William Lindsey :toad:@wdlindsy@toad.social
Like all the other outrageous things Trump has been doing in the last weeks, the DC takeover is, first and foremost, an attempt to deflect from the Jeffrey Epstein case. …
But it is not just a deflection, it is also an attempt to bring the attention of his base back to the core of their bond with Trump, namely authoritarianism and nativism (which are, as always with the far right, closely connected)."
~ Cas Mudde
#Trump #Epstein #WashingtonDC #authoritarianism
/27
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/13/why-is-trump-deploying-national-guard-troops-to-washington-dc
William Lindsey :toad:@wdlindsy@toad.social
"Don't be fooled: Trump's D.C. takeover is about race. Black people have been Trump’s target for his entire adult life. …
This is a man whose first appearance in the New York Times was for denying apartments to Black applicants."
~ Shalise Manza Young
#Trump #WashingtonDC #crime #fascism #racism #military
/28
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/dont-be-fooled-trumps-dc-takeover