Oh, mercy, this is not good. This is very, very not good. She has spoken out previously and never been wrong. But this time we should be frightened, because she talks about something that should be frightening, because it discusses Trumpty’s plans for the future of our country, and we don’t want to go there. We emphatically do NOT want to go there. With thanks to Raw Story:
President Donald Trump is increasingly positioning the United States as an outright opponent of the European Union and the global democratic order, wrote his niece, Mary Trump, in an urgent article on her Substack published on Monday. Mary Trump, a psychologist who has frequently criticized her uncle’s policies and warned he is showing signs of dementia, took particular aim at the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy (NSS) document turned over to Congress — which, among other things, signals the administration won’t oppose Russian influence campaigns, won’t support Ukraine’s membership in to NATO, and generally won’t support the priorities of the EU going forward.
Oh, sure. Let’s fck over Ukraine some more. Would anyone want to bet on President Zelenskyy and his people knowing Trump is going to screw them over? This subject pisses me off so severely that I don’t have the words for it, so I’ll stop right here. And we can bet that the EU sees what’s happening, too. China just might be a bit gleeful. Anyone can see the writing on the wall for what Donnie is aiming to do, and that means the people of America, too. It’s a very dark future ahead.
“None of this should surprise us,” she wrote. “Donald and those in his orbit, including JD Vance, Marco Rubio, Pete Hegseth, and every single congressional Republican, have shown themselves willing to turn the United States of America into an autocratic fascist regime in which white nationalism is the order of the day. But the implications are vast and far-reaching — not just a re-configuring of the post-World War II order, but a complete American withdrawal from it.” Indeed, she continued, it’s perfectly natural Trump wouldn’t want to use American power to promote democracy as it has sought to do for decades: “Donald, from the perch of his imperial presidency — thanks to the corrupt, illegitimate super majority of the Supreme Court — cares nothing for democratic values. So, therefore, with the Trump regime in charge of everything, neither does America.
It actually is surprising once the plan is laid out and simple to see. We know Trump said he wants to be a dictator on day one, and we are sliding towards a dictatorship more rapidly every day. His attacks against networks, universities, the performing arts, and individuals like each one of us, and simply. named in lawsuits so he can grift more money. We all know someone has figured out how to do that.
He supports the tech bros running AI and doesn’t care about the environmental impacts. He keeps us quiet by insisting that grocery prices are going down when they are going up, and waiting to see when this is going to happen. He says affordability is a made-up word. Everyone could add to this list. Imagine how long it would be if everyone contributed just one thing. This is hurtful, seeing it all laid out.
“Perhaps the most significant tell in the NSS is the description of a Europe that is on the brink of ‘civilizational erasure,’ a phrase that Carl Bildt, the former Swedish prime minister and foreign minister, says is ‘to the right of the extreme right,'” wrote Mary Trump. And this will have huge implications for the way Europe views America long after Trump is gone. “The Trump regime is setting something else in motion, and it is something they may not be able to control,” she concluded. “It is certainly something we American voters will have no control over. We can get rid of Donald Trump and congressional Republicans and the Trump regime. We cannot un-ring the bell that has been rung by the Trump regime in Europe and elsewhere.”
Well, there it is. How … Unwonderful. We are going to be screwed if we don’t stop Donnie somehow, some way. I’ll bet all of us have absolutely NO desire to have a dictator running the country. Even if we get rid of him, then we have JD Vance and Marco Rubio to deal with. We can bet they’d be happy to go along with Project 2025. There is more in the article if you want more specifics. I’m worrying now. You should be, too.
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Our closet and best neighbor, and erstwhile friend, Canada, was the first to recognise and accept what the Trump presidency means for the rest of the Western world … and for the rightwing dictators opposing us. Prime Minister Carney made his position clear as soon as he took office: Trump’s noises about Canada being annexed as a “51st state” were a real threat to Canada’s sovereignity, not just bullyboy bluster. As a result, Canada has built new relationships and reinforced existing ones with other democracies. So has Denmark, after Trump’s moves towards annexing Greenland into his dystopian empire. Europe, NATO and the Western nations will survive Trump; not so sure the USA will.
I’ve been watching her in YouTube for quite a while. Definitely interesting perspective.
https://www.youtube.com/@MaryTrumpMedia