Dictator Trump Declares War On American Families

By Mark Gruenberg\ John Wojcik

WASHINGTON—Donald Trump, barely inaugurated as the president of the United States yesterday and today, trashed the Constitution by declaring an end to birthright citizenship, unleashed the ravenous fossil fuel companies to do as they pleased from coast to coast, sprung from prison his dangerous supporters who took over the Capitol in 2021, rolled back government protections for the nation’s workers and forced on leave thousands of federal government employees.

Labor and its allies in the civil rights movements, women’s movements, LGBTQ organizations and many others are mobilizing across the country to resist the wholesale attacks launched by the man who promised during the campaign that he would be a “dictator on day one.” They understand that in fighting an avalanche of right wing executive orders they have their work cut out for them, particularly since Republicans will use their slim majorities in the House and Senate and their control of the Supreme Court to make Trump’s goals easier to achieve.

Over and over again those who have hoped Trump “won’t be so bad” have, and are, being proven wrong. On ending birthright citizenship they have contented themselves that it will “only be for the children of (so-called) illegal immigrants.” Proving them wrong, the Trump order applies even to the children of perfectly legal and documented people living in the country, according to the ACLU and other lawyers and Trump has made it clear that he intends to challenge the entire meaning of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution, the one that provides for birthright citizenship for all.

Fascist dictatorships always move early on in the direction of laying the groundwork to take away passports from and nullify the citizenship rights of the people living under their control….

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