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GopherGal

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4. "Trump's creeping authoritarianism"??

Reply to Uncle Joe (Original post)

Sun Mar 29, 2026, 12:32 PM

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A few issues with that wording:
1) it's not creeping. More like "stampeding" authoritarianism.
2) I don't appreciate the hedging "what they see as", either.

Though I guess "Trump's creeping" does work, if you read any of the Trumpstein Files at all.

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