Once Trump is finished destroying the Freedom of the Press, maybe we'll have to rely on something similar to the French Underground during WWII.

HUGH

"Wait until he gets his subjects on the Supreme Corrupt Court into the act of destroying our independent media"

That's high on the "to do" list for sure.

Trump has said as much when he declared that the press is "the enemy of the people."

Take that as the first clue ~~ along with the fact that he wants to have journalist who spoke out against him arrested and jailed.

On what charges, I don't know. But I'm sure Trump's DOJ will come up with something. Or at least he'll try to drive them into financial ruin defending themselves.

Chances are he'll also try to have the FCC cancel licensing to Democrat leaning cable networks.

I think the plan he's looking for is called State Run media, along the same lines as Russia.

HAGBARD

Normally, yes. But Trump keeps their passports so they can't leave when their visa expires.

The matter I wrote about was before Trump's first term.

I live in Ft. Lauderdale so I remember the case very well. I remember one of his sons or Kushner had to rush in fast, give those workers their passport and fire them. And, just guessing, probably paid their plane fare out of this country quick.

Nonetheless, I see that Trump is at it again. It's a familiar story to me.

TENMILE @ #6

"He hires eastern Europeans for staff at Mara Largo because the local labor market would include Cubans and blacks. His members and guests would not like that."

That's not the reason. He uses them to save money on his payroll. They're actually held captive because he has their passports locked up in a safe. Trump is a cruel taskmaster.

I recall a horror story a while back. One worker did quit at Mar-a-Lago. Without an income, he and his family couldn't pay their rent and were evicted. He finally went to the police and spilled the beans on Trump. Before the authorities could investigate, either Eric, Jr. or Kushner rushed in and fired all the illegals working for Trump, thereby obliterating the evidence.

Trump got off squeaky clean.

Is it fair?

Absolutely!

If she had a beef, there are legal ways to contest a decision. A Lawyer, for example.

Now she going to be a convicted terrorists and have to contend with a prison health care system. And she'll lose her home either way.

She doesn't look too bright. Betcha she used her own tracible phone.

Hiring foreign guest workers is something Trump has done before. He also confiscates their passports so they can't leave him.

They can't quit and they can't find other jobs.

Russia conducting trial runs ~~ testing response. Poland is next on the list after Trump abandons Ukraine.

I'm reminded of one of my old standbys. "Too late can come sooner than you think."

(which also applies to voters who put Trump back in office)

Missile maker in Moscow gunned down.

Karma can be a real bitch sometimes.

"Convicted" is not going to look good on their resume' when they go looking for a job.

REIN

"Does he get a trump bible as a parting gift when he's deported?"

His parting gift will be free room and board at a concentration camp for an indeterminate period of time while he waits, perhaps for many months under less than minimum conditions, among millions of others, some of whom are foreign born (or U.S born children of foreign born) and naturalized U.S. citizens.

Rounding up and deporting millions of people isn't as simple as lining up airplanes on a tarmac. These people could be held, incognito, for months or even years, waiting for their number to come up.

In short, it's going to be a human rights disaster that the Trump administration will do everything in their power to hide from public scrutiny.

European NATO nations alone cannot compete with Russia in Ukraine. Russia only has to shut down the oil pipeline to bring them to their knees.

The Baltic nations on Russia's border can easily be bombed into submission.

It looks like Trump is going to make sure all goes as planned between the GOP and Moscow.