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Robert MacKay's avatar

The Trump plan of intimidation will continue. The video tools of today’s world make the falsehoods harder to hide. But this is Act 1 Scene 1 of this Homeland Security Drama.

Clammer31's avatar

Night of the Long Knives. Hitler did not want Ernst Rohm's Bownshirts to have so much power. Rohm might set them loose on him.

Like most dictators, Trump fears internal power sectors. Particularly, the military. (recall Haig's "I'm in charge here at the White House."

RE: Emperor Xi arrests his top general. Stalin sidelined Zhukov, etc.

Wait to see how Trump handles the NRA and Pretti's legal carry.

And I wonder how much 'Loyalty' Bovino retains in his agents.

Linda Oliver's avatar

Alex Pretti WAS brandishing a weapon: a camera.

Nancy E's avatar

Absolutely accurate. Those goons can’t just shuffle off to Buffalo to escape accountability. Isn’t the statute of limitations for murder forever?

Martha's avatar

He wouldn't dare. It would make him look fallible!

Lynne D. Feldman's avatar

With Diaper Donnie in charge and following those who have good insights into his malfunctioning brain, I think this is what we can expect: 1) He goes to bed & wakes up to 4 tvs playing non-stop and the first question he asks is "How's it playing?" so all he cares about is optics, like any good conman. 2) He is a malignant narcissist sadist sociopath so he cannot rewire his brain to do anything other but care about his own survival. 3) He's following Bannon and Miller to "flood the zone" with daily abuses beyond our feverish imagination, so expect daily horrors to numb us. 4) He acts out of impulse now since his prefrontal cortex which uses "logic" is diseased and shrinking. Don't expect anything to make sense. 5) There will be no movement by those who've bent the knee already. As a mob boss, he figures if you caved once, he'll expect you to cave every time he demands it. 6) He'll throw anyone under the bus since "I am never wrong and know better than anyone on the planet." He's not capable of changing. 7) Only WE THE PEOPLE can stop this dictatorship.

Chjd's avatar

“Distancing himself” where have we heard/seen that clown car show before…that’s his go to. Watch what he does not what says. Epstein-claimed he didn’t associate with the guy, project 2025- doesn’t know anything about it, and had nothing to with inciting January 6, 2020 violent mob. Believe your eyes not his mouth.

LiverpoolFCfan's avatar

"Contrary to Vance’s claims, federal officers do not have absolute immunity and can be charged with state crimes in some instances."

If we win the mid-terms, we MUST not neglect to hold these people accountable. I know that Trump will pardon anyone at the federal level, but hopefully states can ensure some level of justice for Renee Good and Alex Pretti.

The message must be loud and clear that federal agents do NOT have absolute immunity and must follow the rule of law like everyone else!