You’re forgetting he made up “the millions and millions of illegal immigrants crossing the border”

Which, to him, are all living together in halls and single decrepid buildings and easily picked up.

He envisioned the numbers and now must make them exist, or at least make the deportations logically match up.

Ofcourse it’s not going to line up so he’ll find new victims, next targets will be freshly awarded green cards, to be checked for discrepancies like spelling errors or those with recent adress changes, or say any green card holder who committed a small crime like jaywalking in the last 10 years.

But hey, it is good for the unemployment numbers!

… Hitler also targeted others besides jews, gypsies, colored, disabled people, all under the pretense of danger to and burdens on the society …

Somehow I think he didn’t resign because of the remarks specifically but because he was named and shamed in the spotlight.

“Comfortable”:

Where having 3 jobs doesn’t even give a proper living wage… Where a health crisis will bankrupt you… Where the common people pay the taxes for the richest. Where vacation days are tightly controlled and preferrably denied. Already the doctrine is: “You Live To Work”.

And this is before Trump started slashing all government aid and will give even more money to the rich, thinking the populace will make up the difference on the countries income…

Now he just about personally has total control of the government payment system, down to the social serurity number of each individual. A good weapon to have.

(Had a long rant here about the US’ bleak future, but it’s not befitting the discussion at this moment)

My point being, things are only a very small drop to where it’s too late and the shackles are clamped on.

The ones sworn in to uphold the law and constitution are the ones who need to step in now, but are too afraid or corrupted to risk standing up.

King Trump already is above regular checks and balances.

Yep. Still feel I need to put this here…

He WANTS to be a despot … he eagerly looks at, admires and wishes to count himself amongst worldly despots like Putin, Maduro, the Saudi kings and even the younger Kim Yong Un.

He does not aspire to be a benevolent leader at all, I don’t think he even can be one. To be important is indeed what he wants, but it is the importance in the form of keeping him happy or he’ll give you misery.

He also has done nothing but spout lies and easy grifts for decades now, and if caught he’d be as vindictive as possible to instill fear and hesitation on any who would oppose him. So, swift opposition from within his ranks is not going to happen soon.

The ultra rich might turn on him if he torches the economy, but they do know he now has the power to take away their assets if push comes to shove…

Not just that, but frankly for a company like Proton it’s prudent to “cry along with the wolves, lest you get killed” …

As long as Proton’s products still stand on their own in the light of the Trump regime I don’t think it is useful at all to torch the company because of remarks of its ceo now that Trump is in office…

Ofcourse one can frown and be miffed but there are far worse companies out there that everyone uses, and people shrug off direct comments of anyone on the board of directors.

I am contemplating this scenario:

California says “we can’t contribute no more due to needing our own funds” … Trump says: “you’ll pay …or… tariffs!”

“Dictator, but only on day 1”

Any other …untruths… no one expected? /s

Not just that, they will be more readily remembering the plain illegal stuff that’s happening now and will add it to their remembered list of the previous Trump case(s).

Remove all witnesses past and present so all history can be rewritten.

Oh it’s definitely not a joke, repeat it enough and people can get used to the idea.

It’s how his whole campaign is built, spout outlandish things that the opposition assumes is funny and does not take seriously enough to stop it early on.

In about 2 years the Trump camp will begin making statements like “we need extra time to finish the job” … “what say you, another term to make america even greater?” … “A 3rd term? We can make it happen for Americans” … “The right man for the job!”

And by the time the next election season is supposed to begin he has been given his legal mandate to stay on indefinitely and is allowed to appoint a successor when he deems necessary…

Meanwhile they will keep finding and making enemies to blame the high prices on.

Very pleasing how he put the girl in the background :-)

This is not a new revelation, I guess it just eluded a lot of people watching the movies.

Palpatine could do it on a galaxy wide scale, Yoda mentions “The Dark Side clouds everything” in the prequels.

I don’t remember which, but in various games the Dark Side users had similar powers.

Also, Obi Wan influences the mind of stormtroopers etc. it is a logical conclusion that Dark Side users have abilities like it.

That it is now done in the middle of a lightsaber fight just means the one doing it is trained in this style of combat.

Ofcourse imo it still is bad writing if it works on just about every jedi, in their prime, attacking him in that group.

Trump demanded the debate, Biden should have demanded thorough fact checks with graphs and balances.

I personally would not have stepped in any debate setting with a certified liar and scammer without any sort of fact checking, it’s just foolishness.

You bring up a point there that I have not seen many people consider: Where is Kamala Harris in all this? And from the outside it is as simple as that.

A friend in Europe said: Biden is everywhere but we never see or hear from the VP. In this time of big elections I find that odd.

Yes this sounds like a very convoluted way to go about things, but I am not sure if it was the actual verdict that is so badly constructed that it demands this or that Google gives itself and everyone else a lot of unnecessary pain.

Samsung also does auto updates etc and co-exists with the play store on samsung phones (granted, it lives within their android skin), even updates some Google play store (installed) apps, so I am not sure what or where the issue is/lies.

But now Google wants app stores within app stores within app stores as a solution?

Well one small step would be to stop selling or dealing with subcontractors, will not fix it but does add an extra hurdle to things.

Technical issues? Go on-site to where the machine is supposed to be … have your own technicians look at the machines on site and report back.

But I guess those costs put pressure on the profits of the company.

It was a fluke indeed, no one really expected him to win, he himself the least, he was mostly there for the attention.

But once he was sworn in and the dust settled, the country was stuck with him and would need to ride it out. Problem is, Trump liked playing with the big boys, feeling important and enjoyed being gawked at on his golf course… Not to forget he could use the cash flow, billing the government millions, putting his friends and family in places they had no right to be, it was all useful, and he made himself useful for those keeping him in his seat.

But near 2020 Trump realized he needed to stay there or his world would come crumbling down from debt and his illegitimate activities hidden by his white house shine. So he would go and try to keep the position. Alas that decision did not come with enough time beforehand to cement his position. So they had no preparations on hand when the time was there and his force of headbobbers plainly was too small to push him past the election results.

But that was a lesson learned, and he and those helping him come with the 2025 plan, try to get as many pro-trumpers in useful positions before the election, years in advance, so that they can help push him back in the white house, no matter what the actual vote says…

And here we are; The judiciary system is heavily tilted towards stalling all Trump court cases beyond the elections. The electorate is slithering its way through covert adjustments of voter rules and registration zones. And the legislative shows all signs on this time really refusing to certify losing results.

Meanwhile Trump has a more focused mob now that he can rile up and has more solid plans/experience on what kind of action or roadblock is needed where.

I really do hope cooler heads will prevail. But the months before and after the switch to 2025 will be quite the ride. And possibly bring enormous changes for the whole world.

People have hope and heart for Star Wars … hope that got rekindled by a spark here and there like Andor and The Mandalorian’s early seasons. So the fans get pulled back in.

But soon after Disney brings pain again, and it is always on purpose, usually from very bad writing that should not have seen the green light, and lousy planning.