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On Tuesday, the morning of his Address to Congress, Trump posted the following.  It got some attention, but not much because of his speech, and so it landed someone hidden in the weeds.

For the life of me, I’m still trying to figure out what an “illegal protest” is.
 
And that’s before we get to Trump not only wanting to expel students who were “illegally protesting” (again, whatever on earth that is), but expelling them permanently!  Which he believes he can do because the government…no, sorry, I haven’t figured that one out either.
 
And…and not just expel students permanently, but imprison American students who protest on college campuses.  And not just deporting foreign students on visas, but departing them permanently. For protesting illegally.
 
Left out of his tweet is what exactly an “illegal protest” on a college campus – or anywhere – is.  Which seems like an important detail to leave out.
 
And all that is before it kicks in that this fascist proposal is from the leader of the self-proclaimed party of free speech.
 
And that’s before we get to his “NO MASKS!”  So the leader of the self-proclaimed party of personal freedoms is not telling Americans what they can wear.  (By the way, I’m not sure how this “NO MASKS!” policy will play with white supremacist groups who regularly cover their faces on marches and at rallies with masks so that they can’t be identified.)
 
And while calling for the arrest of students at “illegal protests” (??), even that’s before we get to remembering that Trump signed presidential pardon for 1,500 people who actually, literally were convicted of crimes, hundreds of them violent, after a protest over a legal election being handle fairly.
 
(I note it was for actions “after” a protest, since no one was arrested on January 6 for just protesting, but rather for illegal acts, like entering a government facility without permission and causing physical damage to government property – not to mention assaulting police officers.)
 
And this is before we get to protest being literally the foundation of the United States of America, starting a rebellion to break off from England.  Not to mention it being literally the foundation of the Confederacy, as Red States seceded from the Union which began the Civil War.

All this from someone who said he was "king" and wants to be a dictator.
 
Still, my favorite part of the pure fascist, dictatorial tweet calling for the arrest, permanent expulsion and permanent deportation of protestors…and basically bashing students, Americans, and free speech over the head with a lead pipe, is Trump’s last line, “Thank you for your attention to this matter.”
 
Hey, politeness counts!  The only thing missing was him asking for your “kind attention” – which someone far more attuned to politeness would not have let slip through.
 
And, of course, it came just days before word comes that Trump is about to call for getting rid of the Department of Education.
 
It seems unlikely that Trump is going to push this any further than this, and so it’s not going anywhere.  But the larger point is that, once again, Trump shows loudly and crudely who he is and what he wants.
 
And every MAGOP in Congress must understand that this is their leader who they have pledged fealty to, and are complicit in it all.  Because Trump knows he can go full fascist without worrying that his party in Congress will disagree with him, making his positions theirs.