Trump to arrest opponent, name son successor?

Written on 21 March 2025.

Gov. Tim Walz (former Democratic Party vice presidential nominee, ed.) fears that one of President Donald Trump’s next moves will be to deter opposition by arresting a political opponent.

“It’s going to get very dark,” the former Democratic Party vice-presidential nominee told CNN.

Walz also speculates that the president could adopt another move from the authoritarian playbook and try to anoint one of his three sons as his White House successor.

Although the Minnesota governor doesn’t name a son, Donald Trump Jr.*), 47, would be the most likely candidate as Barron Trump, still just 19, would be too young, and Eric Trump, 41, is much less vocal than his older brother.

“I’m a pretty low-key, middle-of-the-road guy on this stuff. And I’m telling you, this is real. My one skill set is to see over the horizon a little bit of what’s coming, and this is what’s coming,” Walz added.

 “I don’t think there’s any limit to where he goes,” Walz said of Trump. “The limit will be what the American public will put up with and when they push back. This has happened everywhere when these authoritarians have come in. One day, it looks like they’re absolutely infallible and in total power, and the next day, they and their entire families are gone.”

He claimed the administration’s defiance of a judge’s order over the weekend banning the deportation of Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador was evidence that Trump planned to ignore the courts and start impeaching judges. On Tuesday, Trump called for D.C. District Court Judge James Boasberg to be impeached.

A rebuke by Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts—who issued a statement on Tuesday criticizing calls to remove judges over rulings the administration opposes—showed that he, too, was “scared of where things are going,” Walz said.

The governor reportedly fears that too many Democratic Party leaders haven’t faced up to the consequences of Trump’s authoritarian regime. He also said there isn’t enough realization about how angry the public has become at both Republicans and Democrats.

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