Muslim Ban Loses in Court

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Originally Posted by sheltiedave

Trump is playing a high risk, high reward game. He is attempting to leverage the goodwill he does not have to reinforce his power through fear, and media manipulation. Witness his masterful management in getting the media to list every terrorist attack they have covered worldwide over the past two years, just by saying they have neglected their coverage responsibilities.

He perceives any terrorist attack on US soil as a validation of his power, even though he is at the same time delegitimizing the intelligence and security agencies that are tasked with preventing such attacks. Whenever one does happen, he isn't going to provide any additional resources to stop such attacks, he is going to grab as much additional power as he can. Reichstag, anyone?

By messing with the judicial system and intelligence/security agencies, Trump is attempting to consolidate power in his own hands. In the long run, this will not work, as Trump's modus operendi in the business world leads to chaos, money disappearing, and brand bankruptcies. The same will happen within the federal government.

I am counting on the 10% margin that, in reality, has decided all the Presidential elections since Bush/Dukakis. You may be able to cow/fool/flummox/flimflam them for a year or two, but slowly they will(hopefully) have their blinders removed. As they do, the election balance will tilt slowly to the Democrats. Warren is the first to recognize and begin deploying an effective strategy to counterbalance Trump, and she will not be the last.

+1. Very well stated.