Donald Trump has greater than hinted at his need to be king of America.
Think about that.
However as unimaginable as the concept of a monarchy could appear in America, Trump’s first six months as president have appeared extra authoritarian than any of us can think about. What Trump desires, he has appeared to get with the Senate, Home of Representatives and Supreme Court docket all stacked and ruling in his favor.
The federal courts have provided some pushback, however both Trump has ignored their rulings or the conservative-leaning Supreme Court docket has supported Trump.
Trump has been profitable in obliterating variety, fairness and inclusion, and any type of affirmative motion, whereas efficiently deporting immigrants in mass with none due course of, and he has displaced hundreds of American federal employees with out a lot pushback.
However his newest present of unilateral energy has come within the passage of his latest “Large Stunning Invoice”, often known as the “Large Ugly Invoice,” that may make substantial cuts to Medicaid, federal monetary help, government-backed scholar loans, SNAP and Part 8, whereas transferring main {dollars} to his rich pals, diverting cash from public colleges to constitution and personal colleges and his seemingly relentless conflict towards Mexican immigrants.
The Republicans outnumber Democrats in each Homes, and Trump’s Republican cohorts appear afraid to push again on his prohibitive insurance policies that may do exactly as a lot hurt to their white constituents as they’re doing to Black individuals in America.
Elon Musk, the architect of the mass cuts to the federal workforce, is now proposing a 3rd political occasion. However ought to he be trusted after initially being a part of Trump’s mind belief?
In our newest episode of the Defender Roundtable, the panel discusses Trump’s authoritarian rule and what this might imply for Black Individuals.
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