What does a TRUMP presidency look like?

[Norgy]

Good list.  He doesn't mention revenge.

Eco's list will never encompass all, but the idea of the mutilated victory seemed to very strong among the first cadres of squadristas in the Italian fascist movement. A movement I still struggle to define in any meaningful way.

Except for the two basic ideas of betrayal and loss.

Think I recommended Scuracci's "M" before, but here is an excerpt of what I got out of it.
The old elite's had failed (see: drain the swamp), the Italian troops had suffered such losses, but had their special stormtroopers who made up the core of the movement. Mussolini, as an editor, was anti-war. And then. Very pro-war. This caused a huge split in the socialist movement, and he became persona non grata.

The fascism in Italy started with D'Annunzio, really. Who was almost everywhere along the spectrum of politics and had a life most of us would say "Wow, just wow" when reading about it. The town of Rijeka, or Fiume in Italian, became a fulcrum of gathering rejects, veterans and the disaffected. The commune fell apart quite quickly.

But I think the great takeaway (except for Gung Bao) is that fascism or authortarianism is not "left" nor "right". It feeds on discontent. And who were the willing hands building the discontent?

The media. People like me.

Fascism is hard to define. Authoritarian leadership less so. Chavez could easily have been described as fascist. Maduro ticks all boxes. That Argentinian president is racking up points. Orban in Hungary. Putin.

Thing is, people like me and others on the left were calling Dubya a Nazi. So we watered the word which used to be a full-size Long Island Iced Tea down to a Coors Lite.

[crazy canuck]

We now have the details of how Trump is selecting who he will nominate.  At first is a trouble at the most powerful nation on the planet will be administered by such incompetence.  But, on the other hand, I take some comfort and the fact that there is obviously no master plan in place.  The selections are based entirely on Trump's whim.

From the New York Times

President-elect Donald J. Trump chose his attorney general almost on a whim, in the sky between Washington and Palm Beach, Fla. He scoffed at a candidate for the Department of Homeland Security, then abruptly changed his mind. His defense secretary pick was a snap judgment during a slide presentation at Mar-a-Lago.

Emboldened, confident in his instincts and more contemptuous than ever of Washington expertise, Mr. Trump is staffing the most important roles in his government at breakneck speed. Advisers have been stunned at how fast he is ticking through his choices, filling the government's most important positions roughly a month sooner than he did in 2016.

Much of the action has taken place under the chandelier in the tearoom at Mar-a-Lago, where Mr. Trump surveys his potential Cabinet nominees on giant video screens.

He flicks through shortlists that his transition team, led by the billionaire Howard Lutnick, has drafted over the past months. If Mr. Trump shows an interest in a candidate, the presentation is designed to allow him to immediately watch videos of the potential nominee's TV appearances — essential for any would-be Trump cabinet official.