re: #182 wheat-dogg

Trump is following the plan of every would-be dictator: undermine trust in the media and national intelligence and law enforcement agencies, and convince the public the dictator and his minions are the only trustworthy sources of information. Sarah Kendzior and others have already noted the similarities between Trump and autocracies past and present.

He’s already got a core group believing every single word he says. It’s up to the rest of us to push back, and try to show these nutters that Trump is one who is lying.

And the mountain of BS that he spews on Twitter is like nothing any previous would-be authoritarian ever had before. He can directly speak to each and every one of his supporters in real time.

We’re going to have to rename the Gish Gallop after either Trump or Twitter.