The former president has made clear once again that he believes the office should have absolute power
The D.C. Federal Court of Appeals is expected to hand down a decision on Donald Trump’s claim to “absolute” presidential immunity any day now, and the former president is upping his public pressure campaign for a favorable decision.
Early Thursday morning, Trump took to Truth Social to rant about the exemption he believes a president — or former president — should have from prosecution over crimes committed while in office. “EVEN EVENTS THAT ‘CROSS THE LINE’ MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY, OR IT WILL BE YEARS OF TRAUMA TRYING TO DETERMINE GOOD FROM BAD,” Trump wrote.
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The former president argued that without total blanket immunity, the chief executive would be stripped of the “authority and decisiveness” necessary to carry out their duties in office. “Sometimes you just have to live with ‘great but slightly imperfect,’” he wrote in the all-caps post.
I want stricter enforcement on anyone with power, not less. If you have the power to create and/or enforce the laws of the nation you should be held at a higher standard to uphold them.
This situation is just so crazy. We’ve had decades of the right wing frothing at the mouth against “big government” and “activist judges”. Now that their god-king is reaching for absolute power they flip a 180 so hard they fall all over themselves to demand that we have a king instead of a country By The People, For The People.
I know that conservatives don’t have morals or actually held beliefs: they have goals. Any time the world doesn’t jive with their goals they’ll take any position required to achieve the goal of the moment. I grew up with a right wing in the US that demanded liberty or death, but it seems that was all just a veneer over a goal to end democracy, topple the republic, and enshrine a king to rule over us all. The mask is off and a vote for Trump demonstrably makes you an enemy of the republic.
America has enshittified itself.
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I’m wondering if Bill Barr has had a change of heart. Prior to the Trump Administration, he was openly advocating the Unity Executive Theory, which basically says the President gets to do whatever the hell they want. He even made fun of “progressives” who argued that this would make the President into a dictator (at around 13:00 in the video). A little over a year after that address, he was pulling the brakes hard on Trump’s attempt to steal the election.
Hey, Barr, how about we pull back on the President’s power, not give more.
I just want to add a caveat (while basically agreeing with frezik) that proponents of the unitary executive theory thought that Bill Barr was a total crackpot. So, it’s more like Barr was trying to rehabilitate fascism through an already existing term that makes fascism sound respectable.
Yeah, and his choice to back is questionable, too. If you wanted to make the President a dictator, wouldn’t you want to find an intelligent philosopher king for the job? He picks Donald Fucking Trump.
Barr clearly isn’t an idiot. All I can think of is that he thought he could be the power behind the throne, and found out how wrong that was.
Yeah I think for fascists the opportunity for becoming a little mini-dictator over their respective area of the state is very tempting.
Make no mistake, even if he loses the popular vote, Trump is going to take getting reelected as some kind of mandate to act as a dictator and do whatever he wants with the full power of the US government and military behind him.
Democracy will not survive another 4 years of this increasingly unhinged husk of a moron.
I’m just gonna leave this here…
I mean… You’re not wrong. But fuck. Fuck.
I mean… You’re not wrong. But fuck. Fuck.
The GOP depends on the integrity of the Left to not stoop to their level even when given carte blanche to do so. They’ll openly follow the rules as written, loopholes and all, while the rest of us are following the rules as intended in good faith. Obviously, they’ll also bend or break the rules too, but they’re usually not as open about that as Trump.
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My friend Geoff. That shifty fucker always wins monopoly.
No one, it’s fucking monopoly.
Yes (me.human).
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“Presidents should have complete immunity!”
“Biden should be brought to court for what he does!”
Sooooo… Which one is it?
Trump probably came up with this on the fly. And since there’s more intelligence in a 10L bucket of semen, both him and his followers thinks this is an awesome idea
So presidents can assassinate ex-presidents? I guess Joe knows what to do.
This country does supposedly protect democracy, and Joe claims Trump is an enemy of democracy. What the fuck is he waiting for?
Future presidents can assassinate sitting presidents, just ask Bush
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Is he never going to suffer any kind of consequences for being so dirty and dishonest? As a non-American I’m really impressed by what is going on.
It’ll just drag on until he eventually succumbs to his decades-long suicide by cheeseburger.
Then the DOJ put out a statement exclaiming “ah shucks, we were like this close to a conviction. We’re just as frustrated as you are!”
decades-long suicide by cheeseburger
Not the worst way to go down ngl.
That’s my point - justice will be delayed until it’s not justice.
He’s basically the fucking bear from Almost Heroes.
Don’t forget raping
Old American guy here. We’re not used to this sort of thing. All very new.
My wife is a Filipina my age. She doesn’t see the big deal. She’s seen some shit.
