America has never been a country where politicians have extra- or quasi-legal security "guys" around them. Trump is changing that. ICYMI @hollybfletcher.bsky.social:
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Look at this, Americans.
We looked at you as the country that used to support freedom around the world. But now, your majority chose to be slaves to a dictator, his party, his billionaire friends, and Putin.
Europe is rising, and you are dying.
Now, sidekicks—Donald’s Elon Musk compared to Idi Amin’s Bob Astles—nicknamed The White Rat by Ugandans, at his side through most of Idi’s eight dreadful years in power. His British henchman, most probably the head of Idi’s secret police (guys), and the second most feared man in Uganda.
Why African-style? Many Latin American countries had regimes with praetorian guards. So did some European countries when they were ruled by Benito and Adolf. And US presidents had "guys" as well. Remember the guy jumping on JFK's car when he got shot.
That’s the Secret Service. They’re federal employees who are tasked with protecting the president and vice president from injury/death, not a private army. The president can’t order them to kill or arrest people who oppose him.
Yes, but since Trump is making the US gov into his own personal domain, he is turning the secret service into something like a private army paid by the taxpayers.
Oh come on … why stretch with the analogy, when the obvious comparison is right in front of you: Brown Shirt just like with Hitler. The similarities are right there, for everyone to see. Heil Tesler
Ha! I thought this article was going to be about Trump's cabinet.
So Musk has a private security force that's tied in with the US Marshalls? Who is to say he won't dethrone the weak-minded, infirm and rapidly aging Don?
This @vanityfair article on Thiel/Yarvin from 2022 is long but seems to mirror a lot of what is happening right now. if you don’t want to read it have Safari or Google read the article for you. This is their end game. Eat the rich!
This article was so long but worth the read. How frustrating that in 2022, we were told exactly what was coming and it sounded too insane to take seriously. These people are delusional.😵💫 If there's any reason not to have kids these days, it's so you don't accidentally create more of these pricks.
"Elon Musk’s private security force now has federal law enforcement authority via the U.S. Marshals Service.... Musk’s political power, not to mention his egregious conflicts of interest, makes the apparent deputization of his team highly unusual and dangerous."
This part from the article was a good point I had not yet completely absorbed:
Musk has a private security force via the U.S. Marshals Service, and details are unknown.
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We looked at you as the country that used to support freedom around the world. But now, your majority chose to be slaves to a dictator, his party, his billionaire friends, and Putin.
Europe is rising, and you are dying.
They have to meet all of donnie's well thought out qualifications: Obsequious devotion to donnie.
Now, sidekicks—Donald’s Elon Musk compared to Idi Amin’s Bob Astles—nicknamed The White Rat by Ugandans, at his side through most of Idi’s eight dreadful years in power. His British henchman, most probably the head of Idi’s secret police (guys), and the second most feared man in Uganda.
So Musk has a private security force that's tied in with the US Marshalls? Who is to say he won't dethrone the weak-minded, infirm and rapidly aging Don?
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2022/04/inside-the-new-right-where-peter-thiel-is-placing-his-biggest-bets
Musk has a private security force via the U.S. Marshals Service, and details are unknown.