Donald Trump Is a Commie
By: Jonathan V. Last
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Bernie's democratic socialism is still compatible with liberal democracy. Trump's national socialism is not. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
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1. Two Paths
On Friday I wrote about the Trump administration's latest foray into national socialism:
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Trump wants to build nuclear power plants.
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He has chosen Westinghouse to build them.
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He will pay Westinghouse $80 billion for the projects.
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In return he has compelled Westinghouse to pay him the government 20 percent of any "cash distributions."
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Between now and the end of January 2029, the government can compel Westinghouse to go public via an IPO, at which point the government will be awarded 20 percent ownership of the company, likely making it the single largest shareholder.
This is literally seizing the means of production. But to, you know, make America great again. Or something.
Other of Trump's national socialist policies include:
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Refusing to enforce the 2024 law requiring the sale of TikTok until he was able to compel that the business be sold at an extortionately discounted price to his political allies.
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Creating a Golden Share of U.S. Steel for his government.
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Requiring Nvidia and AMD to pay the government 15 percent of all revenues from chip sales to China.
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Acquiring a 10 percent ownership stake in chipmaker Intel.
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Acquiring a 15 percent stake in rare earth producers MP Materials, a 10 percent stake in Lithium Americas Corp., and a 10 percent stake in Trilogy Metals Inc.
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Creating a "Strategic Bitcoin Reserve and Digital Asset Stockpile."
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Taking steps to create a sovereign wealth fund to be used as a vehicle for government investment.
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He has demanded that Microsoft fire an executive he does not like and demanded that private law firms commit to doing pro bono work on behalf of clients he chooses for them.
This is not quite the economic regime of China or Saudi Arabia. But it's in the same zip code. And it's heading in their general direction and away from the regulated American free market economy as it had existed until ten months ago.
So why is it so hard for people to just say, out loud, what is obvious: Donald Trump is a socialist who is trying to make the American economy function more like Communist China?
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Terry Moran Slams ’60 Minutes’ Treatment of ‘Authoritarian’ Trump: ‘An Inter ...
Ex-ABC News reporter Terry Moran bashed 60 Minutes for being too cozy and not pushing back enough on President Donald Trump during his interview on Sunday night, insisting it needed to “stand up” to some of the president’s claims. By not doing so, Moran said, the program played right into Trump’s “authoritarian” hands.
Moran shared his displeasure with 60 Minutes correspondent Norah O’Donnell , without mentioning her by name, during an appearance on CNN News Central on Monday afternoon.
“It was an interview without a lot of pushback. It was an interview that let him carry on,” Moran said.
Co-host Boris Sanchez asked what topics Moran would have called Trump on.
Moran did not have a specific example.
He admitted the president is a “very tough interview,” because he is “spewing a lot of stuff that isn’t true.” Moran added you “shouldn’t” get into a fight with him, but it was important to push back on at least some of his claims, if only to keep him in check.
“If you condone his falsehoods, that empowers him. Every authoritarian in the book does this, and you can look it up,” Moran said.”So I do think at some point you have to stand up for what is true — even at the risk of displeasing Trump or your bosses.”
Earlier in the segment, Moran had taken issue with Trump referring to New York City mayoral frontrunner Zohran Mamdani as a “communist,” because Mamdani identifies as a democratic socialist. Moran said that was a golden opportunity for O’Donnell to push back on Trump.
Moran also wondered if Bari Weiss being the new editor-in-chief of CBS News was “part of the equation” that led to Trump’s interview. He said Weiss, who was running The Free Press before it was bought by Paramount Skydance last month, has been “very kind” to Trump in the past, and that may have contributed to what he considered a soft interview.
His appearance on CNN comes a few months after ABC let Moran go as its senior national correspondent. Moran’s exit stemmed from him ripping Trump and White House advisor Stephen Miller, with Moran saying Miller was “richly endowed with the capacity for hatred.” He has since moved over to Substack , where he has 113,000 subscribers.