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Even Trump's CPAC lies 'seemed faintly ridiculous': USAToday editors
February 28, 2021
Former President Donald Trump left his compound in Palm Beach to speak publicly for the first time since leaving the White House. While his speech played on some of his greatest hits over the last five years, USA Today editors Jill Lawrence and David Mastio questioned whether the ex-president was "a declining parody or a terrifying threat."
"Trump's CPAC comeback speech revealed a sad little man, angry at local courts and politicians and disappointed in the federal judges he seated, but who 'didn't have the guts or the courage' to bow to him," wrote Mastio. "Trump tried to carry on as if he hadn't been impeached after the Capitol was ransacked by a mob, but even the lies seemed faintly ridiculous."
<p>"'We will win. We've been doing a lot of winning,' was the wacko fib he launched his speech with, as if he hadn't cost Republicans control of the House of Representatives, the Senate and the White House. Trump Republicans know that truth," Mastio continued. </p><p>Lawrence noted that Trump gave her no "sliver of hope." He came into the event to his typical tune of "proud to be an American," but his speech "was an attack on America, laced with ad hominem attacks on his enemies."</p><p>"Fact-checking is a useless exercise for a speech like this one," Lawrence explained. "It was a swollen greatest-hits parade of lies, laughable braggadocio, deliberate double-talk, ugly insults, ugly transactionalism and, from the man who tried to overturn an election, incited a deadly riot and is under investigation in many civil and criminal cases, the despicable (from him) claim that, 'We know that the rule of law is the ultimate safeguard. And we affirm that the Constitution means exactly what it says, as written. As written.'"</p><p><a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/02/28/trump-cpac-comeback-speech-showed-sad-little-man-angry-world/6859607002/" target="_blank">Read the full editorial at <em>USA Today.</em></a></p>
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After the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, law enforcement and the National Guard erected a massive fence around the complex for the Jan. 20 inauguration and planned to keep it up until the March 4 date that QAnon conspiracy theorists plan another major event for President Donald Trump.
But now Republicans are whining that it makes them feel uncomfortable working behind a fence with razor wire, the Washington Post reported Sunday.
<p>"It's kind of like working in a minimum-security prison right now," Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) said during a hearing this week before the House Appropriations Committee.</p><p>Other members, as well as Washingtonians, are understandably annoyed about the fence, but more are likely fearful of what could happen on March 4, particularly given former President Donald Trump's speech at CPAC, which Professor Tom Nichols<a href="https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cpac-speech-incites-violence/" target="_blank"> said could incite further violence</a>. </p><p>"I don't think vague allegations about threats cut it and suggest we need to just leave this razor wire up indefinitely," Sen. Tim Kaine (D-VA) said. "Senators were asking on that call: Okay, well what's the plan? Give us the date. Give us a timeline. Let us all have an understanding of what's going on. They wouldn't do that."</p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/capitol-fence-removal/2021/02/28/8e7b74d6-7863-11eb-948d-19472e683521_story.html" target="_blank">Read the full report at the <em>Washington Post</em>. </a></p>
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Mary Trump thinks ex-president will pretend to run again because it's the best money maker he's ever had
February 28, 2021
Former President Donald Trump announced at the CPAC conference that he "may" run again in 2024, but his niece, Dr. Mary Trump, predicted that he won't, but will likely pretend.
Speaking to Mehdi Hasan for his new MSNBC show, Dr. Trump explained that his political ventures have been extremely lucrative for the former president.
<p>"It's not that I don't think he will," Dr. Trump said about her uncle running in 2024. "I think he will pretend to, for sure. Think about how much money he made in the last few months. He made more since [President Joe] Biden won the election than he has in his entire life. I don't think he will let that go so soon. But you're right, there is no way he will put himself in the position of losing again. But the Republican Party seems determined to continue to keep him relevant."</p><p>She went on to say that her hope is that the legal problems facing the former president will extend to his children as they've taken full advantage of their position and of the American public through violations of <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/25/politics/emoluments-trump-supreme-court-explainer/index.html" target="_blank">the Emoluments Clause</a> and<a href="https://www.citizensforethics.org/reports-investigations/crew-investigations/ivanka-trump-violated-the-hatch-act-eight-times-in-just-over-48-hours/" target="_blank"> the Hatch Act. </a></p><p>As a psychologist, Dr. Trump is uniquely qualified to explain the Trump cult of personality, Hasan said. He noted the golden statue of Trump that was making the rounds at CPAC over the weekend, remarking that clearly, the attendees hadn't read <a href="https://www.britannica.com/topic/golden-calf" target="_blank">The Old Testament</a>. </p><p>"It is pretty, I guess it should not be shocking anymore, but it is pretty demoralizing," continued Dr. Trump. "I think this is a long time coming. This has been the Republican project for decades now to take so much away from people that really all they have left to make themselves feel better than is the color of their skin. We cannot underestimate the pull of white supremacy in this party and I'm not talking about the fringes, this is mainstream Republicanism right now."</p><p>She explained that she's been thinking about it a lot lately, and read something from <a href="https://www.hopenothate.org.uk/2020/11/01/authoritarianism/" target="_blank">behavioral economist Karen Stenner, who wrote</a>, "Liberal democracy has now exceeded many people's capacity to tolerate it."</p><p>"And a lot of people need unity they need sameness," Dr. Trump went on. "And the Republican Party has gotten really good at stoaking division. In cases like that people want to stick with what they know. They want to stick with what makes them feel better about themselves. And, unfortunately, Donald has always been very good at doing that."</p><p>See the full interview below: </p><p><br/></p><p class="shortcode-media shortcode-media-youtube">
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