"It’s yet another example of Trump being undone by his even more chaotic minions – RFK Jr. and vaccines , Peter Navarro and his 'Liberation Day' tariffs, Bill Pulte’s scurrilous use of private mortgage information (which implicated his own family) and Brendan Carr’s own-goal from going after Jimmy Kimmel. I could go on, but I think the point is made."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #fascism #dementia #WarriorEthos #stupidity #incompetence
/15

"It confirmed publicly what is being whispered within the military, and presumably among our allies and enemies: that Hegseth is an abject incompetent who isn’t remotely up to the job. And this toe-curling performance is a reflection of his underlying panic."

#Trump #Hegseth #military #fascism #dementia #WarriorEthos #stupidity #incompetence
/14

"If America still had a fully functioning democracy, Donald Trump’s speech Tuesday to the assembled generals would have ended his presidency. ...

It’s clear that the decision to summon top officers from around the world to receive a lecture about 'warrior ethos' from a man who installed a makeup studio at the Pentagon was made by Pete Hegseth."

~ Paul Krugman

#Trump #Hegseth #military #fascism #dementia #WarriorEthos #stupidity #incompetence
/13

https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/an-autocracy-of-dunces

“'Think about the litany of mistakes.' Rachel Maddow says Trump is attempting an 'authoritarian overthrow' of the US government, but is too incompetent to pull it off."

~ Mike Sington quoted by Greg Dworkin

#Trump #fascism #incompetence#ClownShowFascism
/10

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/4/28/2319119/-Abbreviated-Pundit-Roundup-An-Unpopular-President-Is-a-Weak-President

"There’s neofascism and crypto-fascism and ur-fascism and Islamofascism. But Donald Trump has given us something new: clown-show fascism.

Clown-show fascism describes a regime marked simultaneously by hubristic and defiant assaults on the democratic and constitutional order on the one hand and, on the other, a nearly laughable incompetence in just about every other area of the regime’s activity."

~ Michael Tomasky

#Trump #fascism #incompetence#ClownShowFascism
/8

https://newrepublic.com/article/194463/100-days-trump-clown-show-fascism