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[–] brucethemoose@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

Good thing Trump is a wimp.

As others have pointed out, he may talk loud and roleplay as a dictator hard, but (so far, in the business and political world), Trump shrinks when faced with a fair fight. He'll jawbone and bully and blow little guys up to look good. He cares about himself, and will brag about every loophole he exploits.

But it's much harder for him to, say, cross the line of arresting Newsom. Other dictatorships, even modern pseudo ones, feels eerily similar, but look closely, and it appears the leaders pushed the envelope strategically. Hitler, for instance, was relatively tame at first and took calculated, increasingly drastic and brutal steps, wheras Trump consistently backs down from the Machiavellian solution. See: the response to Elon's betrayal (so far).

At least that's my hope.

And I hope someone with a spine doesn't follow in his footsteps. The apparatus built around him is much scarier than Trump.

[–] Akasazh@feddit.nl 3 points 3 days ago

Trump is as afraid of war as his bonespur 'incident' so everybody knows his final threat is ultimately hollow as he wont risk war. In his mind he is a creator of peace.