Trump’s latest behavior reveals dictatorial mindset

After many Democrats failed to applaud or show other support during his January 2018 State of the Union speech, Trump called them “treasonous.”

His statement is what we’d expect from a dictator, not the president of a constitutional democracy with freedom of expression.

We could expect North Korea’s leader to denounce people who don’t praise him.

Trump keeps showing that he thinks of himself as a dictator who must dominate his subjects.

Abuses began during the 2016 presidential campaign, and the abuses have been escalating.

They will continue until the American people force Trump out of office through impeachment or the Constitution’s 25th Amendment.

We dare not wait.

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Since the late 1960s Glen Anderson has devoted his life to working as a volunteer for peace, nonviolence, social justice, and progressive political issues. He has worked through many existing organizations and started several. Over the years he has worked especially for such wide-ranging goals as making peace with Vietnam, eliminating nuclear weapons, converting from a military economy to a peacetime economy, abolishing the death penalty, promoting nonviolence at all levels throughout society, and helping people organize and strategize for grassroots movements to solve many kinds of problems. He writes, speaks, and conducts training workshops on a wide variety of topics. Since 1987 he has produced and hosted a one-hour cable TV interview program on many kinds of issues. Since 2017 he has blogged at https://parallaxperspectives.org He lives in Lacey near Olympia WA. You can reach him at (360) 491-9093 glen@parallaxperspectives.org