Trump is now 10-for-10 on the 'your president might be a dictator' checklist

[Soph0571]

President Donald Trump this week claimed the “absolute right” to pardon himself, but he has been steadily consolidating power ever since his surprise election.

International relations expert Stephen Walt compiled a checklist, “10 Ways to Tell if Your President Is a Dictator,” published by Foreign Policy shortly after the 2016 election — and Trump has already accomplished many of those warnings.

1. Systematic efforts to intimidate the media.

2. Building an official pro-Trump media network.

3. Politicizing the civil service, military, National Guard, or the domestic security agencies.

4. Using government surveillance against domestic political opponents.

5. Using state power to reward corporate backers and punish opponents.

6. Stacking the Supreme Court.

7. Enforcing the law for only one side.

8. Really rigging the system.

9. Fearmongering.

10. Demonizing the opposition.

When you add it all up using those metrics, Trump is well on his way to becoming a dictator — if he’s not one already.

[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2018/06/trump-now-10-10-president-might-dictator-checklist/|

Heh. 10 4 10

[fleur-de-lisa]

1. I think, in this instance, it is spelled "DICK-tator.

Cuz he seems to get a kick out of being a dick.

[Civic Justice]

2. I hope America at some point address "TREASON" and give its full penalty.

[thegoose]

3. Of course he is

Manbaby's the boss of the world and we're all his employees. Only he's the shittiest, most incompetent manager we're ever had.