'We do really want to burn it all down': Trumpworld says it isn’t 'bluffing' on 2nd term
An unnamed Republican source close to former President Donald Trump is confirming that reports of the former president wanting to establish a far-right, authoritarian government in a second term are not hyperbole.
In a recent Rolling Stone article, reporters Adam Rawnsley and Asawin Suebsaeng spoke with several unnamed GOP-aligned sources who are in Trump's orbit, and they made no efforts to assuage concerns that Trump would drastically reshape the federal government if he took power again. Rather, these sources instead confirmed that reports of a term-limited Trump eliminating all guardrails that would stand in the way of him wielding absolute unchecked executive power and pursuing vengeance against his political opponents are accurate.
"Of course we aren’t f—ing bluffing," a source identified as a "close Trump adviser and former administration official" said. Another told the publication that, "yes, we do really want to burn it all down," referring to the more moderate wing of the GOP that may seek to hamstring Trump's worst impulses in a second term....