Wednesday, March 13, 2024:   So The Make Me Gag Republicans Want A Trump Dictator

Well, I think they have their guy. Here Is the Profile of a Dictator. Clearly Trump has many of the attributes.

1. Extreme Violence. Capacity for violence has been a key trait of every dictator for the last 100 years. They were killers from the start. Before they ever gained power, they led terror groups against their own people, purged their followers, and displayed deep-seated hatred for various classes and ethnic minorities.

The January 6th attack on the capital was just a brief insight into the Trump plan for his rein of terror. He has openly stated that all of the senior positions in government will be purged and filled with his cronies who will have pledged to carry out his crusade of retribution. He will weaponize any and all departments that can inflict damage on his perceived enemies. He has been found guilty of rape, has demonized immigrants, and said that shoplifters should be shot on sight.


2. A Cult Of Personality. Hitler was viewed as a divine blessing, the Savior-Leader the German nation awaited. Followers lauded his mystical insight, compared him to Christ, and were overcome by a kind of religious conversion. Hum. Sound familiar. MAGA members cling to demonstrably false beliefs, excuse what should be inexcusable conduct and treat him as infallible. Historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat wrote. "The main goals of his campaign events are not to advance policy proposals but rather to prop up his personality cult, circulate his lies, and emotionally retrain Americans to see violence as positive and even patriotic." Daniella Mestyanek Young, explained: "The first rule of cults is: you're never in a cult. The second rule of cults is: the cult will forgive any sin, except the sin of leaving. The third rule of cults is: even if he did it, that doesn't mean he's guilty."


3. Co-opting Religion For Political Purposes. Hitler initially forged a concordat with the Roman Catholic Church. He adopted Christian terminology in his speeches, creating the impression of a Christlike figure, a man of destiny. Trump is evil incarnate, but he understands that any group whose belief is based solely on blind faith is easily manipulated. So he has forged his concordat with white evangelical Christians. Trump could care less about abortion, but he panders to the religious right and claims responsibility for overturning Roe by appointing bunch of Catholics to SCOTUS. After all, Trump tells the MAGA crowds that Christians are under attack from the left and he and only he has pledged to stop the attacks..

Then there is the Trump acolyte, Mike Johnson (aka MAGA MIKE), a relatively inexperienced congressman from Louisiana who was elected speaker of the deeply divided House of Representatives in late October 2023. MAGA Mike has claimed that all those in congressional authority have been raised up by God (Was he referring to Trump?).


4. Grandiose Self-image. Delusions of grandeur are never far from the surface in these men's minds. The conviction of being God's chosen instrument, a superman, a savior, a defender of the faith, are all part of the image they want to portray. One of the main pitches he makes when selling himself is to present Donald Trump as a bulwark against the world's evils. Of course, that isn't all he is the best at….

In Trump's own words:

• "No one is more conservative than me."
• "No one is stronger on the Second Amendment than me."
• "No one respects women more than me. No one reads the Bible more than me."
• "There's nobody more pro-Israel than I am."
• "There's nobody that's done so much for equality as I have."
• "There's nobody who feels more strongly about women's health issues."
• "Nobody knows more about taxes than me, maybe in the history of the world."
• "I have studied the Iran deal in great detail, greater by far than anyone else."
• "Nobody's ever been more successful than me."
• "Nobody knows banking better than I do."
• "Nobody knows more about debt than I do."
• "Nobody's bigger or better at the military I am."
• "I am the least racist person you'll ever meet."
• "Nobody knows politicians better than me."
• "Nobody builds better walls than me."
• "Nobody knows more about trade than me."
• "There is nobody more against Obamacare than me."
• "Nobody is better on humility than me."