Trump quickly works to concentrate power and muzzle critical voices

[Dulcinea]

(NBC News) WASHINGTON — Moving at a rapid-fire clip, Donald Trump has been concentrating power in his hands, pushing the bounds of executive authority while effectively muzzling an array of voices that pose threats to his agenda.

Trump is using the multiple levers that a president commands both to neuter institutions he has scorned and reward others that align with his worldview.

One by one, he is bending ostensibly independent actors under the weight of his power. So far, Trump has targeted the legal community, universities, the arts, career government employees and the press and brought them to heel in some measure, willingly or not. Law firms with even indirect ties to past investigations of Trump now face punitive measures that could put them out of business.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-quickly-works-consolidate-power-090000070.html?.tsrc=daily_mail&segment_id=DY_VTO_CORE&ncid=crm_19908-1475736-20250331-0-&bt_user_id=%2FI1v8G0%2BO9IootgFPeCg2icupnvDWXy9aSYHOC3AmnpU854g6tY0LxmInfq4pwqc&bt_ts=1743420264817

[C_U_L8R]

1. The critical voices are just beginning to rise up

More and more with every stupid mean thing he does. I don't know how he sustains this without getting toppled (from within or out). This week he will further push the economy towards a crash and depression. There are going to be many pissed off people across every spectrum. Oligarchs don't stand a chance against the masses.