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There is a coup occurring now

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[–] randon31415@lemmy.world 108 points 1 day ago (13 children)

Step 1: Remove all the inspector generals

Step 2: Gain access to the U.S. treasury payment system

Step 3: Lock out all the rest of the treasury staff

Step 4: Impose a 25% Tarriff on your largest trading partners

Step 5: Profit!

Step 6: Realize Trump backed down on the Mexican Tarriffs because the president of Mexico called and stroked Trump's ego.

[–] dan@upvote.au 47 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

inspector generals

I don't want to be that guy, but the plural is "inspectors general".

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I say always be that guy. You have the heart to speak up and help others to learn and grow - for example I was questioning which it was, but you confirmed for me that it is indeed inspectors general.

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[–] T00l_shed@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Now I'll say it like that guy in Futurama. Inspectorses generals

[–] leadore@lemmy.world 27 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don't think she stroked his ego, I think she played hardball and showed him how he was gonna get hurt a lot more than they were, then he backed off (saving face by saying she would send troops to the border). That and the fact that women intimidate the hell out of Trump. He knows how to bully men but women get him all discombobulated.

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[–] hanrahan@slrpnk.net 49 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] BigBenis@lemmy.world 45 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Although no one was prosecuted

Why the FUCK do we keep letting people get away with this shit??

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[–] labbbb2@thelemmy.club 12 points 1 day ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

It seems like they want to turn the US into kleptocratic empire ruled by organised crime, like Russia or Angolan former dictator Jose dos Santos with his Russian family

[–] cultsuperstar@lemmy.world 24 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Is it a coup if Trump and Republicans have given him permission and letting him do what he wants?

[–] Zink@programming.dev 2 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

Does it have to be violent to be a coup?

If propaganda, conspiracy, and manipulation are also valid tools of a coup, this probably qualifies.

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[–] WarlockLawyer@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Yes. Since he wasn't elected and the actions he is taking require actual laws to pass to occur legally

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[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

Unelected weirdo walks into government facilities and does what he wants.

[–] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 56 points 1 day ago

The coup has already happened.

[–] TheReturnOfPEB@reddthat.com 48 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Musk is saying that they aren't going to pay US contractors for up to a month.

There is no question.

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[–] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 1 points 22 hours ago

Staging? He is already inside.

[–] SouthEndSunset@lemm.ee 1 points 22 hours ago

When does the USA invade?

[–] labbbb2@thelemmy.club 10 points 1 day ago* (last edited 11 hours ago) (1 children)

One is fascist narcissistic billionaire and other is felon

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[–] JusticeForPorygon@lemmy.blahaj.zone 36 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Is this how the Russians felt when Rasputin was to influencing the Tsar?

[–] samus12345@lemm.ee 66 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

I think we should test if Musk is as durable as Rasputin.

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