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Norman Ornstein: Manslaughter at minimum. American Gestapo (Original Post) Passages 7 hrs ago OP
This is a regime of savages malaise 7 hrs ago #1
Certainly true on many levels. Passages 7 hrs ago #2
I am of the view that someone who foments a coup after losing an election malaise 6 hrs ago #3
I disagree Trump wants or expects blowback from his policies, his goals have always seemed to be Passages 6 hrs ago #4
On this we agree malaise 6 hrs ago #5
Absolutely. Passages 6 hrs ago #6
Jumping in here. His main weakness is his stupidity and gullibility. erronis 4 hrs ago #10
Agree malaise 4 hrs ago #11
Norm was a good friend of my late father. He is good people. Botany 5 hrs ago #7
Kicked. KPN 5 hrs ago #8
Third degree murder at the very least, I'd say. Joinfortmill 4 hrs ago #9
Totally infuriating. Passages 1 hr ago #12

Passages

(4,018 posts)
2. Certainly true on many levels.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:17 AM
7 hrs ago

Unintended consequences will continue to spread as well. The architects/political leaders rarely face justice for the terror they spread.

Blowback is the unintended consequences and unwanted side-effects of a covert operation. To the civilians suffering the blowback of covert operations, the effect typically manifests itself as "random" acts of political violence without a discernible, direct cause; because the public—in whose name the intelligence agency acted—are unaware of the effected secret attacks that provoked revenge (counter-attack) against them.[1]

Etymology
Originally, blowback was CIA internal coinage denoting the unintended, harmful consequences—to friendly populations and military forces—when a given weapon is used beyond its purpose as intended by the party supplying it. Examples include anti-Western religious figures (e.g. Osama bin Laden) who, in due course, attack foe and sponsor; right-wing counter-revolutionaries who sell drugs to their sponsor's civil populace (see CIA and Contras cocaine trafficking in the US); and banana republic juntas (see Salvadoran Civil War) who kill American reporters or nuns (e.g. Dorothy Kazel).[2]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowback_(intelligence)

malaise

(295,543 posts)
3. I am of the view that someone who foments a coup after losing an election
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:29 AM
6 hrs ago

is more likely to deliver intended consequences rather than unintended consequences. Donvict’s threats of violence and his administration’s obvious violence from Jan 6 2021 to now are by no means subtle.

Passages

(4,018 posts)
4. I disagree Trump wants or expects blowback from his policies, his goals have always seemed to be
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 10:36 AM
6 hrs ago

short term...he is essentially a marketing con man grifter out to make a buck. He uses the presidency to shake down gov.s at will while he can get away with it.

I don't mean to express that he will be self-reflective about repercussions, even if it were to catch up to him face-to-face.
Trump is the premier example of a narcissistic, criminal mind.

erronis

(23,699 posts)
10. Jumping in here. His main weakness is his stupidity and gullibility.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 12:54 PM
4 hrs ago

Being a narcissist makes him very easy to sway with false praise and gilded objects.

His criminality is because he is always looking for the easy way. This frequently runs against societal norms and laws, but I don't think he is cunning like a smart criminal.

Botany

(77,186 posts)
7. Norm was a good friend of my late father. He is good people.
Wed Mar 18, 2026, 11:33 AM
5 hrs ago

The last words he heard were from a note Norm had sent me as Dad was in home hospice.

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