President Donald Trump
I assume it's still acceptable to have a Trump thread in a Politics forum?
So this is an obvious lie - basically aimed at
Ohh I know it’s affirming the consequent!
Troops Can NEVER Question Trump’s Orders
The last president who declared that anything he does is legal was Richard M. Nixon.
Troops Can NEVER Question Trump’s OrdersThe last president who declared that anything he does is legal was Richard M. Nixon.
Maybe Nixon and Trump were/are right.
No President has ever been convicted of an illegal act that occured while they were President.
Maybe Nixon and Trump were/are right.
No President has ever been convicted of an illegal act that occured while they were President.
Well, SCOTUS effectively said anything he does is legal, so yeah, he won't be convicted of anything. Glad you're enjoying what you voted for.
Rot ruh (or w/e it is)... guy who shot military was granted asylum by the Trump administration.
Thanks, brotha. Happy Thanksgiving!
Nobody SHOULD be above the law. Absolutely!
Despots by definition are 'above the law' unfortunately.
As are US presidents, officially and formally. They can only be subject to 'impeachment', which is always political, and, since the president's party normally controls the Senate, it's a pretty worthless procedure. The United States was deliberately founded as an oligarchy, not a democracy in the modern sense, and an oligarchy is what it very much still is.
Maybe Nixon and Trump were/are right.
No President has ever been convicted of an illegal act that occured while they were President.
They can't be. It's not constitutionally possible. Consider, by contrast, the fate of Sarkozy in France. The US would never permit such an affront to the ruling class.
Rot ruh (or w/e it is)... guy who shot military was granted asylum by the Trump administration.
Thanks, brotha. Happy Thanksgiving!
I was watching Bloomberg .
The holiday is today right?
No idea why they say thin trading on this « long week end days off » (paraphrasing)?
people work on Friday and next Monday right ?
Wasn't Mussolini above the law?
Maybe Americans don't have the balls like Italians.
Or Libyans.
Or Iraqis.
Or mybe they just haven't rediscovered them yet.
Not quite, though, right? It's still illegal, he's just immune from prosecution.
He's not immune from being charged with breaking international law though. (I realise in reality that will never happen, unless he starts a big enough war though)
Rot ruh (or w/e it is)... guy who shot military was granted asylum by the Trump administration.
Thanks, brotha. Happy Thanksgiving!
The Trump administration said he was allowed to come to the US by Biden after the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Not that I believe much that comes from them, but it seems like it would be hard to officially backdate his arrival and if no records were changed then it should be very easy to show they're lying.
As are US presidents, officially and formally. They can only be subject to 'impeachment', which is always political, and, since the president's party normally controls the Senate, it's a pretty worthless procedure. The United States was deliberately founded as an oligarchy, not a democracy in the modern sense, and an oligarchy is what it very much still is.
It's not completely worthless - Nixon resigned because he was about to be impeached, and the Republican Senate leadership told him he would almost certainly be convicted.
Of course even that wouldn't have meant he would go to prison; he would just have had to leave office and then he could be subject to prosecution. And I think it's likely that Ford still would have pardoned him if he hadn't left voluntarily.
Which brings up the thing which I think is maybe the worst part of the Constitution. Presidents shouldn't be allowed to pardon anyone.
They can't be. It's not constitutionally possible. Consider, by contrast, the fate of Sarkozy in France. The US would never permit such an affront to the ruling class.
My understanding is that they can be prosecuted after leaving office for things done while in office. Or at least they could have been before the SCOTUS presidential immunity decision. I've seen it claimed that he is only be immune to prosecution for official actions, and not even all of those, but with the current court I certainly think Trump would be declared immune if he started shooting people on 5th Avenue or sent a Navy Seal team to assassinate his political opponents. And his base would love him even more if he did either.
Nixon resigned because he was about to be impeached, and the Republican Senate leadership told him he would almost certainly be convicted.
Difference today is that the Senate is devoid of character and leadership, and thus would never convict Trump. And half the country is fine with it.
Which is yet another indicator that America is finished.
Trump would be declared immune if he started shooting people on 5th Avenue or sent a Navy Seal team to assassinate his political opponents. And his base would love him even more if he did either.
Correct, which is yet even more evidence that the USA is finished.
Half of the country does not believe in the rule of law and thinks their OrangeGod can not only do no wrong, but can do whatever he wants.
Trump supporters voted for the end of America, and they’re getting it. Well done. Your parents would be so proud.
It's not completely worthless - Nixon resigned because he was about to be impeached, and the Republican Senate leadership told him he would almost certainly be convicted.Of course even that wouldn't have meant he would go to prison; he would just have had to leave office and then he could be subject to prosecution. And I think it's likely that Ford still would have pardoned hi
Or at the very minimum, not family related and a small number per years or term .
That amount of pardons for January 6 was disgusting .
