George W. Bush Aided Trump in his Many Constitutional Violations

Op-ed by TheWiseOldFart

Fact: There are no true Republicans in Washington today. In 1981, Ronald Reagan forced every Republican to take an oath of absolute loyalty. This was the beginning of the end of the once Grand Old Party, and the destruction of our Founding Fathers’ system of governance.

Reagan’s three successors, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Donald Trump, adopted the same failed policies initiated by Reagan: absolute loyalty without dissention and free thought, and the failed fiscal policy of “trickle-down economics.”

When George W. Bush and his V.P. Dick Chendy ignored the warnings of our security agencies and went on vacation in 2001, refusing to take their admonitions seriously. The result was one of the darkest days in American history: September 11, 2001.

It was George W. Bush who overreacted and in several situations, including his reelection campaign in 2004, used the outrage and fear of the American people to secure victories for his personal agenda.

It was the Bush 43 administration which passed the Patriot Act and created ICE. Neither action was necessary, and both greatly harmed the future of our nation.

The Patriot Act was the first step towards fascism in America. It directly violates the Fourth Amendment and touches on violations of the “Due Process” clause in the 14th Amendment. This was the first step focused on the elimination of personal freedom for all Americans.

ICE is not a “border control” agency, it has become a poorly trained group of thugs which Trump uses as his personal gestapo.

Anyone with average intelligence and common sense is aware that Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” will cause enormous harm to the most needy Americans, and guarantee huge tax cuts for Trump’s 813 oligarchs.

Among its illegal incarceration and deportations, ICE continues to attack American citizens on the sole basis of the color of their skin and their ethnic physical appearance. “Immigration reform” has never been Trump’s purpose. His plan includes ethnic cleansing and “Making America White Again.”

[Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” will supercharge ICE kidnappings: 10,000 new ICE agents. 100,000 new detention beds.

[“You think we're arresting people now?” says Trump’s border czar. “Wait till we get the funding."]

Trump’s disastrous bill will make ICE the third most costly ‘army’ in the world, adding 10,000 agents and more than 100,000 spaces for the purpose of detaining Trump’s enemies.

If you don’t care about the future of your country, maybe this will make you think about the dangers of allowing a fascist in the White House.

Trump’s failing economic policies led to the loss of 33,000 jobs in June, and his ill-advised tariffs will force the situation to grow through the end of 2025.

Trump’s true policy is: “America last.”

Op-ed by James Turnage

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Source: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/7/2/2331301/-If-you-pass-Trump-s-bill-ICE-becomes-the-third-largest-army-in-the-world-by-operational-budget?pm_campaign=front_page&pm_source=trending&pm_medium=web

 

 

 

 

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