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Summary

Trump’s transition team is reportedly mired in infighting at Mar-a-Lago, with factions clashing over control and strategy for his return to the White House.

The Washington Post detailed heated disputes, including shouting matches, name-calling, and physical altercations.

Three key factions have emerged: one led by Donald Trump Jr. and JD Vance, another by Trump ally Susie Wiles, and a third by Linda McMahon.

High-profile confrontations involve figures like Boris Epshteyn, Elon Musk, and Vance, highlighting tensions over Cabinet picks and leaks, further fracturing the team.

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[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 35 points 19 hours ago (2 children)

Good. The in-fighting might be the only thing to save America from this administration.

[–] foenkyfjutschah@programming.dev 4 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

nah, it's rather the rule that these rackets consolidate their power in this way.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 4 points 8 hours ago

It consolidates it, but that means the in-group is smaller. Fascisim is a death cult in the long run as it has to keep everyone focused on an enemy, but they have to invent a new enemy if they defeat that one.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/umberto-eco-ur-fascism

For Ur-Fascism there is no struggle for life but, rather, life is lived for struggle. Thus pacifism is trafficking with the enemy. It is bad because life is permanent warfare. This, however, brings about an Armageddon complex. Since enemies have to be defeated, there must be a final battle, after which the movement will have control of the world. But such a “final solution” implies a further era of peace, a Golden Age, which contradicts the principle of permanent war. No fascist leader has ever succeeded in solving this predicament.

[–] InputZero@lemmy.world 4 points 9 hours ago

It's worth watching CGP Grey's video on The Rules for Rulers. In it he explains why allies of the new rulers are tossed out when the old rulers are deposed. What makes a person good at grabbing power doesn't necessarily make them good at keeping it.

[–] Schnabeltierplaisir@feddit.org 2 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

There are probably one or two other things to save your country from that administration..

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 points 11 hours ago (2 children)

Except, if I am getting what you are saying right, no. That would make things worse. That would result in President Vance and if you got rid of President Vance, you get President Johnson.

To quote Jello Biafra, "I'd rather have a dumb Nazi than a smart Nazi."

[–] frezik@midwest.social 3 points 8 hours ago (2 children)

The part that saves it is that Vance can't generate the kind of support that Trump does. He'd definitely fuck stuff up, but fascism is so much about The Guy that anybody but Trump would not be able to build militant support. That is, the kind that makes reporters afraid to say anything bad about the Administration.

[–] Gumbyyy@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Which would be great for an election, but once the Republicans are already in power, they'll just continue to fall in line.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 1 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I hope you're right because I think that the chances of Trump making it to the end of his four-year term are slim. I don't know that it will be assassination, but I think he will either just die of old age or, more likely, they use the 25th to get rid of him when his dementia gets so advanced that he can't even read from a teleprompter, let alone say anything off-the-cuff.

[–] frezik@midwest.social 2 points 8 hours ago

Did some math on the Social Security Admin actuarial tables a bit ago. For a 79 year old man, he has a 30% chance of just keeling off on his own in the next 4 years. Probably higher than that, because he's not in good health and eats a lot of McDonalds.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago

Only if Trump and Vance were gone at the same time. President Vance would immediately choose a VP.

[–] Mongostein@lemmy.ca 1 points 9 hours ago

Not my country, but go on…