@Crispius @kkarhan i mean like, consider REX84. have you ever read it? conspiracy nutjobs talk about it all the time

but the details of REX84 are almost identical to trump's current immigration actions: round up a half a million central and south americans, and a few thousand US citizens on national security grounds after declaring a national emergency, and deport them top concentration camps in El Salvador

@kkarhan @Crispius i suspect its not actually cognitive dissonance ultimately

it feels to me very similar to other things they do, where the motivation seems to be more like "we want power over others by any means"

they want to wield the sword, not be faced with its sharp point