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Odds Trump uses the national emergency declaration to try to attack and censor the press? (Original Post) Thomas Hurt Mar 2020 OP
I'll go with zero. onenote Mar 2020 #1
(snort) jberryhill Mar 2020 #4
Horse is out of the barn IMO. hlthe2b Mar 2020 #2
This. Baked Potato Mar 2020 #9
Power corrupts. Give trump more power, and . . . empedocles Mar 2020 #3
munchkin learned that the 'Plunge Protection Team has more tools in the empedocles Mar 2020 #5
Nope. He is being told what to do, and not deviate from the script still_one Mar 2020 #6
Nope, Ivanka, Jarad and Steven Miller are who his advisers are. So, they will still f**K up fwvinson Mar 2020 #10
Trump is in the position Chainfire Mar 2020 #7
He should try it. The citizens (including me) will demand his ouster SiliconValley_Dem Mar 2020 #8

empedocles

(15,751 posts)
5. munchkin learned that the 'Plunge Protection Team has more tools in the
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 11:30 AM
Mar 2020

toolbox, than they had in 1987' - quote from MSNBC biz channel this morning.

That is alarming

still_one

(91,942 posts)
6. Nope. He is being told what to do, and not deviate from the script
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 11:30 AM
Mar 2020

The people behind him know he f**ked up big time on this, and are trying to rein him in

Chainfire

(17,305 posts)
7. Trump is in the position
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 11:33 AM
Mar 2020

As long as the Senate remains firm in their support there is nothing that can stop Trump. There is no sign that the Senators are about to crack. Even if his actions were clearly unconstitutional he could drag out an extension of power indefinitely. There is nowhere Trump won't be willing to go to remain in power. He is as insane as Hitler was at the end.

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