Friday, November 01, 2024

What to Expect from a Trump Victory

I was asked to write a column that would be published in the event of a Trump victory next week. The assignment required me to enter that dark space and imagine what it meant. This is some of what I imagined I might have to write:

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There will be the inevitable attempts to downplay the threat of a second Trump presidency, but this time we need to take Trump both seriously and literally. We can expect Trump to begin a massive purge of the federal workforce, and begin the process of mass deportations. The reign of Stephen Miller, Elon Musk and RFK, Jr. will begin. Trump will pardon the January 6 rioters, and summarily fire the prosecutors who tried to hold him accountable. Having been immunized by the Supreme Court, he will instruct the DOJ to go after his political opponents. He will abandon Ukraine and begin the process of weakening our alliances. A newly empowered Trump will gut or kill Obamacare outright, while imposing massive new tariffs on the economy.

#1 | Posted by Hans at 2024-11-01 03:32 PM

We also know that the guardrails will not hold, because they did not hold before. If they had, none of this would have happened. Neither the impeachment process nor the justice system blocked his return to power. And now the ultimate guardrail has failed.

#2 | Posted by Hans at 2024-11-01 03:33 PM

Whatever the final outcome, the American people (or enough of them) have returned him to power. In the end, nothing mattered. Not the sexual assaults, the lies, the sedition, or the felonies. Not the raw bigotry of his campaign, not insults, nor the threats. In the most graphic terms imaginable, the American people were warned of the danger. His loyal vice president refused to endorse him; his top general called him a "total fascist"; some of his closest aides and cabinet members described his erratic character and his indifference to the Constitution.

#3 | Posted by Hans at 2024-11-01 03:33 PM

But in the end, Trump was right. He could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot someone and not lose any votes. But, we know now that it was worse. He stood at the center of our politics and incited a violent mob to attack the Capitol. It didn't matter. And it didn't matter that he tried to overturn a free and fair election. It didn't matter that he he was found liable of raping a woman; and it didn't matter that he had called for terminating the Constitution to restore him to power. And it didn't matter when he called for the execution of Liz Cheney, threatened to use the military against his fellow Americans, or lied about migrants eatings cats and dogs; or called the United States a "garbage country."

#4 | Posted by Hans at 2024-11-01 03:33 PM

This is the hardest part about today: realizing that our fellow Americans saw all of that; watched all of that; listened to all of that, and said, "Yes, that's what we want." That's who we are.

#5 | Posted by Hans at 2024-11-01 03:33 PM

I have Always believed Americans are Stupid As ----.

I've Rarely been Wrong About it Either.

I Fervently Hope to be Wrong about This.

Trump got Elected because America Truly... wants what he is Selling.

Total Bigotry and Irresponsibility.

Magical Thinking and Vainglory about being "Exceptional".... Lol.

Except There's NOTHING FUNNY ABOUT IT.

#6 | Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-11-01 03:52 PM

He will claim victory no matter the vote results... so expect Trumpers to start putting brown people in the back of their pickups and haul them to the Border.

And black people, you are next.

#7 | Posted by Corky at 2024-11-01 04:21 PM

"And black people, you are next." -

#7 | Posted by Corky

Yep!

And boaz thinks they'll cut him a break.

Nope.

Baby with bathwater.

#8 | Posted by Hans at 2024-11-01 04:23 PM

A complete mess.

Nobody here will have the same quality of life because the gutting and destruction they're planning on doing will destroy our economy.

And the axing and pillaging of federal programs is going to leave them no recourse.

Get used to the expectation of finding yourself living a 1890's lifestyle by the end of a second Trump administration.

#9 | Posted by jpw at 2024-11-01 09:53 PM

What it will mean?

It will mean WW3 will be averted.
It will mean the DOGE in enacted and spending is finally cut to pull the US out of financial abyss
It will mean the economy roars as it did 8 years ago
It will mean government will step out of Elon's way and we do missions to Mars on private dollars with NASA being binned
It will mean the border is closed leading to large drops in drug OD deaths and crime
It will mean mass deportation of illegals leading to rapid wage growth for unskilled workers and the overall worker participation rate hitting new records
It will mean Democrats that cheated in the 2020 election and with lawfare since 2016 will finally face justice so severe this behavior is never repeated
It will mean even the liberals will be so happy with the increase in their quality of life that they will have to make up new, even more ridiculous, reasons to be miserable

#10 | Posted by deadman at 2024-11-03 08:36 PM

First there was this ...

Do you honestly think something went wrong on the server side to repost 1000+ times by Hans or was he sitting in his basement continuously hitting the publish comment button with ever growing incel rage until it finally posted 1000+ times? My bet is that someone's mom didn't bring the pizza rolls in time and Hans was rage hitting submit while likely screaming the n-word at the top of his lungs. Thankfully, he likely resides in a windowless basement so no one was exposed to his racial abuse.

#18 | Posted by deadman at 2024-10-17 08:23 PM

...and then there was this...
#18 | Posted by: deadman | Flag: Serious level

Interestingly enough, this is post #18.

"Any significantly advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic."

#22 | Posted by Hans at 2024-10-17 08:58 PM

This is just way too easy.

#11 | Posted by Hans at 2024-11-03 08:38 PM

#10 | Posted by deadman at 2024-11-03 08:36 PM | Reply | Flag: Hans' Love Letter to deadman

#12 | Posted by Hans at 2024-11-03 08:39 PM

"#12 | Posted by Hans"

Like I told you before, you would be better off writing your love letter to Yav and hoping he could give you some of that married guy gay sex he brags about. Hell, that or you can seek professional help for your obsession with me. It is actually pretty creepy.

#13 | Posted by deadman at 2024-11-03 08:41 PM

It will mean WW3 will be averted.

No, it won't. It just means everyone else will be fighting it.

It will mean the DOGE in enacted and spending is finally cut to pull the US out of financial abyss

No, it just means all that money will be directed to the pockets of people like Trump and Musk you pathetically gullible fool.

It will mean the economy roars as it did 8 years ago

Like Obama's economy? Because that's where the "roaring" economy came from 8 years ago.

The rest is just pure drivel. You're either incredibly stupid or 19 years old and just starting to spread your real world wings.

#14 | Posted by jpw at 2024-11-04 09:26 AM

Could be both.

#15 | Posted by YAV at 2024-11-04 09:30 AM

#14 - Exactly.

Also:
2024-8 = 2016.
Barack Obama's Presidentia term ended 2017. One year later.

"It will mean the economy roars as it did 8 years ago" The economy then was roaring. The economy today, as even the WSJ states, is already roaring, already solid, and now we just need a few tweaks.

Trump's plans would utterly destroy our economy. The economy brought to you by Democrats. As is historically the case.

#16 | Posted by YAV at 2024-11-04 09:34 AM

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