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"I could shoot somebody..."
"The vast majority of the over two million federal employees have long enjoyed civil service protection. At the start of Trump’s second term, only about 4,000 of these were political appointees." "Heritage Foundation and other right-wing groups have spent millions of dollars recruiting and vetting an army of up to 54,000 loyalists to fill government positions."
"The Trump administration could similarly deploy the tax authorities against critics." "Tax-exempt status may also be politicized."
"Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and Toyota each gave $1 million to fund Trump’s inauguration," https://www-foreignaffairs-com.wikipedialibrary.idm.oclc.org/united-states/path-american-authoritarianism-trump
Boris negotiated law firms
penchant for theatrics
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/13/arts/television/donald-trump-tv-ice.html
Trump has acquired a taste for theatrics, "using imagery with an almost imperial aesthetic to project an air of ubiquity, authority and invincibility"
His administration leans on slick production of him signing executive orders, cameras present at immigration raids, and his Oval Office visit with Zelenskyy.
signing ceremonies Television critic James Poniewozik reported that early polling found Trump to be "tough," "energetic" and "effective".[1]
- ^ Poniewozik, James (February 13, 2025). "In This Trump Presidency, the Domination Will Be Televised". The New York Times.
- ^ Sopel, Jon (August 25, 2023). "Trump's mugshot was a theatrical masterstroke with a showman's flair for the outrageous". Independent.