Saw the videos. Horrifying shit. That was a summary execution by Trump's personal army. Of course, the administration is already trying to frame this as a justifiable act of self-defense.
In a just world, Trump, everyone in his administration, and every one of these ICE thugs would be rotting in a prison cell for this blatant abuse of power. Then again, in a just world Trump wouldn't have even gotten a chance to run a second time and he would have been convicted in a court of law for his many crimes and barred from public office. Even the very existence of ICE is an affront. As I explained a couple of weeks ago, ICE and any other immigration agencies are patently unconstitutional in the first place. Where in the Constitution does it authorize the federal government to do any of this? Republicans talk a big game about "big government" and how bad the federal government in particular is and about how important the Constitution is and that we should be "originalists" regarding it, but that was all massive load of shit. They only care about power. They fully believe that the power of the state should be brought to bear against anyone who's not part of their chosen in-group. Because they're fucking fascists, full stop.
Trump is the living embodiment of Chaotic Evil. A vile, petty, violent, vindictive man with a colossal yet fragile ego. He doesn't believe in political norms, and will violate whatever norms he feels like to benefit himself and consolidate power. He views the power of his office as a weapon to use against his enemies and other people he and his base hates. He has normalized the idea of using the power of the state to threaten and intimidate others for purely political reasons. He is unconcerned with having a functional government. Government exists solely to glorify him and do his bidding regardless of the the legality of the action, because he thinks everything should exist to glorify him. He is willing to unilaterally leave most of the government a barely functional mess. He doesn't care so long as the military, ICE, and various police agencies around the country help advance his domestic agenda. He constantly threatens our allies with tariffs and even annexation, often for petty reasons and as a means to influence domestic policy in other nations. He routinely threatens government action and lawsuits against anyone critical of him. In his view, if you're not a sycophant who licks his boots then you're an enemy of the state. As far as he's concerned, he is America. If half the country is on fire and the economy is in the shitter because of his bullshit, so long as he's personally doing well and has unchecked power then America is doing well in his book.
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