😳Trump just made a very special effort to mention mobilizing the military… for COVID: "Just in finishing about vaccines, we have mobilized the logistics arm of our military. We can move 100s of 1000s of men and women in a very short time." And repeated it. It was in his notes.
This is how Trump works. First you're laughing at the absurdity (I imagined @sarahcpr saying "thank goodness I'm in perfect shape" & "based on knowledge" 3x). Then you're left shaking. This v pointed reference to mobilizing the military is a threat, folks. Maybe empty, maybe not.
@sarahcpr This is what it feels like in authoritarian states. Off balance, wary. Did Trump really threaten mobilizing the military? Or was it a normal remark re logistics & vaccines? You can't be sure. Putin too uses uncertainty, ambiguity to intimidate, instill fear, silence, keep power⬇️
@sarahcpr "We live in a strange time. Extraordinary events keep happening that undermine the stability of our world"—Adam Curtis' Hypernormalisation: A Different Experience of Reality. Brilliant documentary on how authoritarians mess w/ our minds to grab/keep power.
