Donald Trump may "turn off the internet" if elected, former staffer says

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Donald Trump may "turn off the internet" if elected, former staffer says
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To be clear this is unlikely to be a long term nation wide internet blackout. Rather, e.g., turn off the Internet in a section of a city and send in troops to deal with a protest.

Phew for a minute I was worried

I would have accepted this take in 2016 but not anymore. He's running again to avoid the consequences of his shitty stupid choices. If he wins he's gonna feel completely unshackled.

Oh and his allies have already been stacking the bureaucracy with loyalists. There won't be any voices of reason in second administration because they already chased those people off.