The people standing behind Trump at his rallies.

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77. I imagine it would be the same as other dictators do

All you need to do is replace the top ranks of all these with your people and the rank and file would fall into place. A great example is how Trump put Kirsten Nielsen as head of Homeland Security. He acquired her through JOHN Kelley, his Chief of Staff. Kiersjen Nielsen follows his orders without question so when he directed her to separate the children from their parents at the border she did it without hesitation. She ordered ICE to implement the order and they did it without question. There doesn’t seem to have been any hesitation or question about the legality of tearing families apart.

It’s not that hard to imagine Trump getting someone to replace Jeff Sessions who will follow his orders and replace the top ranks of law enforcement with people like the ones behind him in his rallies.