…but I’m sorry. President Trump already tried to order his pentagon to do it! It’s not hysterics or resistance fan fic, the concerns are rooted in Things That Factually Occurred.
Would Trump order the assassination of chuck Schumer? I wouldn’t bet on it. But I don’t feel like rolling the dice
The last 8 years have also been a continuous trend of "of course this norm won't be broken" and then it is broken, not only by Trump but by massive numbers of Republican electeds. Why should we doubt *anything* anymore?
His administration tortured children and so mishandled Covid it resulted in over 400k unnecessary deaths. A few political executions would actually be scaling back.
He absolutely would. The man is a narcissistic sociopath. Literally the only reason he doesn't casually kill people is that requires effort.
He wouldn't even have to ask for a sniper. He would follow Putin's lead and use poison, or tell local cops to defenestrate someone.
I feel like the part of the decision allowing the President to use the DoJ to investigate political opponents is underplayed in these hypotheticals. Trump *probably* won't order assassinations, but he will absolutely have his lackeys gin up charges against rivals.
Portland 2020 was a total portent. Gave us this too - the federal killing of a guy who witnesses said was just leaving his house with candy in his hand when he was gunned down. This always sounded like an order/“who will rid me”