{"id":80422,"date":"2025-02-26T08:09:05","date_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:09:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/?p=80422"},"modified":"2025-02-26T08:39:09","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T08:39:09","slug":"trumps-march-towards-full-on-fascism-is-preceding-at-pace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taxresearch.org.uk\/Blog\/2025\/02\/26\/trumps-march-towards-full-on-fascism-is-preceding-at-pace\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump’s march towards full-on fascism is proceeding at pace"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump delivered another move in his plan to end democracy yesterday. As the New York Times<\/a> has reported:<\/p>\n

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The Trump administration said on Tuesday that it would start handpicking which media outlets were allowed to participate in the presidential press pool, the small, rotating group of reporters who relay the president\u2019s day-to-day activities to the public.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

As they added:<\/p>\n

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The change breaks decades of precedent. It allows the White House to assert more control over which journalists can witness his activities up-close and ask him questions.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

The move is much more sinister than that. The so-called 'fourth estate' that independent media represent is an informal but nonetheless crucial element within the structure of democracies, serving as a watchdog over the government and other powerful institutions by holding them to account for their actions. If Trump now wants to choose who holds him to account, guaranteeing, as a result, that only those friendly to his position have the opportunity to ask questions of him, he removes this accountability.<\/p>\n

The next obvious question to ask is how long will it be in that case before those organisations deemed unacceptable to Trump are no longer allowed to publish or broadcast? It can only be a matter of time before that happens.<\/p>\n

Trump's march towards full-on fascism is proceeding at pace. Despite that, the UK is still treating him as if he is an ally with whom we have a special relationship. Why? What kind of insanity does that represent when he is now very glaringly obviously our enemy and not our friend?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Trump delivered another move in his plan to end democracy yesterday. As the New York Times has reported: The Trump administration said on Tuesday that
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