As Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley argued it out on CNN in an apparent race for second place, the former president took part in a town hall on Fox News
  • Boddhisatva@lemmy.world
    83·
    1 year ago

    If Trump is reelected, he will immediately replace everyone he can with Red-hat toadies, and then sign a barrage of dictatorial, overreaching executive orders, most of which would likely be unconstitutional. Lawsuits would naturally follow immediately with the courts placing those orders on hold until they can be adjudicated. Trump’s toadies, however, will go ahead and act on those orders regardless of the court’s decisions. Some of the toadies will subsequently be arrested, of course, for any actions that are illegal. Trump will then pardon those toadies which will embolden all the rest of his Red-hats since they will now believe, rightly or wrongly, that they will be pardoned too. Trump will then keep signing even more orders as Democracy dies burning.

    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.oneEnglish
      46·
      1 year ago

      If Trump is reelected, he will immediately replace everyone he can with Red-hat toadies

      This isn’t a conspiracy. This is a fact: Project 2025 by the Heritage Foundation

      Although the system appeared to be sufficient for the nation’s first century, progressive intellectuals and activists demanded a more professionalized, scientific, and politically neutral Administration. Progressives designed a merit system to promote expertise and shield bureaucrats from partisan political pressure, but it soon began to insulate civil servants from accountability. The modern merit system increasingly made it almost impossible to fire all but the most incompetent civil servants. Complying with arcane rules regarding recruiting, rating, hiring, and firing simply replaced the goal of cultivating competence and expertise

      Such a reliance on holdovers and bureaucrats led to a lack of agency control and the absolute refusal of the Acting Attorney General from the Obama Administration to obey a direct order from the President.

      Congress should also consider whether public-sector unions are appropriate in the first place.

      Central Personnel Agencies: Managing the Bureaucracy

      During their terms, the three Republican commissioners have demonstrated with their votes and their public statements that they believe the FEC should not overregulate political activity and act beyond its statutory authority, construe ambiguous and confusing provisions against candidates and the public instead of the government, and infringe on protected First Amendment activity

      Federal Election Commission

      Leeja Miller - The Conservative Plan to Take Over the Country (you need to know about this)

      • ZombieTheZombieCat@lemmy.world
        81·
        1 year ago

        Clicked on “Department of Education” and this is the first sentence:

        Federal education policy should be limited and, ultimately, the federal Department of Education should be eliminated.

        The second paragraph praises Milton Friedman, someone who should be up there with Kissinger in terms of what a disgusting piece of shit he and his followers are. If anyone wants to know what’s about to happen to the US, read Naomi Klein’s The Shock Doctrine to see how it’s gone when we’ve had our “free market capitalist” hands in other countries’ business. It makes me physically ill. I hope all the gEnOcIdE jOE people understand what this place, and several other countries, will look like with trump in office.

    • grabyourmotherskeys@lemmy.world
      17·
      1 year ago

      I think it’s important to remember that he could care less if nothing works so when say replace, what he might actually do is just remove.

      He could cripple the federal government and just not replace people.

      Eventually, they will get replaced but he could do a ton of damage by removing any politically appointed officials, auctioning off those positions to business interests, and having them fire everyone they can (or will, really, becuase I think you’d be going to court over this).