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But we might trust in knowing that while authoritarianism demands loyalty, it also breeds disloyalty.

History has not forgotten Senator Joseph McCarthy’s list of alleged Communists in the State Department and his use of unfair and evidence-free accusations of disloyalty and subversion in order to suppress opposition.

For that — the crime of disloyalty — she is being set up for punishment.

Trump has also made repeatedly antisemitic comments suggesting that Jewish Americans who do not support him are traitors who will be collectively punished by his regime for their “disloyalty.”

He simultaneously promises to keep them safe from outsider threats and vows vengeance against anyone, including his supporters, should they show disloyalty to him.