the question of “should Trump of all people be given the powers of a king” is the central question of the moment - ThreadSky

swin24.bsky.social • 2 days ago

the question of “should Trump of all people be given the powers of a king” is the central question of the moment

Dear media:

Please do not waste time hyperventilating about this dumb comment.

It’s intended to be a distraction from all of the damaging actions he’s taking.

Focus on those.

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oldohman.bsky.social•2 days ago

I lived in NYC in the 80s and 90s so the question of "should Trump of all people" be elected to anything was a definite "No" even way back then.

4ann-marie.bsky.social•2 days ago

The FELON has spoken!

fwroregon.bsky.social•2 days ago

The king died in 1977

jamesshields.bsky.social•2 days ago

The irony of a party styled as "Republican" being led by a megalomaniac styling himself "king"

ilooovefloyd.bsky.social•2 days ago

Big distraction. What's he planning with putin? He's screwing Ukraine and wants to own parts of Europe. We're going to end up in a war. Question is, who are we going to fight

kalr123.bsky.social•2 days ago

When I first moved to MA, I learned of the expression, "Half in jest, whole in earnest." THIS is a perfect example.

mickeleh.bsky.social•2 days ago

I expected much better of @danielsgoldman.dg4ny.co . What's distracting is spending time debating whether to take Trump seriously or literally, whether to decide distinguish trolling from policy.
A better use of time is to oppose Trump, and not nit-pick his opposition.

nighttrace.org•2 days ago

Hmmmm

ohiolandmarks.bsky.social•2 days ago

yeah, this guy sucks

walterwrona.bsky.social•2 days ago

The answer is hell no. And for those who think I have TDS, my answer will not change no matter who's name you throw out.

misscantbewrong.bsky.social•2 days ago

people are asking

typoknig.bsky.social•2 days ago

This post is a distraction from. All the nothi.g you keep doing.

secretbandname.bsky.social•2 days ago

For whom is the question not already asked and answered though

hackett-hound.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's

We the people

Not

Long live the King 👑

ruthz.bsky.social•2 days ago

I kinda want every tv journalist to challenge Trump and his minions to define democracy. Just for shits and giggles.

mdelaporta.bsky.social•2 days ago

all subjects are equally subservient, but some are more equal than others

charrchilders.bsky.social•2 days ago

I keep hearing/reading, "Don't get distracted/triggered by the small stuff/ruses..." But I think there's also madness-methodology to it. Making little cuts & pokes desensitizes cumulatively. The minute-but-steady consumption of this propaganda-arsenic will effectively poison victims beyond recovery.

bunnibytz.bsky.social•2 days ago

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson in 2019:

“[T]he primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded American history is that Presidents are not kings.”

slopcheese34.bsky.social•2 days ago

She should be yelling from every mountain top in North America…instead, she is burrowed in her SCOTUS lair.

jenonymous.bsky.social•2 days ago

Low information Americans don’t understand that “king” means dictator most of the time— we shouldn’t accept any framing of Trump like a neutered Windsor family figurehead when he is already ruling like an autocratic despot.

justmet.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yup! Keep your eye on the ball! He’s just saying these things to rile people up! It’s his red meat…attention on him while he creates chaos for us!

caytoniccox.bsky.social•2 days ago

I also don’t think it’s a distraction. It’s central to what’s going on as he consolidated power and says everyone to fuck off lol.

theministryoftruth.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump has always been the King.

#IgnoranceIsStrength

swin24.bsky.social•2 days ago

I agree he’s doing this to troll and trigger libs; I also realize that is not mutually exclusive from diagnosing that a nonironic version of his same post is whats undergirding this entire ongoing power grab, constitutional crisis and the democratic backsliding we are seeing happening in real time

jordanfalk.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly. People really need to start embracing the “why not both?” mentality when looking at the implicit and explicit motivations of this admin.

risibledog.bsky.social•2 days ago

re this dynamic I often think about the context around Hitler's "smash the nucleus" quote https://zuriz.wordpress.com/2013/10/06/smashing-the-nucleus/ e.g. "established a programme and tendency that were a conscious slap in the face of the democratic-pacifist world"

robertschloss.bsky.social•2 days ago

💯👍

mlamb.bsky.social•2 days ago

It’s a distraction sure but Trump always tells on himself.

justmet.bsky.social•2 days ago

He probably calls himself that privately…probably has for years 🙄

loffles.bsky.social•2 days ago

When it comes to mass politics, I'd rather be the side arguing "Trump thinks he's a king, and here's him saying so himself," vs the side arguing "No, actually, he said the stupid thing on purpose to troll the libs."

swin24.bsky.social•2 days ago

For years, thru different administrations, people have warned that the imperial presidency, the features and excesses of the war on terror that carried over, and other abuses were giving, for instance, Bush the powers we hadn’t seen since King George.

