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How is trump staff using signal for classified military actions different from Clinton use of private email account ? Back then he said she should be put in ja

How is trump staff using signal for classified military actions different from Clinton use of private email account ? Back then he said she should be put in jail but now he is downplaying it. How can Americans take this guy seriously is beyond my mind.

mehphp 2y ago
For whatever reason norms/laws just don’t apply to Trump. He’s above the law; it’s baffling.
- rco8786 2y ago
  Yes exactly. Not sure why either. But laws do not apply to him, they never have, and they never will. He knows that, too.
- kjkjadksj 2y ago
  The reason is he’s positioned himself perfectly to have shared benefit and shared destruction in many other’s incentive structures.
- thewileyone 2y ago
  It's not baffling. He just thinks that laws don't apply to him.
  - EasyMark 2y ago
    To be fair the Supreme Court just gave him an out to all but the most heinous crimes conducted as "official acts". He can do almost anything he wants and not worry about going to prison, and he can pardon all of his underlings.
  - mehphp 2y ago
    Sure, I’m not baffled that he think that, I’m baffled that society allows it.
fransje26 2y ago
I would argue that at least Signal is end-to-end encrypted. By default, email is not. Now, how secure and backdoor-proof that encryption is, is an other story..
- gizzlon 2y ago
  Encryption doesn't really help when you add "random" people to your group .. Also, I haven't followed the email thing, but emails are by design insecure, so one should hope stuff like this was not discussed over emails (regardless server..)
austin-cheney 2y ago
People are focusing too much on accountability that will likely never happen. This is Trump 2.0. People knew exactly what they were getting and they voted him back into office anyways. Perhaps a better answer is to separate accountability from the executive branch, possibly: * Provide journalistic publication businesses super first amendment protections that cannot be restricted by a president, but news sources that contain opinion pieces separate from witness testimony and/or third party expert analysis as entertainment, thus restricted from journalistic venues. * Transfer the justice department to congress. The president can still appoint the attorney general. The president should have no ability to determine criteria or persons for investigation or denial thereof.
EasyMark 2y ago
Plus the stuff in those emails weren't even really dangerous to the well being of th country or military unlike if the Russians/iranians go their hand on notice of an imminent attack on the Houthis with lots of details on the attack and strikes

mehphp 2y ago

For whatever reason norms/laws just don’t apply to Trump. He’s above the law; it’s baffling.

rco8786 2y ago
Yes exactly. Not sure why either. But laws do not apply to him, they never have, and they never will. He knows that, too.
kjkjadksj 2y ago
The reason is he’s positioned himself perfectly to have shared benefit and shared destruction in many other’s incentive structures.
thewileyone 2y ago
It's not baffling. He just thinks that laws don't apply to him.
- EasyMark 2y ago
  To be fair the Supreme Court just gave him an out to all but the most heinous crimes conducted as "official acts". He can do almost anything he wants and not worry about going to prison, and he can pardon all of his underlings.
- mehphp 2y ago
  Sure, I’m not baffled that he think that, I’m baffled that society allows it.

fransje26 2y ago

I would argue that at least Signal is end-to-end encrypted. By default, email is not. Now, how secure and backdoor-proof that encryption is, is an other story..

gizzlon 2y ago
Encryption doesn't really help when you add "random" people to your group .. Also, I haven't followed the email thing, but emails are by design insecure, so one should hope stuff like this was not discussed over emails (regardless server..)

austin-cheney 2y ago

People are focusing too much on accountability that will likely never happen. This is Trump 2.0. People knew exactly what they were getting and they voted him back into office anyways. Perhaps a better answer is to separate accountability from the executive branch, possibly: * Provide journalistic publication businesses super first amendment protections that cannot be restricted by a president, but news sources that contain opinion pieces separate from witness testimony and/or third party expert analysis as entertainment, thus restricted from journalistic venues. * Transfer the justice department to congress. The president can still appoint the attorney general. The president should have no ability to determine criteria or persons for investigation or denial thereof.

EasyMark 2y ago

Plus the stuff in those emails weren't even really dangerous to the well being of th country or military unlike if the Russians/iranians go their hand on notice of an imminent attack on the Houthis with lots of details on the attack and strikes