A judge blocks the presidential executive order to deport illegal immigrants. MAGA immediately demand: “Impeach the judge”, never mind that it is not how our legal system works.
Chief Justice John Roberts feels that MAGA goes too far in wielding its power, politely reminds them, “For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judicial decision. The normal appellate review process exists for that purpose.”
MAGA’s various reactions to the Chief Justice’s statement are telling. Immediately after he issued his statement, a Fox commentator denounced him on a talk show, “Roberts (the Chief Justice), shut the f… up.”
People gather to protest near a Tesla dealership, the U.S. Attorney General threatens them with criminal prosecution. Heck, a law student or any American knows that picketing is a constitutional right. Did she know she was wrong? Of course she did. She is a lawyer. But working for MAGA and wanting to stay in the job, she must show some zealotry. She must use rude blunt force, MAGA’s favorite political weapon.
Reason, what is right and what is wrong, is set aside, as if we were back to the Upper Paleolithic period, Cro-Magnon man ruled absolute: “Woman, where is my meat?” Smack. “Junior, you left your pet in the shack again.” Smack.
MAGA’s angry, blunt, and ugly attitude is not impulsive. It is methodical, planned, and well-coordinated strategy to turn the Democratic America into an Oligarchy or Aristocracy, a plan that seems to have converted and seduced many billionaires to MAGA camp. It was effective to win the 2024 national elections, then it could succeed again to create a dictatorship.
The Minority Leader, Senator Chuck Schumer, was criticized by his party’s members for his decision not to fight the budget to a standstill. But it was a well-considered decision. Imagine a stalemate, what would then happen? If MAGA can denounce an opposing judge as crooked and files an impeach article against him, it would be irresistible for it to declare a national crisis. The Defense Secretary would don his Army Combat Fatigues, cigar in mouth, stand upright in his jeep, and lead a few divisions of U.S. Military to cross the Potomac River to surround the Capitol and the White House to “protect” our country against woke politicians and their allied.
FBI agents would knock on the doors of Mr. Schumer, Senator Schiff, and all other politicians around the Capital declared as “woke” by MAGA and ship them to Northwest Stadium for education.
Then, the President would appear in the balcony of the White House, somberly, calmly, measuredly, avuncularly, and solemnly declared to the nation that he would never let the nation fall into chaos; he would do his best to protect the citizens of this country against crooked politicians. In order to save the country, he would have to suspend the Constitution and appoint Mr. Musk Deputy Commander in Chief to supervise all government actions.
Farfetched? If Mr. Hegseth heads the Defense Department, Mr. Katel leads the FBI from Las Vegas, anything could happen.
The President is a man who plays big games. Only big games. The first time he entered politics, he applied for the presidency right away. He did not care for a little lower position such as governor, congressman, or senator to learn the rope, like John F. Kennedy, his idol if he has any.
The first time as president of the most powerful country on earth, and as such the leader of the free world, he met the president of Russia, an un-democratic country and the nemesis of the U.S. and the free world, he publicly and warmly took Mr. Putin to a room for a private talk, just two of them and the interpreters. He was clearly oblivious to the world’s shock and confusion. A few weeks into his second term, he dressed down America’s heretofore most important allies in Europe and, reinforced by the Vice President, publicly berated the head of one of them in the White House. He accused Ukraine as the aggressor which started the Russia-Ukraine war, in disregard of the fact that the opposite is true. He wanted to purchase a country, Greenland, and assimilate another, Canada, into the U.S. as the 51st state. Those are earth-shaking events, and he did it almost casually.
Extraordinary actions, extraordinary proposals, extraordinary games. But with such thinking and self-confidence, one should be forgiven for suspecting that bringing down Democracy and replacing it with a dictatorship of some form would be a thrilling challenge to the President and he truly believed that with MAGA behind (or in front of) him, he could do it. Regardless of the terrifying ramifications of the outcome, it would be just a big game to play, and to win through the art of negotiation and using rude blunt force.
Since he entered politics, the ultimate noble pursuit of men, he has shown the world that it was not a big deal but relatively easy for him.
After four years under incredibly harsh attacks by his opponents, he overcame all hurdles to win the presidency a second time. Now he presides over not an administration but in the words of the editor-in-chief of the Economist, a court, that means every member of his “court” would act like a mandarin, bowing and taking orders from the king without questions and ever ready to declare the king’s clothes were beautiful while he was naked.
Returning to power in 2025, the President has earned the right to be nonchalant about politics or governing even a huge and complicated country like the U.S. entangled with so many diverse interest groups: nothing sacred or reverent about it; he could do it while texting.
It is not unreasonable for him to believe that he will win again.
JOHN P. LE PHONG
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