Two days after federal agents turned a peaceful apartment complex in Chicago into a war zone, Donald Trump informed Congress that he had “determined” that drug cartels operating in foreign countries are “nonstate armed groups” and “unlawful combatants,” whose actions “constitute an armed attack against the United States.” Trump was declaring war, in other words, and providing the same post-9/11 rationale used for taking out terrorists to justify repeated airstrikes on small Venezuelan vessels in the Caribbean that have left several dead. The administration has claimed, again without providing evidence, that these ships are carrying drugs—not that the presence of drugs would warrant obliterating them, the administration’s legal contortions notwithstanding.
It’s becoming clear that the administration’s extralegal assault on immigrant communities was just the beginning of a wider war, one that lately hast targeted anyone—from the street to the TV screen—who dares criticize the regime. Trump and his cronies have targeted media and entertainment companies, with the president filing baseless lawsuits against organizations like The New York Times (which is fighting) and CBS (which folded)—the goal being to cow them, and by extension their entire industries, into submission. Though unsuccessful, the Federal Communications Commission’s effort to push ABC host Jimmy Kimmel off the air—done via an assist from right-leaning affiliate broadcasters—showed that the administration does not give a damn about the First Amendment. It was also unmistakable proof that it will use state power to crush dissent with impunity.
Trump’s decision to label “antifa” a domestic terrorist organization after Charlie Kirk’s assassination—even though his assassin had no connection to far-left anti-fascist organizations—was largely symbolic. There is no “antifa” command structure because it is not an organized group; labeling it a terrorist organization was applauded on the right, where it has become an almost mythic bugbear, but meant little in practice. Still, it was a fearful sign that the president will eagerly label critics and opponents terrorists and attempt to direct federal law enforcement agencies against them.
Speaking to hundreds of military commanders on Tuesday, Trump hinted that he plans on expanding his crackdown to target administration critics, activists, and pretty much anyone else who dares speak out against a corrupt and increasingly murderous president. “This is going to be a big thing for the people in this room because it’s the enemy from within, and we have to handle it before it gets out of control,” Trump said. “It won’t get out of control once you’re involved at all.” It’s easy to see that becoming a legal justification for just about anything—just as ICE claims critics endanger its agents, or the administration claims it can kill anyone it says is trafficking drugs or arrest anyone who belongs to “antifa.”
Trump’s comments were met with stony silence by the generals, but he didn’t seem to mind. He kept on talking. Who was going to stop him? He has all the power now, and he knows it.
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