Trump: “like some bloated resurrection of a Roman emperor”

From an anonymous Facebook post

Donald Trump’s new administration is challenging all the ‘norms’ and practices previously adhered to by previous presidents, undermining the rights of Congress and the judicial system. Trump’s unelected billionaire side-kick, Elon Musk, has been allowed to send his technical teams into government departments, including, for example, the United States Agency for International Aid (Usaid) where they have taken over computer systems and government data, overruling Usaid security personnel.

As the Guardian described it, “The young men, who are all under the age of 26 and have almost no government experience, have tapped into the treasury department’s federal payment system and vacuumed up employment histories at the office of personnel management (OPM)”.

It can only be a matter of time before there is a reaction to this hijacking of government departments and the personal data of millions of US citizens. We are republishing this (anonymous) post from Facebook, because it offers a flavour of the kind of protest voices that we can expect to hear in the coming months:

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It started with a whisper—an eerie shuffling of feet in the halls of the Hoover Building, the kind of sound you hear when the executioner is sharpening his axe. By the time the Friday news cycle hit, it was a goddamn bloodbath.

Donald Trump, back in power like some bloated resurrection of a Roman emperor who refuses to die, has begun his most unhinged crusade yet: a mass purge of the FBI, the Justice Department, and anyone else who ever had the gall to investigate him. It’s the kind of thing you’d expect in some banana republic where the dictator wears aviators and gold epaulets while drinking rum out of a skull. But no, it’s happening here—right in the United States, land of the free (terms and conditions apply).

The order came down like a thunderclap from the Mouth of Madness itself. The Justice Department is demanding a list—a blacklist—of every single FBI agent who worked on the January 6 insurrection or any Trump-related investigation. Thousands of names. Careers on the chopping block.

This isn’t just your standard Nixonian revenge fantasy—it’s full-blown Stalinist paranoia with a golf handicap. Trump, a man who treats the rule of law like it’s an expired Burger King coupon, is now gutting federal law enforcement with the precision of a maniac wielding a rusty chainsaw.

At least five top FBI officials in Miami, Philadelphia, Washington, New Orleans, and Las Vegas were ordered to resign or be fired. Gone. Erased. Wiped clean like a casino ledger after a Mob hit. But it doesn’t stop with the bigwigs—this is a scorched-earth campaign against the entire bureau.

More to come…

And just to drive the knife in deeper, Trump’s minions are now firing prosecutors—specifically those who worked on the January 6 cases. More than a dozen already gone. More to come. This is the guy who pardoned every single Capitol rioter on Day One of his second term, and now he’s making sure their prosecutors never work again.

It’s not just about loyalty—it’s about total submission. The Justice Department is being purged like it’s a goddamn witch trial. Trump and his goons don’t just want control; they want retribution. If you so much as touched the January 6 case, even by accident, you’re marked.

And let’s not kid ourselves about what comes next. If you can erase entire swaths of the FBI overnight, what’s stopping you from moving down the food chain? Journalists. Professors. Judges. Regular citizens who ever said a bad word about Trump on Twitter.

This isn’t a government anymore. This is a gangland purge. The Sopranos with a nuclear arsenal.

You have to appreciate the tragic irony. For years, Trump and his lackeys screamed about how the FBI was a rogue, deep-state cabal plotting against him. And now? He’s turned it into his own private mafia. A new political police force that operates only at his pleasure, with Kash Patel—his glorified attack dog—waiting in the wings to take over the whole thing.

The FBI Agents Association is screaming into the void, warning that this mass extermination of law enforcement is going to cripple national security. But Trump doesn’t care about national security. His idea of national security is making sure he is secure from ever facing justice again.

The message is loud and clear: investigate Trump, and you will be ruined. No trial, no due process. You will be fired, humiliated, and possibly prosecuted yourself. It doesn’t matter if you were just some poor desk jockey who handled the paperwork—you are an enemy now.

And when the FBI stops investigating Trump and his allies? What do you think they’ll start investigating instead?

It’s a goddamn Nacht der langen Messer—the Night of the Long Knives, except instead of storming hotels with pistols, they’re storming federal agencies with pink slips. We are watching a purge in real time.

Trump is a special kind of danger

People in power are always dangerous, but Trump has a special kind of danger about him—one that is equal parts stupid and terrifying. A creature of pure vengeance, unburdened by ethics, law, or even the most basic understanding of governance.

You don’t need to work at the FBI to be a target. This is just the beginning.

Think about it—if he’s willing to dismantle entire institutions that protected the country just to save his own bloated hide, what do you think he’ll do to regular citizens who stand in his way? You don’t have to be a federal agent to get on the wrong list. Maybe you were at a protest. Maybe you wrote a mean Facebook post. Maybe you just looked at him funny.

The real horror here isn’t just what’s happening—it’s how little anyone is stopping it. The Republican Party isn’t just silent; they’re cheering this on. The same people who spent years screeching about the “weaponization of government” are now actively encouraging it, because it’s their guy holding the axe.

And the Democrats? Well, they’ll probably send out some strongly worded tweets. Maybe a fundraising email. That’ll show him.

Meanwhile, Trump’s supporters are foaming at the mouth, cheering for the dismantling of the same institutions that kept them safe from things like, oh, I don’t know, terrorists. Organized crime. Corrupt politicians. Who needs an independent FBI when you can have a Trump Bureau of Investigation that only investigates his enemies?

This is how it starts. The moment when a republic stops being a republic and becomes a crime syndicate with a flag.

Nobody should be sleeping easy right now. Because if Trump can erase entire sections of the FBI without consequence, then nothing is stopping him from coming for everyone else.

This isn’t a government anymore. It’s a hit list. And we’re all on it.

This is from a Facebook post, on an account called Fear and Loathing: On the campaign trail 2024. We assume it is from someone on the left of the Democratic Party. The original post and similar can be found here. Feature photograph from Wikimedia Commons, here.