Like other dictators, he is threatening to put his "enemies" in prison – and to do even worse things to them.
In "banana republics" the enemies of the leader and the regime are usually imprisoned, tortured, executed, and face death squads and mass executions.
Trump himself has publicly expressed his admiration for murderous dictators and autocrats such as Vladimir Putin and N. Korean dictator Kim Jong Un.
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Ignoring the danger will not make it disappear or otherwise go away; moreover, to ignore Trumpism and neofascism is to normalize them.
Project 2025 is a strategy that has been developed by right-wing think tanks and interest groups such as the Heritage Foundation.
That wisdom and warning most certainly applies to Trump and his MAGAites and the other neofascists and members of the white right. »
