Trump aims for one-party rule -- and puts despotism at our doorstep

[marmar]

Trump aims for one-party rule — and puts despotism at our doorstep
The president's ruthless consolidation of power is continuing unabated

By Brian Karem
White House columnist
Published October 17, 2025 9:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) Tuesday afternoon in Washington, D.C., seemed peaceful. On the Mall, near the Reflecting Pool, the breeze and overcast skies were somehow comforting and inviting.

I watched a couple taking wedding photographs, while others fed the ducks. A group of kids tossed a football, and while social media told us we were all doomed for a variety of reasons, for just a few minutes it didn’t seem that way. With the House adjourned for the shutdown and the Senate only taking periodic, futile votes to open the government, D.C. was easily 10 degrees cooler. All the hot air emanating from the politicians on Capitol Hill was nowhere to be found.

The tranquility was a welcome contrast to President Donald Trump’s recent rants about war zones, the enemy within, the “hell hole” of our cities — and to what a source close to Trump had just told me. “One party rule,” the White House insider said. “He and Stephen Miller believe they can make that happen.”

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We are in the end game.

We aren’t threatened with a constitutional crisis. We aren’t in danger of being taken over by a despot. We aren’t threatened with autocracy. We are in the middle of an autocratic takeover. We are ruled by a despot. Our Constitutional norms are in our rearview mirror. ....................(more)

https://www.salon.com/2025/10/17/trump-aims-for-one-party-rule-and-puts-despotism-at-our-doorstep/

[bucolic_frolic]

1. The anti-government party wants to be Dictator

Who could have guessed?

[dalton99a]

2. People should quit talking about Trump's possibly maybe perhaps wanting to be an authoritarian

He IS a full-blown dictator.