Why is Trump creating all the chaos on so many fronts both domestically and internationally?
This is part of the authoritarian play book to enable him to seize power by creating chaos and protest in the US so he can declare martial law and invoke the insurrection act to imprison and silence critics be them political or journalists.
To do that he is destroying the federal government by having Elon Musk take a chainsaw indiscriminately to all kinds of government departments. This is creating protests across the US against the cuts, but not enough to warrant an executive order of martial law, yet. Now that Elon has identified that Social Security, Medicaid and Medicare are filled with fraud and could be trimmed up to $700 billion per year if these programs are cut. I would suggest that the loss of benefits will spark more protests if people feel threatened.
Trump is wreaking economic havoc on the US through tariff’s against not only Canada but every country they trade with creating consequences to the US public increasing inflation and job loss. Trump is also trying to pass massive tax cuts in the process that benefit the richest 1% the most to the tune of about $4.5 Trillion in tax savings. Meanwhile back at the ranch, Farmers who cannot afford needed fertilizer due to the tariffs on Canadian imports like Potash are seeing foreclosure signs going up on their farms. Economics will draw protest especially given the promises to end inflation starting day one Trump made, but eggs are up since his election not down. This too can draw protest especially if inflation continues to increase while the job market recedes creating stagflation, which is not good.
Still to come is a federal ban on the drug Mifepristone that is used by women for a chemical induced abortion. After the Dobbs decision reversing Roe v. Wade and a woman’s reproductive choice, Judge Mathew Kacsmaryk, who was appointed by Trump to the Federal bench in Texas, tried to ban Mifepristone but the ban was overturned by the Supreme Court on standing. With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. in charge of the FDA he could suspend Mifepristone based on further studies needed, the basis for the Texas case. Nothing can then be done until the FDA decides. Trump owes his evangelical anti-abortion gun toting MAGA supporters and Project 2025 lays out as it’s policy to eliminate abortions nationwide. Taking away freedoms to half the population one would expect would trigger more demonstrations and protests.
Trump has suspended Transgender rights in the military and all DEI programs and references to the contributions of Blacks, Women and minorities across the Federal government and agencies including the military are to be removed. Policies on the support of Israel and its war on Gaza as well as Trump’s pivot to support Putin and Russia in the invasion of Ukraine all contribute to potential protests of Trump and his administrations policies.
Trump is a wrecking ball right now trying to create Chaos and the only reason I can logically think of as to why, is that he will use the protests and the economic situation he is creating to initiate martial law, lock up his opponents and suspend areas of the constitution or just ignore them. Trump sees that the Supreme Court gave him unlimited power allowing him to do what he wants with no accountability or consequences, even if he breaks the law.
Trump could, like Lincoln did, lock up anyone under the insurrection act and ignore the right of habeas corpus, a protection from illegal imprisonment. Lincoln did this during the civil war, and while that violates the constitution, if the chief executive will not follow enforce the law who will? Andrew Jackson defied the court ruling against moving Indigenous People off their lands, challenging the court with “you and what army are going to enforce it.”
Both Lincoln and Jackson got away with violating the constitution and the law and they did not have the protection of the Supreme Court like Trump does. If the chief executive who is charged with enforcing the laws of the United States ignores that responsibility and acts in their own interests, then one of the keys to democracy, the rule of law is sliding towards law of rule.
If Trump were to do as I have outlined, that will cement Trump’s intention to seize power as a dictator, having destroyed the legitimacy of the rule of law, the last guardrail of democracy in the US, unless both the House and Senate move to remove him. I would not count on that as those who support Trump are such emasculated cucks, that they will willingly drive the US off a cliff in fear of Trump.
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