Yep. I can't believe how much Trump and Kim Jong-Un have in common. They both have a buffoonish air which makes them seem innocuous but both are true totalitarians (Putin would qualify as the latter but not the former - Putin is scary not clownish).
Both have the desire to impose alternative reality as fact. That Kim Jong-Un is more extreme is no doubt due only to the fact he has a big head start on Trump. But if Trump can tame the press and ride roughshod over constitutional and legal constraints, I fear he'd make full use of his power.
The most startling example is how he personally tweeted the murder rate is bigger than it's been in 45 years and the laws have to change. He went for a two-for-one deal by attacking the press for not reporting this murder mayhem. As the press quickly pointed out, the rate is well down on the 80s and 90s even if there had been a small spike recently. Sean Spicer and Kelly-Anne Conway then argued that this is what he meant and so Trump wasn't lying. But today he comes out saying he's reacting to the crime emergency and will be giving the police more powers and shielding the police from being held accountable for abuses of power.
Wow! Straight out of Orwell's 1984! Don't worry about facts. Just create a threat which needs to be addressed. Scare the citizens and come to their rescue ...
Both have the desire to impose alternative reality as fact. That Kim Jong-Un is more extreme is no doubt due only to the fact he has a big head start on Trump. But if Trump can tame the press and ride roughshod over constitutional and legal constraints, I fear he'd make full use of his power.
The most startling example is how he personally tweeted the murder rate is bigger than it's been in 45 years and the laws have to change. He went for a two-for-one deal by attacking the press for not reporting this murder mayhem. As the press quickly pointed out, the rate is well down on the 80s and 90s even if there had been a small spike recently. Sean Spicer and Kelly-Anne Conway then argued that this is what he meant and so Trump wasn't lying. But today he comes out saying he's reacting to the crime emergency and will be giving the police more powers and shielding the police from being held accountable for abuses of power.
Wow! Straight out of Orwell's 1984! Don't worry about facts. Just create a threat which needs to be addressed. Scare the citizens and come to their rescue ...