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pat_k

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21. Trump's America is a fascist corporatist state.
Mon Jun 29, 2026, 07:41 PM
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Last edited Mon Jun 29, 2026, 09:25 PM - Edit history (2)

And as long as he is the authoritarian in charge of that state, any personal attack is also an attack on that state.

The truly f-ed up thing is that he has absolutely NO knowledge or understanding about systems of government.

He doesn't "aspire" to be an authoritarian.

He doesn't think in those terms.

To him, it is just his reality. He is all powerful. That is what he is. It is how he sees himself. Our tax dollars are his to spend. His tariffs are his to keep or dole out to corporations that join him in consolidating wealth and power in the tiny circle of the masters of the universe who have aided him. And he is their master.

Every agency is his to command. He does not violate the rule of law because he is "testing boundaries." He violates the law because it simply does not exist in his conception of himself and the power he wields. To him, he cannot break the law because he is the law.

He is truly that deluded.

So anytime his will is thwarted, it is an assault on the rightful master of the masters of the universe. He lashes out at the judges as "traitors" because in his simplistic, evil, insane conception of his place in the world, they are traitors. America is "his" right now. Anything that stands in his way is an attack on "America" -- a concept that has no rational grounding as anything but some presumed extension of himself.

It is so far beyond "creepy" I have no words.

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He's mad, alright. Stark raving mad. Time to STFU and pay up for the only thing you've been accountable for Deuxcents Monday #1
Quiet piggy rapist Quiet Em Monday #2
This! 👆👆👆👆👆 SheltieLover Monday #6
The Case was against the Country and not Trump? Baitball Blogger Monday #3
In a dictator's mind, he is the country and the country is him. yardwork Monday #5
L'Etat, c'est moi!!! niyad Monday #10
What are you gay or something? Botany Monday #26
Trump's America is a fascist corporatist state. pat_k Monday #21
He means that woman he claimed wasn't his type, but he still said she was his wife, Marla? Solly Mack Monday #4
Or possibly his daughter (nt) Pinback Monday #9
That was some sick shit he said about his daughter. Solly Mack Monday #24
He misidentified E.Jean in the photo, said it was his ex-wife Marla FakeNoose Monday #16
Yep Solly Mack Monday #23
The petulant spoiled brat of a reprobate, B.See Monday #7
Mad is kind malaise Monday #8
Thanks. I try to be kind! madinmaryland Tuesday #35
that harpie bitch (natalie harp, his little ghostie poster and ivanka look alike) probably had this ready to go orleans Monday #11
Suppose they know dweller Monday #14
i don't know. i would think if one of the supremes told trump in advance he wouldn't be able to keep his mouth shut orleans Monday #29
yeh , true dweller Monday #31
when the crap starts hitting me i try to take some repeated deep breaths, orleans Monday #32
He has been believing himself to be powerful and nearly invincible. I am celebrating for E. Jean Carroll and ShazamIam Monday #12
Seems like another case of defamation. miyazaki Monday #13
What's maddening is progressoid Monday #15
"The rapist doth protest too much, methinks."-- Shakespeare RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Monday #17
Louis XIV, 1655 canetoad Monday #18
M f'r that is all!!!! ALBliberal Monday #19
It is impossible for this....fucker to keep Prairie_Seagull Monday #20
Sore loser. H2O Man Monday #22
Pic is gone. Just this remains: Celerity Monday #25
I reloaded it dweller Monday #28
if you're referring to his truthie post, yes it is there. nt orleans Monday #30
yes Celerity Monday #33
There's nothing more he can do legally, that doesn't mean Trump will stop going after Carroll. sop Monday #27
"Thank you for your attention to this matter." Jedi Guy Monday #34
Pay up, Donny! MineralMan Tuesday #36
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