Political purges are always the first step in a fascist takeover. This is just the start.

Private prisons in the US are already work camps. They will just become a lot more concentrated when all the immigrants have to be housed there. Not as a final solution of course. That comes later.

He sent photos of his hands to the editor of a satirical newspaper for decades because they joked repeatedly that he had small hands.

https://www.vox.com/2016/3/2/11148356/donald-trump-short-fingers-small-hands-vulgarian

What’s happening right now is eerily close to the “Gleichschaltung” that happened after Hitler took over Germany, basically bringing all media in line with the will of the party and the leader. It was news media then, it is social media now. Because for many people, social media is their primary news source.

Yep, they’re hoping Trump will pressure the EU to get rid of their pesky consumer protections. They don’t even make any profits for billionaires!