The moment America held its breath did not come with a thunderous blow but with a military grip on civilian flesh. No formal state of emergency. No Insurrection Act. No declaration of martial law. And yet: Donald Trump crossed the final line. By having civilians detained by members of the National Guard in Los Angeles, he did what even Richard Nixon never dared. He deployed the military against his own people – not to assist, but to discipline. With that, Trump crowned himself with the title no democratic head of state may claim: dictator. What is happening in the U.S. today is no longer robust governance. It is the systematic hollowing out of a free society. When military units, armed and in uniform, detain people without judicial order, that is no longer democracy, but repression. And when these operations occur under the command of a man who mocks the courts, discredits the media, and addresses political opponents in the language of war, then the consequence is clear: Donald Trump has positioned himself at the helm of an authoritarian power project that no longer hides behind flags and anthems. He acts like a Kim Jong Un, thinks like a Putin, speaks like a Hussein of old – and now governs like them all.
The Constitution was never made for such men. It lives on limits. Separation of powers. The right to oppose the powerful. Yet Trump has hollowed these principles like rotten wood. The Posse Comitatus Act, which prohibits military force against civilians? Undermined. The Insurrection Act, valid only in the event of a rebellion? Circumvented. The Supreme Court? Packed with loyalists. Those who criticize him are “enemies of the people.” Protesters are called “animals.” Those seeking protection are labeled “illegal enemies.” The detention of demonstrators by the National Guard is not a glitch. It is policy. A show of power. And a message to everyone still holding out hope: the President is ready to use the state against his own people. Los Angeles is not the end – it is the beginning. Trump seeks not order. He demands obedience. Not debate. Only rule.
The United States now stands at a historic crossroads. Whoever remains silent now becomes complicit. Democracy does not die all at once. It dies in stages. And this day – this deployment – was a milestone on that path. Donald Trump is no longer a president. He is an autocrat cloaked in legality. And if the nation does not rise against this, that cloak will soon become the uniform of a dictatorship that no longer needs laws – only orders.
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