The Imperial Presidency

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US now less popular globally than China, Trump is more hated than Putin

This seems like as good a place as any to drop this.


First they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak out — because I was not an immigrant.

Then they came for the bureaucrats, and I did not speak out — because I was not a bureaucrat.

Then they came for the judges, and I did not speak out — because I was not a judge.

When will they come for you — and will there be anyone left to speak?

— a pastiche of the words of Martin Niemöller



He will reply, 'Truly I tell you, whatever you did not do for one of the least of these, you did not do for me.' Then they will go away to eternal punishment

- Jesus Christ, Matthew 25:45-46a (New International Version)

I see you are a fellow NIV enjoyer.

The main problem with this is there are plenty of people speaking out, but this is what Americans want.  They want the bureaucrats and judges thrown out, everyone on high brought down low.  They want the immigrants thrown out, everyone lower also brought down to lowest.  There has been no mystery about Trump's second administration, because he's doing what he said he would do.  And following on to the first administration where there were children kept in cages.  And more than half of us thought, yes, let's have more of that!

So what good does speaking out do?  The die has been cast, and the culpability collectively accepted by voting-age Americans.  All we can do now is wait for the age of bureaucracy to fade and usher in the age of aftermath.