Trump is bad at dictatoring.
Ryan Cooper
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-05-jb-pritzker-shows-how-to-handle-trump/


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Trump is bad at dictatoring.
Ryan Cooper
https://prospect.org/politics/2025-09-05-jb-pritzker-shows-how-to-handle-trump/
Some relevant Machiavelli quotes:
> “He who becomes a Prince through the favor of the people should always keep on good terms with them; which it is easy for him to do, since all they ask is not to be oppressed.”
> “He who is highly esteemed is not easily conspired against;”
> “Therefore the best fortress is to be found in the love of the people, for although you may have fortresses they will not save you if you are hated by the people.”
And my favorite…
Well, good thing for them the "citizen militias" in the US are exactly the people who *did* sign up to be MAGA brownshirts, and will definitely not be fighting to prevent the US military or National Guard troops doing dictator shit.
He would have had a much more successful first term had he just left things as they were and taken the credit for it. Same with the current term. But the narcissist in him cannot do that. He believes he knows better than everybody else, and the result will be his biggest failure yet. Sadly, we all have to suffer the result too.
Yup. If #pedophile#Trump hadn't been born rich & illegally given $400m he'd been a shitty used car salesman somewhere & the rest of the world would be a better place.
The people around Trump are stupid enough to kill the goose that is laying the proverbial golden egg.
Stephen Miller is not, though.
They're flailing idiots.
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Asking NG troops showing up in Portland "Guys, does this look like a war zone to you?" in a friendly, sympathetic manner might be a good tactic. Maybe suggest some good food carts.
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