Why it matters: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is already $1 billion over budget by one estimate, with more than three months left in the fiscal year. That’s alarmed lawmakers in both parties — and raised the possibility of Trump clawing funds from agencies to feed ICE.
Trumps attempt at creating a fascist dictator regime is collapsing.
That means Trump doesn’t really control any part of the nation the way a dictator is supposed to, and his attempts to achieve it are failing.
Obviously the flawed democracy of USA is not safe yet, but if the trend continues, there is hope USA may get through this eventually.
The military parade might have been the sickest burn yet, so far.
It was beautiful to see how everybody were bored out of their mind. Nobody enjoyed being there. 🤣
I won’t be satisfied that this attempt at fascism has collapsed until we no longer have plain-clothes, masked goons kidnapping people off the street.
You are right, it has not collapsed yes, but it is collapsing. And I don’t think it’s possible now for him to finish it. Things looked much worse a month ago.
That is a fair benchmark
Don’t worry for Trump. Nothing that a good old war can solve… Everybody I’ll have to fall in line, or be lined up, in the name of patriotism.
He is probably trying just that, because it’s common knowledge that a war normally has the effect that people back the current president/administration while fighting an exterior enemy.
Problem for Trump is, that he can’t find a war to fight that is plausibly legitimate. Only a small minority is buying it with Iran, and he doesn’t have any other options.
Yeah, it feels like Iran would be more like the end of Vietnam in terms of public opinion.
I also don’t think Iran is going to do anything to make war more appealing (especially given they can just focus efforts on Israel).