Donald J. Trump IS about making Money , Power and Control off being the United States President….
For Him?
It IS NOT about the ‘The People’ of , or even, The Country’ or its Laws ….
It IS Soley about Him….
Jonathan Rauch: “Even those who expected the worst from his reelection (I among them) expected more rationality. Today, it is clear that what has happened since January 20 is not just a change of administration but a change of regime—a change, that is, in our system of government. But a change to what?”
“There is an answer, and it is not classic authoritarianism—nor is it autocracy, oligarchy, or monarchy. Trump is installing what scholars call patrimonialism. Understanding patrimonialism is essential to defeating it. In particular, it has a fatal weakness that Democrats and Trump’s other opponents should make their primary and relentless line of attack.”
Patrimonialism…
In a patrimonial monarchy, the ruler’s power is fundamentally based on the ownership of a majority of the country’s territory as private property. This ownership allows the ruler to generate income from the land, which can be used to support the royal court, maintain an army, and exert immense political influence and authority. Power is centralized, and the monarch exercises direct control and ownership over the majority of the territory, resources, and institutions…..
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