JoAnne NickersonMay 25, 2023
Anne Applebaum

"When authoritarian leaders lose office, they come back, like, 10 times worse — they never get less extreme, they always get more extreme....January 6 was a profoundly radicalizing event for the base, for the GOP and for Trump himself, because even assaulting the Capitol you could get away with..."

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/trump-language-policy-2024-race/

The deepening radicalization of Donald J. Trump

Watch how the former president’s positions and rhetoric have grown more confrontational and extreme as he seeks a second term.

The Washington Post
May 25, 2023 at 11:24amWeb
Show threadtoxtethogradyMay 25, 2023
@anneapplebaum And Trump continues to prove he's nothing more than a cipher for Vladimir Putin. Which I guess equivalent to being a cipher for Elon Musk...
Show threadtoxtethogradyMay 25, 2023
@anneapplebaum Or a cipher for Larry Ellison...
Show threadgavinisdie May 25, 2023
@anneapplebaum 2024 will not end peacefully
Show threadbrickbatMay 25, 2023
@anneapplebaum Will we ever have an answer of why the DOJ decided to not hold even one of the planners, leaders or funders of this insurrection to account? They are permitted to continue their efforts, probably until they succeed.
Show threadJJ PetersonMay 25, 2023
@anneapplebaum we’re screwed when the media gets radicalized by the fascists.
Show threadAuntie MameMay 25, 2023
@anneapplebaum Just like Hitler. Imprisoned, came back to rise to power.
Show threadKris SamselMay 25, 2023
@anneapplebaum Prison won’t be good to Donnie.
Show threadAgoraMay 26, 2023
@anneapplebaum all the more reason why I will NEVER turn on #cnn again.
Show threadLawrence LondonMay 28, 2023
@anneapplebaum The thing is that they really are as dangerous as you describe and a very real threat to those of us in the United States and they support the Putin regime and its expansionist actions. The US far right under trump and the like have declared war on the rest of us US citizens and are also expansionist with their agenda and its goals.