Robert Reich reminds us of some of the terrible things Trump has done - after only two months in office:
I cannot say this any other way: We are in deep sh*t. These are truly scary and rough times.
Trump appears at the Justice Department and calls for his opponents to be jailed.
He “detains” students who have committed no crime but peacefully expressed their negative views about Benjamin Netanyahu’s policies in Gaza.
He invokes the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 to remove unauthorized immigrants, without evidence or hearing.
Sides with Russia, China, and North Korea against Ukraine.
Purges career officials and installs political hacks more loyal to him than to the United States. Fires inspectors general. Demotes senior prosecutors.
Threatens law firms that represented people he considers his personal enemies.
Pardons the hoodlums who attacked the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021.
He and Musk mow down wide swathes of our government.
Republican lawmakers, fearful or unprincipled, say and do nothing.
Democrats are in disarray. Chuck Schumer green lights a continuing budget resolution that allows Musk and Trump to close down even more of our government.
And on it goes.
You have every right to feel depressed and enervated. You have every reason to despair.
These are terrible times — the worst I’ve lived through, and I’ve lived through some bad ones. (Remember 1968? Nixon’s enemies list? Anyone old enough to recall Joe McCarthy’s communist witch hunts?)
But as long as we are alive, as long as we are resolved, as long as we are taking action to stop the worst of this, as long as we are trying to make America and the world even a bit better — have no doubt: We will triumph.
