Washington \/ Los Angeles \/ New York \u2013 He is a president on a collision course. With millions of people. With constitutional principles. With the notion that the state shouldn\u2019t kick down your door while you\u2019re serving dinner. Donald Trump calls it \u201csecurity.\u201d His opponents call it \u201cdismantling the state.\u201d What is currently unfolding in the United States is not merely an escalation of immigration policy \u2013 it is the deliberate dismantling of civil society, an authoritarian campaign against cities, states, and people who do not fit into Trump\u2019s worldview. After the \u201cNo Kings\u201d protests mobilized millions of people last weekend \u2013 many out of concern over immigration policy and violence against innocents \u2013 the president responded not with dialogue, but with command. ICE, the immigration enforcement agency, was made the spearhead of a domestic offensive whose severity is starting to unsettle even many Trump voters. In Los Angeles, the result was tear gas, burning cars, roadblocks \u2013 all triggered by mass arrests in immigrant neighborhoods. Trump responded by deploying National Guard troops, despite the veto of California Governor Gavin Newsom, whom he now publicly refers to only as \u201cNewscum.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What is sold as a fight for law and order is in reality an attack on democratic oversight. Trump invokes wartime powers, speaks of an \u201cinvasion,\u201d deploys masked federal agents who drag people silently from sidewalks. Construction workers, waiters, farmhands \u2013 often without a criminal record, without warrants, without identification of the officers. Construction sites lie empty, farm regions are at a standstill, entire neighborhoods appear deserted. The Los Angeles Dodgers recently denied ICE agents access to the stadium \u2013 outside, hundreds of demonstrators gathered while baseball continued inside. America is divided. And fear is growing. Even among public officials: New York City Comptroller Brad Lander was arrested on June 17 as he escorted a migrant from a court hearing. The accusation: \u201cobstruction of an arrest.\u201d Video footage shows Lander being tackled by masked officers. U.S. senators like Alex Padilla have also been attacked. Meanwhile, the president has introduced a bill to fund 10,000 new ICE agents \u2013 plus 5,000 customs officers and 3,000 border patrol agents. He openly speaks of \u201cmass deportations,\u201d the \u201crollback of leftist unlawful zones,\u201d and the \u201ccleansing of our cities.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But his rhetoric now extends far beyond immigration. On Truth Social, Trump recently attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, calling him a \u201cnumbskull\u201d \u2013 one of the most destructive people in government \u2013 and a \u201cTrump hater.\u201d Although Trump himself nominated Powell, he now openly considers firing him: \u201cMaybe, just maybe, I\u2019ll change my mind about firing him.\u201d In an administration that openly threatens the arrest of elected officials, even the independence of monetary policy is no longer secure. The ACLU warns: \u201cWe are witnessing a militarization against our communities like nothing we\u2019ve seen in our lifetimes.\u201d And further: \u201cThis is not a security strategy \u2013 it is the calculated dismantling of democratic control, with the aim of breaking critics and eliminating space for resistance.\u201d ICE agents are increasingly operating without identification, and police forces are losing the trust of those they are meant to protect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former police lieutenant Diane Goldstein says: \u201cWe are disappearing people \u2013 and we are even disappearing American citizens. That is not what we do.\u201d And yet \u2013 Trump remains unmoved. He is no longer a president who argues. He commands. He threatens. He strikes. The United States, as it functioned for decades \u2013 with checks and balances, with independence, with civil rights \u2013 seems to be crumbling each day under his boots. While entire neighborhoods fall silent, while children are afraid to go to school, while even baseball stadiums become arenas of polarization, Trump continues his path. And leaves behind a country not falling apart \u2013 but being systematically brought into line.<\/p>\n
Washington \/ Los Angeles \/ New York \u2013 Es ist ein Pr\u00e4sident auf Kollisionskurs. Mit Millionen von Menschen. Mit Verfassungsprinzipien. Mit der Vorstellung, dass der Staat einem nicht die T\u00fcr eintritt, wenn man gerade dabei ist, das Abendessen zu servieren. Donald Trump nennt es \u201eSicherheit\u201c. Seine Gegner nennen es \u201eEntstaatlichung\u201c. Was sich derzeit in den […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[46,7,41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dark-america","category-topstory","category-trump-s-world"],"yoast_head":"\n