[stantham]

But what is happening right now is not really the same as to what happened the last four years, is it? If we forget about partisan wars for a second, are there precedents to what Trump is trying to do? Genuine question, I'm not a USA citizen and I can't keep up with everything.

[yostrovs]

Lawfare against political opponent, arrest and imprisonment of people who were trespassing as though they were insurrectionists, a president that was actually dysfunctional and the executive powers was in the hands of unknown and unaccountable individuals, the hiding of the state of the president, selection of candidate for president without going through democratic process of primaries, many billions of dollars of loans forgiven without authority and against court judgement, pressuring with threats private institutions to censor themselves and their users and customers, using spy agencies to spy on political opponents, lying and misleading the public regarding scientific knowledge of matters of health. This is just what came to mind.