Trump crushed every democratic safeguard — except one

Trump wants blood.

The spectacle is the point. The helicopters. The uniforms. The rumble of armored personnel carriers down the boulevards of Los Angeles. The former president of the United States — now reinstalled in the White House through judicial (Citizens United) and electoral (Musk’s money and X) sleight-of-hand that would make Orbán proud — sent U.S. Marines into an American city.

Marines who are trained in killing people. Quickly, efficiently, ruthlessly. Not crowd control...