Trump: A threat to democracy in the tradition of all presidents before him

Trump: A treat to democracy in the tradition of all presidents before him

I have a very close friend who hates Donald Trump. Anything that Trump does is bad, evil and dictatorial. Trump has no redeeming qualities. Yet when I gently remind him of the terror inflicted on Biden’s enemies during Biden’s term, my friend does his best to tell me those comparisons are irrelevant. They may be to him but not to me. Joe Biden turned us into a banana republic – with apologies to bananas. He raided Mar-a-Lago. He arrested over 30 of Trump’s confidants. He raided the home of a person who had just protested at an abortion clinic. He forced his trans/gay/woke agenda on public schools, universities and the military. He and his cohorts tried to keep Trump off the ballot though grand jury indictments, lawsuits, intimidation and threats. Biden and his supporters kept yelling that Trump was a threat to democracy while they were upending its very foundations themselves. Biden’s “Justice” Department accused Trump of mishandling classified documents while old Joe had them safely ensconced in his garage. Then there was January 6 where the democrats did all that they could do to link Trump to the crowd that invaded the Capitol. Biden was doing his best to kill the American dream leaving the southern border wide open to who knows what. Now the dems are whining that Iranian terrorists may strike the US from within when they were the ones who let them walk across the border in the first place. Biden sic – ed the attorney generals of New York, New York City and Dekalb County Georgia on Trump to no avail. Trump claims the election was stolen and there are still a lot of people who believe him given all the shenanigans that occurred on election night. Biden’s actions motivated Trump’s base and kept him in the race for retaking his office. One would have never thought Trump as a sympathetic figure, but Biden succeeded in making him one.

People likely remember the major speech in which Biden accused Trump of being a threat to democracy. That was in a national broadcast and was one of the most chilling speeches ever made by a US president. Trump in his usual tit for tat accused Biden of being the threat. Trump said, “He’s been weaponizing government against his political opponents like a Third World political tyrant.” “Joe Biden is not the defender of American democracy. Joe Biden is the destroyer of American democracy. “It’s him and his people. They’re the wreckers of the American dream. The American dream is dead with them in office.” 

Now Trump is in power. All Biden wanted to do was to shove trans, DEI, LGBTQ and the environment-industrial complex down our throats. Trump is in power. He is busy reversing all of Joe Biden while bringing the rest of the world to its knees. His “Justice” department is starting to hand out payback to Adam Schiff, James Comey, and all the others who conspired against him. – even Barack Obama. Biden may have turned us into a banana republic and now Trump has done nothing to change that. In fact, he has doubled down on it. There are his chaotic and weird tariffs. Then there is the rule by fiat in which the congress is bypassed (shades of Obama) as executive orders are issued. Whereas Biden targeted protestors at abortion clinics, payday lenders, debt collectors and Trump supporters, Trump is going after those who went after him. He is also targeting those who provide legal support to the illegal community. He has attacked law firms that provide assistance to illegals. These firms are now declining to take cases due to pressure from the White House. Lawyers face loss of security clearances, federal contracts, and referrals. In March 2025, Trump issued a memorandum that sic’ed his “Justice” Department on immigration lawyers that in the government’s view, take on “frivolous, unreasonable, or vexatious litigation.” Wow. Doesn’t that apply to almost action taken against Trump? This memorandum targets attorneys who represent illegals, challenge the government’s immigration policies, or oppose the administration on immigration. I don’t know about you but I find this as disturbing anything foisted on us by the Biden cabal. So we are still a banana republic, only this time the bananas come with tariffs and bellicose tweets. 

Whereas Biden was only a petty despot, Trump is acting like a full-fledged one. Trump has shut down the border and is deporting illegals en masse. Is he denying habeas corpus? Maybe but I am not an attorney. A court ruled his tariffs illegal – which they are – but Trump has ignored it while waiting on a decision from the Supreme Court. The MAGA-verse applauds the tariffs and anything and everything done by Trump. They are standing by their man through thick, thin and Epstein. All the while, Trump is showing that he can disrupt world trade. He can devalue world currencies – including our own. He can move world markets. He can even get Coca Cola to change from high fructose sugar to cane sugar even though he only drinks Diet Coke (12 a day). He is even trying to get the Washinton Commanders and Cleveland Guardians to revert to their old names of Redskins and Indians. No item too small to show the power of this president.

No democrat stood up against Biden because they were all on board with his suppression of democracy. Now it seems like you have to be a republican from Kentucky to stand up against Trump. Sorry MAGA-verse, but a threat to democracy is a threat to democracy even if you like those who are currently being threatened.