Trump's Triumvirate - Fascism
R. Gonzalez
PCDCC Communication Committee Member
The first element of Trump's Triumvirate is to understand that the "rigging the election" order by Trump for Texas redistricting has succeeded. The other two elements for consideration for his authoritarian scheme seem unconnected. (Listed below).
The second element involves military force. By watching recent news, we have been told that the pretext for calling in the National Guard and active duty military into Democratic cities is to reduce crime. The lies on this pretext can fill another complete article and are proven false with a quick statistical review. (Click on that for the article).
One can use common sense that this undeclared Martial Law maneuver of troop placements in urban areas appears to be a military exercise to ready the troops for an actual Trump declaration of Martial Law during the election season in Fall 2026.
Why would he do that? The answer offered herein is that the third and consequential element is Trump's hatred of and efforts to prohibit mail-in ballots. The White House has stated that it would not, after all, issue an Executive Order to prohibit mail-in ballots for the November 2026 election.* Instead, Trump "will seek" (dictate) a legislative route to stop all states from using mail-in ballots. The puppets for this part of the scheme is the Republican Congressional Representatives.
Trump Checklist for Authoritarian Rule outside of principles of the U.S. Constitution
1. Texas approves new Congressional Districts ordered by Trump
a. Sycophant: Governor G. Abbott, Texas
b. Insurance: Republican Gerrymandered Texas Legislature; & other Red Republican states.
2. Troops Ordered Into Democratic Cities to Reduce Crimes
a. Sycophant: Secretary Pete Hegseth
b. Insurance: Firing Generals and Admirals who will abide U.S. Constitution and advise against unlawful orders..
3. Making Mail-In Ballots illegal across all states.
a. Sycophant: Republican Congress (mass media coverage shows rampant capitulation of responsible governance)
b. Insurance: Republican U.S. Supreme Court - Lapdogs for Trump
* Invalidating mail-in ballots is intended to disenfranchise voters; many who have grown accustomed to this practice, and eliminating mail-in ballots also prohibits many voters from voting due to mobility issues or work schedule conflicts. In addition, previously Republicans exercised mail-in balloting routinely, before they realized it benefited democrats. Because there are simply more voters aligned with small "d" democratic values than the fascism of Republicans, the strategy employed by Trump's incessant repetition of lies is that too many illegal voters occur with mail-in ballots. That is the reason he pretends to believe he lost in 2020 election. In fact, there is no statistical validation for any statistically significant level of cheating with mail-in ballots or even in-person voting.