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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/rcna188763Trump administration swiftly enacts retribution against political enemies
The payback against people who have criticized Trump has ranged in severity, but its come quickly, within his first week back in power.
WASHINGTON For those who may have crossed President Donald Trump, the message is sinking in: Payback is coming, and coming fast.
John Bolton, a former White House national security adviser who wrote a damning book about Trumps first term, lost the Secret Service detail assigned to protect him from assassination threats from Iran.
Also losing his detail was Anthony Fauci, the public health scientist whom Trump called a disaster over his handling of the Covid-19 pandemic and who has been a target of far-right anger ever since. (Fauci has hired his own private security team in response.)
A portrait of Mark Milley, the former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman who broke with Trump over a photo-op at a church during the George Floyd racial justice protests, was abruptly removed from the walls of the Pentagon. Defense officials said they have no idea who ordered it taken down or why.
And Trump yanked the security clearances of dozens of former national security officials whod signed a letter during the 2020 campaign opining that emails from a laptop belonging to Joe Bidens son Hunter had the classic earmarks of a Russian information operation.
All that happened within days of Trumps inauguration and in some cases, hours
Irish_Dem
(62,147 posts)dalton99a
(85,611 posts)JoseBalow
(6,200 posts)HarryM
(193 posts)Must be deposed by any means necessary.
Blue Owl
(55,095 posts)I know its become a pointless question but where the hell is the justice dept. in the USA?
Bluethroughu
(6,460 posts)To get the nasty 11 year old making a tic toc about trump...they are real strong men.
58Sunliner
(5,142 posts)NameAlreadyTaken
(1,815 posts)ck4829
(36,462 posts)Instead ask "How can I become a political enemy of Trump?"
lees1975
(6,201 posts)Or consistent with interpretations of the constitution.
So no one in any position of authority among the opposition will stand up to this, huh?
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,591 posts)yank (or approve) security clearances. Not sure on the security provided to former officials, but if it was granted by a President it can be taken away by a President.
NoMoreRepugs
(10,845 posts)July 4th is, excuse my lack of tact, full of shit. This fucking madman is going to risk our Democracy, possibly armed conflict to satisfy his tiny dick ego.
SARose
(1,057 posts)Mexico
Canada
Greenland
Or
Colombia - refused detainees
Venezuela - always has refused detainees
Mexico - refused detainees. Hmm two strikes here
God I hope not.🤬
JoseBalow
(6,200 posts)That imbecilic blowhard is just trolling, as usual.
I don't know why people don't recognize his stale transparent shtick by now. Instead they give his nonsense oxygen by taking the bait.
SARose
(1,057 posts)And various visa restrictions.
Lunatic. My Folgers best not go up in price or down in volume or else!
JoseBalow
(6,200 posts)Don't mess with my coffee!
Demovictory9
(34,205 posts)Better not! Pity the poor corn farmers in Nebraska and Iowa who voted for Cheeto man. Or not.
SARose
(1,057 posts)Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.
But if there was hope, it lay in the proles. You had to cling on to that. When you put it in words it sounded reasonable: it was when you looked at the human beings passing you on the pavement that it became an act of faith.
My favorite quote.
3auld6phart
(1,365 posts)100 perc cent of you kissing jis shit covered ass. He is a total mental case, Should have been sent to a mental .institute.