Trump now placed to end U.S. democracy

If Republicans lose their razor-thin majority this November, Trump faces a painful two-year lame-duck conflict with this co-equal branch of government, writes George Grundy.

This is the magnitude of corruption committed every day. Donald Trump Another disgrace is not in the headlines, but announcement from US Department of Justice A special review is underway earlier this week.

This appears to be one of the final pieces that will allow Trump to functionally end the American experiment this November.

In January, Trump announced that he would file a lawsuit against the US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for US$10 billion after tax return data was leaked to the media in 2019. Additionally, the leak showed that despite Trump’s much-vaunted billionaire status, he paid no income tax in ten of the previous fifteen years, and only $750 in 2016 and 2017.

On the face of it, the legal action was a farce. As the incumbent President, Trump controls the IRS, so the case was one in which the plaintiff was effectively suing himself. The judge in the case made this inquiry and seemed determined to rule on this clearly disqualifying contradiction anytime soon.

But as with so many things Trump-related, the case itself appears to be a smokescreen for a more nefarious ending.

On Monday, Trump requested the case be dismissed, and hours later the Justice Department announced a settlement with the President, including $1.776 billion. ‘Fund for Combating Armament’ It is controlled by Trump himself.

Trump has in question the money should go to repayment “People subjected to terrible treatment”strongly implying that he meant those convicted after the rebel. rebel In Washington on January 6, 2021.

The figure of US$1.776 billion is, of course, symbolic; 1776 is the birth date of the American republic and is often cited by members of the Far Right as a heroic moment of revolution (January 6 rebels) sang hymn “1776” when they enter Congress).

Trump pardoned nearly 1,500 convicted rioters on the first day of his (second) term in office. Now it seems likely that these people will receive a reward official apology from the government they tried to overthrow and generous compensation.

This is outrageous behavior in itself, but it forms part of a broader and truly malicious effort. midterm elections On the approach of November.

Trump now has a loyal paramilitary army of armed rebels, legally pardoned, soon to be well-funded, and likely loyal to the man who freed them.

There is migration (ICE) the law enforcement wing of the thugs who terrorize and kill American citizens on city streets and report directly to him ( Department of Homeland Security). Like the Atlantic lately reportedelection deniers (still claim Trump was defeated) Joe Biden in 2020) have now been appointed to ‘electoral integrity’ positions within the government.

Joanna Lydgate related to United States United Center for Democracy described situation like:

“Whether it’s an executive order or 5,000 deaths by interruption, it’s damaging our election system. They need to sow doubt; they need to undermine the public’s trust, and each of these narratives is a tactic to that end.”

including Republicans Speakerwe achieved this very much to clear They say they agree with Trump that losing the House of Representatives this November would functionally be the end of Trump’s presidency.

Trump is uniquely subject to surveillance and condemnation, given his widespread corruption and unresolved links to pedophilia jeffrey epstein.

If Republicans lose their razor-thin majority this November, as they almost always do when a President is this unpopular and gas prices are this high, they will face two years of a painful lame-duck conflict with this co-equal branch of government.

Trump can’t let this happen. He openly hates elections, has contested nearly every political loss he has suffered, and continues to claim — without evidence — that he beat Joe Biden in 2020. It is impossible to imagine that he will concede defeat this November, and it is clear that he is doing everything possible to stop the free and fair election process.

Trump’s efforts to undermine, steal, and even cancel the midterm elections are slowly taking shape. American democracy is hanging on by the thinnest of threads.