“Trump has never been popular and remains unpopular. Musk is even more loathed. …it took a bipartisan effort to enable this disaster, and the aims of its players are transnational.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#trump #musk

“What citizens can do is know their values and have each other’s backs. You have been betrayed. None of you deserve it. You are all survivors of an abusive state. They will try to split this country into parts for resource extraction and they will encourage you to attack each other to make their job easier. Refuse them.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#values #kindness

“Never sacrifice your humanity or that of others. If you find yourself willing to negotiate another’s humanity, that is when they’ve won something real. That is when you’ll have surrendered your soul.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#values #humanity

“Trump and his backers move very fast. … Right now, they are testing loyalty and purging possible opponents. There are no limits as to what he will do. When it comes to Trump, in any given scenario, think of the worst thing he could do and know it is the thing he likely will do. The reason: because he can. This is why it was essential to stop him early.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#trump

There is no timeline on the truth. Unfortunately, there is a timeline on consequences.
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
(Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter Feb 26, 2025)
#quote

“…it is important to highlight the concrete cruelties of this administration and that anyone could be next. … You are not safe even if you think you are. But you are safer when you acknowledge the existence of the goddamn mafia, and band with others to expose it.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
#trump

“…stand up for those targeted. We are living in a time of incredible threat and pain, and no one deserves to feel alone, or like they will be abandoned out of political convenience. … This is a civil rights issue: an important one, and a straightforward one.”
—Sarah Kendzior, Your Questions Answered: We're Already in the Aftermath
(Sarah Kendzior’s Newsletter Feb 26, 2025)
#values

“Trump is easier for me to understand… Musk is more unpredictable, as are his tech cohort. It’s not hard to understand what they want — money, power, depopulation… — but predicting their daily activity is difficult. … That said, Musk is much more erratic than Trump. Whereas Trump is a career criminal whose behavior and beliefs have remained consistent over decades, Musk shifts alliances and behaves in wild ways. So yes, things may backfire.”
—Sarah Kendzior
#trump #musk

“…I think the odds of someone powerful getting in a real feud with Musk are high, and he may get ousted. How much damage is done by that point is hard to say. The US crisis should be viewed as a global crisis, one made worse by technological dependence.”
—Sarah Kendzior
#musk

“…this is classic autocrat behavior. He [Trump] is purging the military, testing their loyalty, and replacing them with lackeys. … The Trump team does not want people who are loyal to the US or who would hesitate to fire on American civilians. As for learning from other autocracies, the military is always key to whether an authoritarian regime consolidates. But I worry that the ultimate plan is not consolidation, but dissolution…”
—Sarah Kendzior
#trump #usa