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Seth Abramson on Twitter a couple of hours ago. The question is how the 40 percent of Americans who stand behind Trump -- and 100 percent of Republicans in Congress -- can be convinced that this is what they voted for and support.
(THREAD) Trump saying America needs to have "riots" and "total hell" to be "great again" suggests he perjured himself in his Oath of Office.
(1) Trump took—at his presidential inauguration—an Oath of Office, which carries a duty to "preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution."
(2) Trump has repeatedly justified draconian policies by alluding to the language of this Oath, maintaining he wants to *protect* Americans.
(3) But evidence is emerging to suggest Trump's administration does *not* have as its first principle the protection or defense of America.
(4) In early 2014, a year before he decided to run for POTUS, Trump was trying to raise his profile but wasn't yet receiving heavy scrutiny.
(5) In February 2014, Trump gave an interview with Fox News in which he made startling admissions about his agenda.
(6) Trump said the "solution" to America's problems—and the key to making America "great again"—was turning America into a "hellish" place.
(7) Specifically, Trump said America being a "total hell," with "everything a disaster," would "solve" the nation's many domestic problems.
(8) But Trump went *much* further: he said that there'd have to be "riots" in the streets of America before the nation became "great again."
(9) Implied in Trump's diatribe was that America would need a leader willing to *oversee* its deliberate descent into being a "total hell."
(10) In February 2014 (and still) neither the Democrats nor the Republicans had a platform supporting "riots," "total hell," and "disaster."
(11) But Trump has done much *more* than merely declare himself a proponent of "riots," "total hell," and "disaster" as a policy "solution."
(12) The architect of Trump's agenda, Steve Bannon, says he's a "Leninist" and says he wants to "destroy the state."
(13) Bannon's confession was published almost six months before Trump made him his top advisor, and in a publication Trump is known to read.
(14) And Bannon's comments were *widely* reported across American media. His belief in radical destruction was *known* when Trump hired him.
(15) Since he's been in office, nearly all Trump's policies have been aimed at increasing domestic and international chaos. Examples follow.
(16) Trump wants to end the EU; diminish NATO; dismantle America's healthcare system without a replacement; and withdraw from our treaties.
(17) His budget exacerbates economic polarization, increasing the chance of domestic unrest; his immigration policy breeds hatred/suspicion.
(18) His tweets caused an MSNBC host to ask whether the president "wants to provoke a terrorist attack" in America.
(19) His tweets also create a deliberate sort of chaos—*daily*—by undermining the authority of his aides, his cabinet, the DOJ, and others.
(20) It's time to ask if Putin supports Trump because BOTH seek the destruction of American civil society and the COLLAPSE of America. {end}- And by the way, as an American, let me just assure those of you from elsewhere that I'm deeply embarrassed by the election and the shit show that followed.allthethings
- Which those of us who supported the flawed candidacy of HRC predicted.allthethings
- It's not that Trump is so great, its that in general politicians are horrible. Even Obama cared so much about his legacy that he didnt accomplish much.robotron3k
- Also, politicians haved never seen anything like him (populist) and nobody seems to know what to do.robotron3k
- Hey we don't like politicians. Let's vote for the guy who isn't one even if he's a clown. Who cares if he's a moron and a deceitful liar, he's not a politician!monospaced
- "in general politicians are horrible. obama." I don't follow your line of reasoning. did you pay attention to politics before trump showed up?dorf
- Robo, if you were paying attention you'd know that Trump is pretending to be a populist. All of his actual stands will hurt the people who voted him in.allthethings
- I said stands, not plans, because he has actually done nothing except say what he's going to do. He has no actual tax plan, for example, beyondallthethings
- saying he's going to have a great tax plan.allthethings