I have read many articles about the government we have under the watchful eye of His Majesty, Little Donny….some say it is an oligarchy…..others claim it is a kleptocracy….and yet others see it as a kakistocracy….but in reality it looks more like a mob operation with Donny playing the part of ‘Godfather’….
Donald Trump is going to make you an offer you can’t refuse… and if you do, he will get his way regardless.
At least that is what some are claiming is happening during his presidency, as Trump is being accused of running the White House “like a mob boss,” RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Representative Jamie Raskin has been open about his concerns about the current climate among legislators; some are terrified of pushing back against the controversial president, or even some of his powerful donors, who may make their lives a nightmare.
“If you’re a freshman Republican, and they’re telling you Elon Musk will spend $5 million in a primary to defeat you… You’re not going to mess with them anymore,” Raskin explained in an interview.
He added the volatile environment compels these officials to “just get in line like sheep.”
The Tesla founder, 54, spent millions of his own money to help Trump beat Kamala Harris in November 2024, but his friendship with Trump has completely fallen apart over the last couple of months
Raskin has made it clear that he believes everything is currently being run like a “mafia operation,” and it doesn’t hurt that the former reality star was brought up in the gritty world of New York’s real estate, helping him define his modus operandi.
The 79-year-old has also formed a huge network of political operators through relationships with the city’s key figures, something that began with his father, Fred, who mentored him in a world where “politically connected” meant the ability to flex financial muscle for favors.
“Most of the people on this stage I’ve given to, just so you understand, a lot of money… I give to everybody,” Trump once said during a GOP debate, once again showing off his connections.
He added at the time: “When they call, I give. And do you know what? When I need something from them… they are there for me.”
https://radaronline.com/p/donald-trump-running-white-house-like-mob-boss-godfather/
For me it is a kakistocracy…..that being a government of incompetent boobs.
An organization, Donny’s organization, where loyalty overrules everything else….
In 50 years, when we talk about this era of American politics, it will be truly impossible to capture the chaos, exhaustion, darkness, and insanity of Donald Trump’s presidencies.
There won’t be adequate words to describe how much changed in such a short period of time, thanks to Trump’s utter debasement of the office, and the GOP’s decision to follow him down one of the ugliest paths imaginable, all the while abandoning principles, morals, and basic common decency.
When we tell our kids and grandkids that a major political party in America nominated a convicted felon to be president, a man who incited an insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, a man who was found liable for sexual abuse — and that that party was once the party of “family values,” the Christian Coalition, and law and order, who would believe us?
Trump’s corruption of conservatism, evangelicalism, the law, the Constitution, and democracy has also had the regrettable effect of turning MAGA’s mouthpieces, including sitting lawmakers, into absolutely reprehensible ghouls.
https://thefulcrum.us/loyalty-to-donald-trump-overrides-basic-decency
All this smacks of a mob run entity…..and apparently just as lucrative.
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“lego ergo scribo”
I see the comparison, and I agree. He is running the country like it’s his own company. Hiring and firing, discrediting dissenters, using wealth to buy favours , and accepting bribes to grant them. Did you see that Netenyahu has just nominated him for the Nobel Peace Prize? That’s one huge joke that even the comedians didn’t think of..
Best wishes, Pete.
I read that this morning…I can think of little more ridiculous….BiBi is playing the long game of cash and aid…..chuq
As always, completely fair comment
Thank you….I live where the Dixie Mafia was a strong presence so I see it all very similar. chuq
The mega-rich have always run this world, now it’s out in the open… and some people are so surprised.
That is because they held onto the ‘dream’ for as long as they could. chuq
Jamie Raskin ? Just as dumb and troublesome as those nitwits on the View and those vapid fear mongering/ hate America creatures in the Squat group.
I am well aware that you like Donny hate anyone that does not agree….what about this operation he has going in DC….you see no problem? chuq
If Trump is engaged in illegal activity he should be called out on it. I don’t hate people that disagree. I hate people that attack law enforcement, create misinformation about dictatorship and Nazis and think the law does not apply to them. I hate people who have declared immigration law and the supremacy clause of the constitution null and void, and create fear . I don’t think anyone who does not qualify for food stamps and Medicaid getting these and hate the democratic party that insists they get it. I think people who DO qualify for govt assistance should receive assistance. I do not think illegals should get any benefits and please do not tell me again that it is unlawful for them to get it and they are not getting it because they certeinly are. I hate that millions of illegals are being mobilized as an army to resist the law and the democrats have allowed an entire army of flag waving foreign nationhood to mobilize and I hate democrat leaders that encourage the resistance to American law. Are you going to declare that elected democrat officials are not encouraging armed and violent resistance to national law and order ? An entire “in theater” foreign army now exists in the western US and well as crime syndicates in our cities that would be the envy of Mafia of the Eliot Ness days. And they declare Trump “the enemy of democracy” and declare these domestic terrorists the protectors of democracy. Astonishing. Oh, and where has the deaths of millions occurred who are starving and have no medical care ?
Yes I totally agree that disinformation is rampant and needs to be silenced…start with FOX News and OAN….what law is that? You mean the ones set down in the Constitution? That ship has sailed out fearless leader is making a mockery of the document and the government. chuq
“kakistocracy” was a term I’d never heard of before, but it certainly seems appropriate when you look at the people running the government right now. While Taco Don and his crew are decimating science, research and education in the US, cutting foreign aid., etc. , China is eating our lunch, expanding its research and development funding in the hard sciences and medical fields, expanding its manufacturing sector, and expanding its influence through social programs, infrastructure investments. etc. in impoverished countries that we have now utterly abandoned with the dismantling of USIAD and other agencies and funding sources.
The term is spot on….these incompetent boobs are destroying what is left of the country. chuq
It doesn’t look like Trump’s America has turned isolationist to me. Quite the opposite. We are asserting ourselves at every corner and level far greater than ever before.
The US is withdrawing into itself with the exception of where the most cash can be made. chuq