Trump saw that opportunity for what it was

blindbeignet.bsky.social•2 days ago

Trump isn’t smart enough to see… but his advisors do.

icassassin.bsky.social•2 days ago

It doesn't require a lot of smarts for an id-driven sack of impulses to gravitate towards power. If the lane is open, they'll move into it. No thought process required.

burtonad.bsky.social•2 days ago

Donald Trump has rolled over the Republican Party to create this opportunity, but watch for Republicans to quickly roll back powers from any elected Democratic president as soon as one is elected.

jonoftheshore.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's funny how you all still think there's going to be more elections. From here, it looks like your country is done with them.

burtonad.bsky.social•2 days ago

Oh, there will be elections, all right, though the thumbs will go massively on the scales. It’s possible that the MAGA project of making the US the Jim Crow South will have some short to medium term success, but even that won’t last forever.

jennipherb.bsky.social•2 days ago

This is NOT rumpTs idea. He is only the celebrity talking head used to con the masses. Everything being done is spelled out in Project 2025 (and previous iterations). The current head of OMB is Russel Vought: white nationalists, architect of P2025 and puppet master of the 🍊🤡 (and likely muskrat).

jlev.online•2 days ago

I really wish people took the “turnkey totalitarian state” warning seriously. It wasn’t seen as a problem when Obama was doing the warrantless wiretaps and drone strikes.

But now, all that power of the presidency seems really bad when concentrated in such vindictive hands.

shabbydude.bsky.social•2 days ago

The philosopher Nelly once said to an attractive woman that his friend has a stripper pole in the basement. Upon being alarmed at the woman's reaction, Nelly announced that he was "just kidding like Jason... unless you're gonna do it."

This is similar. It's a troll, unless people let him do it.

justtaoit.bsky.social•2 days ago

We all have to remember that he’s worried about going to jail in about four years. Stupid Democrats keep getting burned by not taking him seriously.

paix120.bsky.social•2 days ago

Also, didn't he used to call himself "the King of New York" or something like that?

paix120.bsky.social•2 days ago

Yeah thought so

paix120.bsky.social•2 days ago

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c0eg8y9w71gt?post=asset%3A50da1ab6-5598-4ec6-8988-00c8cd1c1916#post

paix120.bsky.social•2 days ago

Exactly. Well said.

thegonch.bsky.social•2 days ago

Disagree. The question is not whether Trump should be given the power of a king, but should anyone, ever.

lordjim.bsky.social•2 days ago

Beg to differ, Goldman. Whatever happened to the notion that presidents should be statesmen who should measure their words carefully?

lebassett.bsky.social•2 days ago

Thank you

newgranarchist.bsky.social•2 days ago

We had a whole childhood story to prepare us for this moment! What are we doing

artsvandelay.bsky.social•2 days ago

Usually the people saying "don't talk about this thing, focus on the other stuff" don't in fact focus on the other stuff, they just want an excuse to disengage.

joparkerbear.bsky.social•2 days ago

You’d think the former impeachment attorney might get that

aidanjersey.bsky.social•2 days ago

It's sort of like saying that the man shouting, "I am mugging you!" is just a distraction from the fact that he is mugging you.

sordf1sh.bsky.social•2 days ago

Fuck Executive Orders

potusmusk.bsky.social•2 days ago

There's only one question to ask yourself then; is it the right thing to do to make him king?
It's clear you would be a fucking idiot to answer yes.

wastelandrover.bsky.social•2 days ago

The Supreme Court already made it a legitimate question.

And if we are GOING to have a king, he would not be my choice. Although I guess that's the point of being king. Still, can we at least have some sort of farcical aquatic ceremony?

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