Axios: Behind the Curtain: Trump's shock and awe

[Dennis Donovan]

Axios - Behind the Curtain: Trump's shock and awe

Mike Allen
Jim VandeHei
1 hour ago

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Why it matters: Trump advisers are running out of words to describe what's coming in January. They say he feels empowered and emboldened, vindicated and validated, and eager to stretch the boundaries of power.

-He's egged on by Musk and others — and picking trusted brawlers for the toughest, most controversial tasks.

You got a big taste of this yesterday:

1. Trump named real estate developer Charles Kushner — father of Trump's son-in-law, Jared — as ambassador to France. During the final month of his first term, Trump pardoned Charles Kushner, who had served federal time after being prosecuted by Chris Christie for preparing false tax returns, witness retaliation and making false statements to the FEC.

2. Less than six hours later, Trump announced he picked Kash Patel, one of the hardest of his first-term hardliners, as FBI director. That means the incumbent, Chris Wray, who's just over seven years into a 10-year term (so the job could transcend any one presidency), will resign or be fired. A transition insider told us the Patel pick is a "personal message to the left that was cheering on Jack Smith" — the special counsel who was prosecuting Trump, and plans to step down before Trump can fire him.

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[displacedvermoter]

1. The people who write these pieces about the coming Trump actions

seem excited about it. They talk about the atrocities he has planned as "controversial" as if extending the tax cuts for billionaires were the nastiest things on his agenda.

[Passages]

2. All those God fearing people who warned everyone who would listen that the

anti-Christ was coming and they were PREPARED to identify him for you.

Instead, they buy his stupid slogan and wear it on their heads, plus they buy BIBLES from him.

Shock and awe indeed.

[Dave Bowman]

4. Rationality is not their cup of tea.

[kansasobama]

3. Jack Smith mistake

He needs to stay on and fight. Let Trump fire him.

[Irish_Dem]

5. It's over. The judges have all rolled over.

From top to bottom.

[kansasobama]

6. They are but let the world and country see how Trump and judges are dismantling democracy

Let them fire.

Let them fire Chris Wray.

Trump is executing a Victor Orban strategy and our press and media seems to be not noticing. That includes Democrats. Bernie has been wasting time talking about Dems ignoring working clas. Biden was more pro-union than any President.

We cannot lay down.

[Irish_Dem]

7. The world already understands very well what is happening.

The rest of the world are not slow learners like Americans.

People in other countries understand the threat Trump poses, and how Americans have let the PutinGOP take over the country and end our democracy.

Yes the US media is the propaganda arm of the PutinGOP.
They were bought off a long time ago.

This has nothing to do with Dem messaging.

The fact is that the US has lost the Cold War.

The world and domestic autocrats have been waging a vicious war against us
and we didn't even realize it.

And we don't even realize we lost the war or in fact some Americans are cheering the loss
of our democracy.

[kansasobama]

8. How true

And sad.

[Irish_Dem]

9. Yes it is quite sad.

The greatest democracy in the history of the world.
On a downward decline to fascism.