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He should know though shouldn't he, as acting president of the US he should aim to learn and know these things as part of his service to the country. Like when
by ehnto 1y ago
He should know though shouldn't he, as acting president of the US he should aim to learn and know these things as part of his service to the country.
Like when he's unaware of certain bills or important procedings, maybe he legitimately doesn't know, but he should. It's part of his job to know.
Of course the ignorance could be a lie, which is worse, but neither option is good. So in some ways it doesn't really matter, it's already a bad outcome.
- chronci3830 1y ago> Of course the ignorance could be a lie, which is worse, but neither option is good. Why would it be worse? If he knows, at least he has a plan, whether that plan is good or bad. If he doesn’t know at all, then literally even more random shit can occur than what’s already happening.
- Jyaif 1y agoMathematically speaking, random actions can't be worse than actively bad actions.
- etiennebausson 1y agoPersistently bad behavior can be anticipated and accounted for, random actions cannot. Importer have as much issue with the tariffs as they have with the unpredictability of those tariffs. In theory, you try to limit the influence of a persistently bad actor, but it seems the U.S. didn't get the memo.
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- IAmBroom 1y agoThat is a bizarre claim. Mathematics doesn't even enter into it.
- ehnto 1y agoJust worse in regards to intent, you're right that it's probably not indicative of how bad the outcomes are going to be.
- Gigachad 1y agoAre we still pretending to take any of this seriously? Any criminal can just buy a pardon now.
- krapp 1y agoAny criminal could always buy a pardon. I loathe Orange Man but the power to arbitrarily pardon any federal crimes for any reason is one of the powers of his office and Americans haven't ever seen fit to limit it. Trump is flagrantly corrupt and tries to flout the law at every turn, but he's also exposing the degree to which the American system has always just run on gentlemans' agreements and pinky swears.
- jimmydddd 1y agoI agree. He's always constantly testing limits, exploring gray areas, bending rules and "breaking" gentlemen's agreements. We should take this opportunity to limit the rights of presidents. Apparently, the president can shut down half of the government departments via executive order. How? Because they were created by executive order. How can he just shut down the department of Education without congress? Because Carter created it by executive order without congress. A variety of presidents have had us invade foreign countries without Congress declaring war. Let's take this opportunity to tighten things up.
- quickthrowman 1y ago> How can he just shut down the department of Education without congress? Because Carter created it by executive order without congress. You are 100% incorrect. > The Department of Education Organization Act is a United States federal law enacted in 1979, which created the Department of Education. > In the Senate, 69 voted in favor and 22 voted against separating education from the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.[3] In the House of Representatives, 215 voted in favor and 201 voted against.[4] President Carter signed the bill on October 17, 1979.[1] > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Education_Organization_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Department_of_Education_Organi...
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- dns_snek 1y agoCould be a lie? When are we going to stop pretending?
- ceejayoz 1y agoHonestly, I think both are plausible. I think they put things in front of him, and he signs it (and there's video footage of this; https://x.com/ArtCandee/status/1882531252735242622 https://x.com/ArtCandee/status/1882531252735242622); all this stuff about Biden's autopen running the show is projection. I think they've given him the ballroom project to keep him occupied.
- ndsipa_pomu 1y ago> I think they've given him the ballroom project to keep him occupied. Maybe they just want to see him playing in the asbestos dust
- ceejayoz 1y agoThat's far too long-term a plan for someone of his age, unfortunately.
- cosmicgadget 1y agoConsider the possibility he ran only because the alternative was a conviction for the DC case or the documents case. And that he is only interested in enriching himself, paying back the Stephen Millers and Russell Voughts who got him back in office, and playing golf. It doesn't make it better or worse, it just means the policies aren't his but the agenda of various puppetteers.
- phito 1y agoIf you watch any video of politicians being confronted to something bad they did, they will almost always say "I don't know anything about it". It's a bad faith strategy but it works if they're never held accountable of anything.
- Craighead 1y agoPlease stop doing: "They all do this it's normal" No, they don't "all do this". No, it's not normal.
- bulbar 1y agoAt least in Germany they do it when they have done something that's potentially illegal. You can't fuck up by saying you don't remember and nobody can prove otherwise.
- Eddy_Viscosity2 1y agoOliver North had famously poor memory during the Iran-contra hearings. But it was amazingly effective at deflecting accountability, he still appears as a 'expert' on fox news to this day.
- ASalazarMX 1y agoWhich is a joke, since there had to be a paper trail so his very unreliable memory wasn't the main evidence.
- red-iron-pine 1y agocalling out lies only matters if there is accountability and punishment. ollie north was also lying on behalf of the establishment who wanted to fund anti-communist partisans (the contras, a term only known to most millennials as a nintendo game)
- phito 1y agoPlease stop telling me to stop saying things that I did not say. The word "all" is not even in my comment.
- ASalazarMX 1y agoThis could have been an honest mistake. Surely he'll revoke the pardon and let Changpeng Zhao face a regular trial, so there's no misunderstanding, right? He always knew, it's shameful how politicians behave like spoiled children instead of well-adjusted adults in a position of great responsibility. Why does this kind of people keep rising to the top?
- croon 1y agoBecause every principled politician steps down over a mistake, so the only remaining ones are unprincipled (or the elusive spotless) politicians.