I’m assuming she lived through the martial law?
Trump just said Biden has immunity to jail him for no reason at all! Thanks Trump!
I thought Hunter was reason enough?
This idiot is really arguing that someone should be able to assassinate him without any consequences. That is the legal argument he’s making.
No, you’re missing the point. You see, this special immunity should only apply to Trump. Because he’s Trump, and if he says stupid things often enough, some people will believe him.
that hasn’t occurred to him yet. but he plans on being america’s last president
I think he’s promoting a no holes bared, fight to the death presidential BATTLE ROYAL.
My money is on #39
*holds
No holes barred would be a different type of wrasslin’.
You missed ‘bared’?
Really? I always bar my holes, just in case.
Ugh lol
I think Obama would be the favorite to win
On paper, maybe. But I reckon Carter’s street smarts beat Obama’s book smarts.
Considering at 62 he’s still 15 years younger than the next youngest living president (GWB) current or otherwise, I’d have to agree with you.
Sounds like he’d be up for some good old https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_mutilation_in_Byzantine_culture
Biden death squads. Start with MAGA.
Let’s not forget that this bullshit actually killed at least one person.
Ashli Babbitt, an Air Force veteran, was fatally shot by a Capitol Police officer as rioters tried to breach the House chamber. Kevin D. Greeson died of a heart attack, collapsing on the sidewalk west of the Capitol on Jan. 6. Rosanne Boyland appeared to have been crushed in a stampede of fellow rioters as they surged against the police. Benjamin Philips, the founder of a pro-Trump website called Trumparoo, died of a stroke.And
In the days and weeks after the riot, five police officers who had served at the Capitol on Jan. 6 died.
Officer Brian D. Sicknick of the Capitol Police, who was attacked by the mob, died on Jan. 7. Officer Jeffrey Smith of the Metropolitan Police Department killed himself after the attack. Officer Howard S. Liebengood of the Capitol Police also died by suicide four days afterward.So who is responsible for the attack on January 6th?
IT WILL BE YEARS OF TRAUMA TRYING TO DETERMINE GOOD FROM BAD
Yes this is called the judicial system
So, Biden can just throw Trump in jail right now, or assassinate him? Cool, cool. Donny isn’t too bright, is he.
It’s not hard to make an argument that he is a threat to national security.
Wasn’t there a couple by the name of Rosenberg that also took classified documents and gave them to countries in Asia? What ever happened to them?
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So… Biden has immunity to do whatever he sees fit regarding the punishment befitting a traitor to America?
FUCK YEAH!
I doubt Biden has the will to use unbriddled power, even if he had the license to do it.
I think we all know that and just love our fantasies.
My fantasy is that no man will ever have unfettered power in this country. I know. I’m a dreamer.
But what about me tho? I could do some funky things with unlimited power: intracontinental, high-speed trains; federal broadband Gigabit internet; purge day; allocation of public school funds; Thunderdome!
Intracontinental high-speed thunderdome
I doubt Biden has the will to use unbriddled power,
Of course not, but that’s not the point.
Getting the hypnotized Trump cultists to think about the implications for even a second is helpful.
Moreso, getting the apathetic non-voters off their asses would be a significant improvement.
I guess he will never be able to arrest Biden for anything, no matter what he may do.
Hear that Biden? Trump gave you permission to just shoot him dead because you have immunity and can’t be arrested for it as long as you do it while.president.
I bet if Biden did shoot orange man, this type of presidential immunity would disappear.
“Aww, surely he didn’t mean it exactly like he said it. We must give him the benefit of the doubt since he is a rich and respectable person who wouldn’t say something like that.”
“No, please. Do not give me the benefit of the doubt. I mean it - I WILL literally kill you if I get elected again.”
“That could mean anything, surely he wouldn’t imply that he would kill us if he got elected. He must have misspoken or meant something else.”
The issue is, Trump never means what he says. Lying is like breathing for him. So no one should believe what he literally says. He can’t actually follow through on a plan to do anything, even if he wants to.
You should believe that he wants to do what he says though. He may accidentally do something worse and not fix it. Like the trade war with China that accomplished nothing. Or the millions of unnecessary pandemic deaths. Trump isn’t dangerous because of what he will do, but because of what other people will do while he fails to act in the interests of the country.
Remember that time he ordered the assassination of an Iranian commander, on Iraqi (allied) soil, while that commander was there attending a peace conference with Iraq?
I’m definitely voting for the leopards again this year. I mean, last time they ate the faces of people just like me, some of whom I didn’t like very much to begin with. But ultimately, I was mostly unharmed last time. Surely that will continue to be the case, and the leopards will only way the faces of other people,and not me.
