The Democratic Senator of California Alex Padilla (photo Ansa).
from Boston (USA)
Such a divided America had not been seen for a while: Someone remembers protests against the Vietnam War, the battles for civil rights, the student movements of the late sixties. But a mass mobilization like that of last Saturday, in what the organizers baptized “No Kings Day”, or in Italian “day against the king”, had never been seen.
The presumed king is obviously Donald Trump who launched himself from his first day to the White House in a series of measures, taken using the powers of the executive, and often ratified by a republican majority parliament (The Senate in reality is almost equal 53 – 47, but in the case of some Franco shooter, there is also the vote of the vice -president JD Vance, who, by constitution, breaks equality). And he, Trump, these executive orders used them in record number – to date 161, in 5 months, while Biden signed the same number in 4 years of presidency – to put his hands practically everything: from the much feared duties, to the layoffs of the federal employees performed by Elon Musk (when he was still his friend), up to the treatment of immigrants.
And it is proper On how to manage those who come illegally to work here (it seems at least 11 million, certainly to be rounded up for excess) Trump – But also all the ministers of which he surrounded himself, many clearly incompetent but faithful, and the deputies and the senators who do not venture, (under penalty of non -re -election) to vote against him – is showing him – is showing him his most brazenly anti-democratic face, Indeed, let’s face it, authoritarian.
He began by deporting to El Salvador, three planes full of alleged Venezuelan criminal criminals, clearly without trial, even after a federal judge had ordered him to bring them back. But there he had still kept popular support. But from there, the notorious ICE (the federal immigration service) has no longer stopped: after promising that he would send only the criminal elements away, he began to target the students who manifested against Israel, arresting some and revoking the visa to many others (which with the events had little to do). Then in a short time they began to disappear various immigrants, throughout America, not only uncensored but also with processes in progress or even with cases already closed by local judges. Then the ICE, always by executive order, descended to Los Angeles, where a third of the population immigrated (regular and otherwise) and there he was spoiled for choice on who to make disappear in federal prisons. But in a city where immigrants disappear, everything stops (I highly recommend seeing the Dark Comedy A day without Mexican Set precisely in the Californian megalopolis) these heroes of patriotism have clashed, in a state that would never vote for Trump, with a popular protest worthy of the late 60s.
We have all seen the scenes of violence, and also seen Donald Trump who instead of calming the spirits has nationalized the national guard (who should instead follow the orders of the governor of each state) and has deployed it against the protesters. And, to make matters worse, he also sent 700 marines, that everything should do less than containing protests in their own home. All things (from Venezuelans, to students, gradually, to the Marines) Facted at the limits of the Constitution, pulling it on all sides and also snatching some edges.
In addition to the population, politicians have also arisen in California, In order: the mayor of Los Angeles, Karen Bass, who insulted the president on live TV; the governor of California, Gavin Newsom, who denounced him directly; And Senator Alex Padilla, who for interrupting the Minister of National Security, Krist Noem, during a press conference while saying that the government “is freeing Los Angeles!”, He was beaten on the ground and handcuffed by the order service, although knowing very well who he was.
At this point, however, you have to take a step, or maybe two, back: For at least two months now for Trump there has been a slow but inexorable drop in popularity. It started with the duties, not only hated abroad but also unpopular here; Consumer prices that make everything less than fall; the unpopular budget law that does not pass to the Senate and that even alien the friend-compartment Elon Musk; Finally, the wars, which he promised to stop in the first week of presidency and who instead worsened, indeed they even broke out of new ones, such as that between Israel and Iran in which the willing oxed is involved up to the neck. So to distract his voters from all these failures, he only remained to take it out with the weakest – and easier targets – those irregular immigrants to whom he had declared war, successfully, in the election campaign.
But this time the king exaggerated and almost six million Americans took to the streets against him last Saturday, in over two thousand communities – while among other things it rained on the entire East coast – giving life to the largest manifestation in American history, they reminded him of. Among other things, it was also the day of his birthday and he had ordered a beautiful military parade, the first since 1991, at a cost of 45 million dollars, to celebrate the 250 years of the army. That day he also rained in Washington, not a lot for the truth, but there many people remained at home, and the 250,000 who came is only the last of the many, who have been there so far, the government lies, and, as always, denied by the TV images.
King Donald, in truth, some pieces of the cloak is already starting to lose it. But for the next vote – the one with which the Americans renew the Chamber, one third of the Senate, and in 34 out of 50 states also elect the governors – it will be necessary to wait for November 3 of next year. There is time before it remains naked. In the meantime, the dialogue has already been replaced by snaps to protesters and handcuffs to politicians. And the air that pulls so much, too much, of civil war.
(Ansa photo above: the “No Kings Day” event in Los Angeles on June 14 against Trump’s policies)
