Pablius

Regarding Trump, hi from Latin America (Argentina) land of great football and sometimes populist egomaniacs...
I´ll just paste something I wrote in January of 2017 on another forum:
"Coming from a country with it´s fair share of populists in it´s history, let me tell you a couple of things about what will happen:

First: it´s not about policies, it´s not about facts, now it´s only about power and how to keep it

Second: the only thing that will be rewarded is loyalty, it may or may not align with skills, it doesn't matter any more

Third: it´s not about liberal and conservative, It´s not about democrat or republican, now it´s about trump or anti trump, there will be no middle ground to hide, both coalitions will have members of previous coalitions, those won´t matter much anymore, more republicans will be on Trump´s coalition because he was elected as one of course

Fourth: his only objective is reelection, and after that a third mandate, and a fourth and so on, to this end he will push any policy he deems useful, left wing or right wing, won´t matter, he sometimes will be align with former liberal/democrat ideas, he will take ownership of anything that promotes him, claiming it was his idea all along

Fifth: any source of check and balances will be targeted as traitorous, anti american, etc., this includes the press, other parties, the supreme court, whatever, anyone he sees as a member of the anti trump coalition is now a target, for now of rhetoric only, time will tell how far he will be allowed to go, and don´t think for a second there is something he won't do, or that he has any moral limit, he doesn't

Good luck trying to rationalize his government into anything other than an ego trip

His only weak point is succession, like every populists he hates the idea of giving power up, to anyone, even his children, he won´t groom a successor and get mad every time this point comes up

I sincerely hope current checks and balances work, but I´m not optimistic, lots of people will come under the spell, it´s tough times for anyone that can´t escape facts, reason, science, for those are now the enemies of the US government."
 
Not spot on in every point, but It came close to happen the first time around, now he has evolved and learned, it will be worst.
The paradox is that it was in the hands of Republican Senators to impeach and keep him out of office for good, they failed.
 
 

Two things, the person talking sounds like a girl (!) or maybe a teenager, the accent is Argentinian (or possible but less likely Uruguayan, the River Plate area accent sounds similar in both countries).

Two things, the person talking sounds like a girl (!) or maybe a teenager, the accent is Argentinian (or possible but less likely Uruguayan, the River Plate area accent sounds similar in both countries).

Two things, the person talking sounds like a girl (!) or maybe a teenager, the accent is Argentinian (or possible but less likely Uruguayan, the River Plate area accent sounds similar in both countries).

Two things, the person talking sounds like a girl (!) or maybe a teenager, the accent is Argentinian (or possible but less likely Uruguayan, the River Plate area accent sounds similar in both countries).

Two things, the person talking sounds like a girl (!) or maybe a teenager, the accent is Argentinian (or possible but less likely Uruguayan, the River Plate area accent sounds similar in both countries).

Zelenski speaking with Orban, who is also here in Buenos Aires for our new president inauguration...the graph says "President of Hungary" because people in the news business apparently don't know/don't care about the details anymore...
 

Zelenski a few minutes ago here in Buenos Aires...
 

 

Zelenski a few minutes ago here in Buenos Aires...
 

 

Zelenski a few minutes ago here in Buenos Aires...
 

 

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

If there is a "pretorian guard" full of T-14 Armata it should make an appearance right about now...

If there is a "pretorian guard" full of T-14 Armata it should make an appearance right about now...

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie

Somewhat ironic that a group called Wagner is trying to pull a operation Valkyrie