Posted on 04/21/2020 9:05:52 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
When, in 2016, I referred to Donald Trump's victory in the Republican primary as a symptom of an unhealthy American political system, I couldn't have known how such medical metaphors would sound today. But more than three years into his presidency, Trump -- facing an unprecedented crisis in the form of a deadly pandemic -- has shown himself to be a dangerous pathogen.
Trump has spent his time in office weakening the nation's systemic immune system -- or institutions that hold him in check -- and setting the US up for a disaster when those institutions are needed more than ever. While normal people are worried about the cost in human lives or the economic impact of a crisis, an autocrat races to exploit it to his personal advantage.
This ability to focus only on power is how would-be autocrats become actual autocrats. Trump covets authority without responsibility, the creed of every strongman.
It also appears Trump is using crucial medical supplies and federal small business aid for political purposes. He is inciting a culture war that sounds almost like a civil war with unhinged tweets about "liberating" states under lockdown -- only ones with Democratic governors, of course.
He already survived impeachment and knows that he will only face the consequences of his actions if he loses in November. If he wins, he'll have four years of unthreatened executive powers to expand his abuses and cover his tracks. But until election night, he's desperate and capable of anything.
Joe Biden, the Democrats and everyone else who wants to prevent Trump's second term must focus on the facts instead of being drawn into a circus where Trump is the ringmaster.
(Excerpt) Read more at us.cnn.com ...
Garry, go back to playing chess.
You really don’t understand anything about the US. It would be like me saying the same stuff about Russia or The Ukraine.
There. Fixed it.
Clearly
Not
News
>>When, in 2016, I referred to Donald Trump’s victory in the Republican primary as a symptom of an unhealthy American political system,
Fake news. Everyone knows that Hillary lied, destroyed evidence, threatened witnesses and had a 30 year history of doing so.
Just the opposite of everything he says.
Unchecked Deep State
>>It also appears Trump is using crucial medical supplies and federal small business aid for political purposes.
Um, that would be Cuomo and Pelosi
After he lost to Deep Blue and then dethroned by a Norwegian kid, he lost his mind.
(T)he first step in the revolution by the working class is to raise the proletariat to the level of ruling class to win the battle of democracy.That is what the left means by the word “democracy”—nothing else.
— Communist Manifesto
What will be the course of this revolution? Above all, it will establish a democratic constitution, and through this, the direct or indirect dominance of the proletariat.
— The Principles of Communism(I)t is very clear that in fundamental theory, socialism and democracy are almost, if not quite, one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of the community to determine its own destiny and that of its members. Men as communities are supreme over men as individuals.
— Woodrow Wilson
“exploit it to his personal advantage.”
Based on what? How? Where?
Kasparov, shut up and play the Caro-Kann Exchange Variation.
TRUMP IS AMERICA’S IMMUNE SYSTEM
Kasparov is a master of 2D chess.
Max Boot and Bill Kristol are part of this organization. That’s like pissing in the punch bowl. Ruins everything.
Thanks for including that in the headline, I couldn't have possibly known the source and author's name from the information right below it.
Of course Fauci and Brix played no role, even though President trump wanted to let the virus run its course. Go F your self Garry Kasparov.
Bobby Fischer was the greatest chess player of all -time but he too was a moron outside his field of expertise.
This clown’s act is so tiresome.
Chess players are nuts.
Another Prog with no expertise, speaking from his a**.
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