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until one day, we find ourselves- here:
Turn on Fox “News” at night this week and you’ll see something no American has ever seen before but Russians would immediately recognize.
Images of the American president flash across the screen while a singer repeats the words “love me” over and over, Trump’s voice promises to defeat “communism, socialism and Marxism,” UFC boss Dana White calls him “the toughest, most resilient person that I’ve ever met,” and then, at the bottom of the screen, six words appear:
“Paid for by the U.S. Government”
Mediaite has confirmed that the ad ran through three shows on Fox but the White House says it’s all fine because it’s a “public service announcement” that’s “educational and unapologetically patriotic” and “clearly not political” because “the President is not on the ballot.”.........
.........We’re finally reaching Full Putin here in America; with the “paid for by...” admission, this is the latest and most blatant example of Trump using the property, money, and machinery of the United States government to build a personal cult around himself and his billionaire buddies. And there’s more. And this “more” addresses itself directly to the question “Why would our allies view us with mistrust, regardless of who is president:
A generation of MAGA voters is learning that loyalty to one man is the same thing as patriotism, that the American Treasury funded by us taxpayers is really his to spend on his own self-promotion, and that ignoring the law is the prerogative of billionaires (particularly when they’re in elected office).open.substack.com - Trump orders america to love me andI wouldn’t trust “us” either- at least until we put this chapter firmly behind us, hold those accountable who are responsible for this devastating detour toward autocracy, and begin acting trustworthy.
Knowing full well that trust, once lost, may never return.
There will be no quick fix to this mess.
The work of a generation lies ahead.
