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Donald Trump tells court he had no duty to ‘support’ the US Constitution
Submitted 1 year ago by FooBarrington@lemmy.world to conservative@lemmy.world
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tallwookie@lemm.ee 1 year ago
FooBarrington@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Maybe, but this goes much further. This is a president of the United States literally declaring himself not to be duty-bound to the constitution, the one document that limits their power.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 1 year ago
Lord Varys : Power is a curious thing, my lord. Are you fond of riddles?
Tyrion Lannister : Why? Am I about to hear one?
Lord Varys : Three great men sit in a room: a king, a priest, and a rich man. Between them stands a common sellsword. Each great man bids the sellsword kill the other two. Who lives, who dies?
Tyrion Lannister : Depends on the sellsword.
Lord Varys : Does it? He has neither crown, nor gold, nor favor with the gods.
Tyrion Lannister : He has a sword, the power of life and death.
Lord Varys : But if it’s swordsmen who rule, why do we pretend kings hold all the power? When Ned Stark lost his head, who was truly responsible? Joffrey? The executioner? Or something else?
Tyrion Lannister : I’ve decided I don’t like riddles.
[pause]
Lord Varys : Power resides where men believe it resides. It’s a trick. A shadow on the wall. And a very small man can cast a very large shadow.
Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
Isn’t it the document that gives them their power?
random65837@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Did he? Because that’s not what the article said. Where did he declare himself not duty bound by the constitution, aside from it being his layers words and not his, thats not even the nitpick being made. Did you actually read it?
PeepinGoodArgs@reddthat.com 1 year ago
Trump actually did a lot of what he said he’d do. He was incredibly effective. This isn’t praise for him. I’m just saying, MAGA mostly agrees with you, but see an archon of action in Trump.
sturmblast@lemmy.world 1 year ago
he didn’t really get a lot done
sj_zero 1 year ago
That's actually not how most maga people feel as far as I can tell. Trump's Twitter feed and candidacy compared to Trump's government were quite different. As president he did maybe too good of a job keeping his hands off of things. Considering the massive riots during a good chunk of his presidency, many conservatives including maga conservatives wanted him to be a little bit more like the fascist that the left pretends he was instead of the 90s Democrat he actually was.
There's actually quite a bit of criticism of trump from his supporters. He passed terrible budgets, he didn't pardon Assange or Snowden or the j6 protesters, he put swamp monsters like John Bolton into positions of power when they should have been put into positions of prison cells or at least unemployment lines, he went along with covid mandates, and project warp speed that resulted in the untested experimental vaccines being mandated to countless people around the world was his idea.
People talk about the supreme Court, but that's turtle man McConnell's crowning achievement, not Trump's.
random65837@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Your impressive amount of down votes show how fucking stupid people truly are, they’re literally like kids that dont know the difference between TV and real life. “But they said…”
Unreal. Makes no difference what side you’re on, they’re all politicians.
Svengarlic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Svengarlic@lemmy.world 1 year ago
I got the tie p
oDDmON@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Nor would they want false and fraudulent politicians sullying the office further, if we’re being honest.