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No, he edges. He constantly explores the edges for weakness and if he doesn't find it then he keeps hammering. Its only a matter of time to have those contoled by populist ideology to weaken to whatever he desires. It just needs time. Its a model that works when systems are not in place to protect against it. And Trump has shown that those measures are not robust enough to prevent it. Because he has no shame and is completely ego driven and he has modeled the R party as the party of one.

Its generally frowned upon when its strictly self serving... Not anymore.

The process? He takes a sharpy and changes it. Whos going to stop him? This is what he's done with everything else. Its his MO.

A Conservative Judge Draws a Line in the Sand With Trump Administration "Outraged the attorney general had ignored a court order, he authors a blistering opinion rebuking William Barr for overstepping his constitutional authority." The courts were the last vestige of the rule of law for this administration... its over. another 4 years is all he needs... he will change the constitution to remove any restrictions on terms. states will complain that they have to participate by law and the Tyrant will simply ignore them. he is above the law now.

what he said!

its pure banana dictatorship at this point...

increasingly, it appears that the safeguards that americans have come to expect that protect them from complete tyranny, no longer apply. All 4 prosecutors quit Roger Stone case after DOJ shifts to urge lighter sentence "The moves come as Trump has expressed his displeasure with the proposed 7-to-9 year prison term for his longtime adviser." Trump says military may consider disciplinary action against Vindman Court rejects lawsuit over Trump’s recordkeeping "A federal judge says she has no authority to address claims that White House is ignoring records laws."

Trump's Former Navy Secretary Endorses Michael Bloomberg for President another military leader refuses to Seig Heil to de Fuhrer!

Impeachment witnesses ousted amid fears of Trump revenge campaign can't wait for Sondlands book! in classic trump form... he fires family members as well. and sent dead fish heads in the mail to their mothers.

well i know you know more about the history than i do... i'm putting my faith in your knowledge that Trump isn't really going to create some tyrannical empire for himself.

fuckability is one of my criteria too.

can i just suggest. vote for someone who respects the rule of law? and respects oversight that the three branches afford each other to protect democracy from tyranny. again, just a suggestion.

been there... its Harmlessville. no, i've gotten lost in the US and had cops spot me and immediately escort me out and i was thankful for it!

what? i'm lost... too much weed for this piker. again... a common theme with you. "all you Canadians want to be Americans! it must be so! or i'm living a lie!" lol

there isn't a square meter of Canada i don't feel safe at in the middle of the night... as long as its not the bad neighborhoods, where the grizzlies and polar bears live.

just... so... anti canadian all the time.

yeah, no... just the shopping. its you guys who love our weed.

does "liberal" mean "liberally left common sense behind"?

we love the shopping!

ahhh!! thats what it means! here i thought it had some ideological angle...

god if only i thought that that would work too then i'd say go for it! i think we do need to nuke up though.

exactly... at the tax payers expense. just like Syrian refugees... you can try and stop them from coming all you like but unless you address the cause...

especially their guns! har har!

what does "leftist" mean?

ok those are all very valid concerns. but first of all, indeed, both the R's and the D's have made immigration a big issue. and unfortunately, a lot of the issues are concealed by the fact that immigrants vote for D's and hardly at all for R's. so, for R's there is an immigration "problem" in the US but not for D's. that aside... the US is an immigrant nation. immigration has always happened, it fuels the US economy and its not any worse than it has been in the past. the war on drugs is an entirely different issue. the border wall probably doesn't work for that. no, some argue that the "wall" is just an expensive symbol thats kind of a waste of tax payer money. if the US were to spend the same on helping central american countries get their security shit together then its arguable that there would be less of an immigration issue. US-Mexico border: 'Longest ever' smuggling tunnel discovered