarianism

In the past few weeks, Donald, with the assist of other members of the Trump regime and the corrupt illegitimate super-majority of the Supreme Court, has pushed America towards full-blown authoritarianism, from using the power of the state to censor his critics and using the national guard to take over American cities.

Although Donald is erratic, giving unhinged speeches at Charlie Kirk’s pseudo-memorial and in front of the U.N. delegation, he and his inner circle are working their way methodically through an authoritarian playbook.

Li Yuan, in The New York Times, did a deep dive into the ways in which Donald is directly taking his cues from Chinese president Xi Jinping, writes:

To many Chinese who have endured the relentless erosion of speech by the country’s top leader, Xi Jinping, it felt ominous. Free speech rarely vanishes in a single blow. It erodes until silence feels normal.