Rosa Brooks, co-founder of the Transition Integrity Project, says recent simulations run by left-wing anti-Trump experts show that the United States faces an unprecedented erosion of democratic norms under a second Trump administration. He suggested that the recent “war games” showed President Trump's need to do so. “Creative” resistance and “harm reduction” tactics to counter what she calls “authoritarian” maneuvers. President Donald Trump will adopt it.
on tuesday piece appeared in new republicRosa Brooks, a Georgetown law professor and former Obama administration official who leads the Democracy Futures Project, a series of role-play simulation exercises, said the results of the recent simulations offer a “sobering” lesson. claims to have provided.
“This is very bad. We are hardly prepared for what is to come,” she wrote.
In this disturbing “war games” scenario, developed by the Soros-funded Brennan Center for Justice, about 200 “players” simulated a second Trump administration.
Brooks said the simulation predicted the regime would quickly turn toward authoritarianism.
“This exercise was designed to better understand how a second Trump administration will unfold and what strategies offer us hope of countering the authoritarian threats that will come our way. ” she wrote.
These role-playing exercises, based on scenarios designed to portray Trump as a threat to democracy, reflect the same polarizing narrative that Brooks and similar organizations have used since Trump's first term. I'm doing it.
“Lawsuits should not be considered an effective tool to stop the Trump administration's egregious actions,” she argued, adding that “defenders of democracy” should not consider symbolic protests, cultural pressures, etc. He suggested that “creative” resistance would need to be part of the movement. A determination to disrupt Trump's potential presidency at every turn.
“We can learn a lot from the experiences of human rights and democracy movements in other countries. So far, we Americans have been able to avoid the hardships of living under lawless dictatorships. “Fortunately, there are many people around the world who have developed or have experience in developing the most effective tactics in such situations,” she wrote. .
“For example, sometimes a work stoppage or a symbolic gesture can be just as effective and less risky as a street protest,” she added.
The simulations depict exaggerated depictions of mass arrests, federal crackdowns on civil liberties, and potential military use against protesters. Brooks argues that Trump supporters mislabel left-wing protests as violent and even use AI-generated deepfakes to stoke public fear.
Our exercises always backfired with large protests in the streets and on university campuses. We live in a world of disinformation, and the Trump campaign quickly mislabeled peaceful protests as violent riots and even attempted insurrection. Throw in operative agitators and AI deepfake videos, and peaceful protests provide “evidence” of an uncontrollable threat to public safety that alienates the public and fuels right-wing extremism. Inciting sectarian violence, the Trump administration has sought to justify a harsh crackdown on civil liberties, including mass arrests and the deployment of military personnel to “restore order.”
“Dictators succeed by instilling fear and mistrust, and getting people to choose silence when it matters most to speak out and take action,” Brooks said. In order to survive, we need to form a disciplined opposition system.” ”
“With the help of the opposition leadership, we will provide those under threat with legal assistance, cybersecurity assistance, communications assistance, and even “They can establish protection networks that can quickly provide shelter and physical protection and support “federal investigations and violent civilian investigations,'' she added.
This disturbing depiction appears to reflect growing radicalism on the left, which fears not just Trump but the voters themselves.
Schwartz, senior fellow at New America think tank funded Billionaire George Soros' Open Society Foundations, by Brooks provided He served as a senior adviser at the State Department in both the Obama and Clinton administrations.
Her history sheds light on that ideology.
Shortly after Trump's first victory in 2016, Brooks proposed Some are calling for extreme measures, including military intervention, to remove President Trump from office, as well as calling into question Trump's mental health and invoking the 25th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
Previous Breitbart News reported About Brooks' essay foreign policy The title of the magazine is “3 Ways to Get Rid of President Trump by 2020” (although the article actually outlines four ways).
In what appears to be a deliberate strategy, Brooks repeatedly questioned President Trump's mental stability throughout, saying that in his first week in office, “that became clear to me. He is as crazy as he was.''
Brooks, who is not a mental health professional, provided no evidence of her psychological evaluation other than to cite policies with which she disagreed.
Do you remember the optimistic daydreams you had before taking office? I cherished them too. “Once he becomes president, I'm sure he'll realize that pulling out of all these treaties doesn't make much sense.” “Once he becomes president, he should stop tweeting these random insults. “Once he becomes president, he's going to have to put aside his ridiculous campaign boasts about building a wall along the Mexican border,'' and so on.
no. In his first week in office, Trump made it abundantly clear that he meant every stupid and appalling thing he said, and then some.
Brooks went on to list four ways to remove a “shitty” president, including a military coup.
“The fourth possibility is one that until recently seemed unthinkable in the United States: a military coup, or at least a refusal by military leaders to obey certain orders.”
As for her proposal, the creative Brooks proposed a scenario she feared Trump might try to play out.
What would U.S. military leaders do if they were given an order that seemed not only reckless but dangerously disorderly? Instead of saying, “Prepare plans to invade Iraq,'' it was “Prepare to invade Mexico tomorrow!'' Or “Start rounding up Muslim Americans and sending them to Guantanamo!” or “We'll teach China a lesson with nuclear weapons!”
Brooks also led TIP's 22-page report before the 2020 election. of the title “Preventing chaos during the presidential election and transition of power'' concludes that only a Biden victory can prevent large-scale chaos.
This issue is raised as a progressive group mobilize Influential voices on the left signal the need for extraordinary measures of resistance.
Joshua Klein is a reporter for Breitbart News. Email jklein@breitbart.com. Follow him on Twitter @Joshua Klein.
