Just so we're clear, Trump is now openly flaunting that he's operating the military as a mercenary force and that he's hung a price tag on the lives of American soldiers.
I know so much of what Trump does is forgotten, but this is obscenely dangerous and troubling.
I know so much of what Trump does is forgotten, but this is obscenely dangerous and troubling.
That Trump can admit that he's using the military as a mercenary force and it barely registers as a blip because he's such a blatant criminal and disaster only shows that it is wholly possible in this country to accept most any authoritarian, illegal act.
People are watching what Trump is doing, and most of his behavior is just his authoritarian instincts shining through. He's not disciplined. But disciplined, talented people are studying this and they know now exactly how to achieve even the most unimaginable, brutal things.
We have to, as a country, as a culture, learn how to sift through perpetual noise, misinformation, and manipulation in order to prevent this. Trump has exposed major, major, MAJOR weaknesses and terrifying tendencies. We have to get better. We MUST get better.
