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America is a global superpower. Trump is not bound by laws, anymore than Bush 1 and 2 were restricted in Iraq, LBJ in Vietnam, FDR in everything, and on and on
by monero-xmr 8mo ago
America is a global superpower. Trump is not bound by laws, anymore than Bush 1 and 2 were restricted in Iraq, LBJ in Vietnam, FDR in everything, and on and on. It really doesn’t matter. Some loophole will be found. It’s meaningless
Elect a new president who decides they care again about restrictions on American trade. Your only hope
- SubiculumCode 8mo agoOkay monero. Just because our country has slipped towards an over powerful executive does not mean it was always so, not will remain so.
- thunky 8mo agoAmerica wasn't always a global superpower either and maybe it won't remain one. But it's still useful to operate within the context of the reality we live in, which is what monero was describing.
- mr_toad 8mo ago> Trump is not bound by laws That’s what Nixon thought too.
- c22 8mo agoNixon resigned. Was he ever even charged with a crime?
- JumpCrisscross 8mo ago> Nixon resigned Because the Senate had the votes to convict and remove him from office. Presidents don’t resign absent the rule of law, largely because that constitutes a death sentence.
- watwut 8mo agoWhich president was executed? Like common, American top level politicians are protected against the law like no one else. They can commit any crimes, literally, and norms are to look away and celebrate them anyway.
- petre 8mo agoLincoln and Kennedy, extra judicially of course.
- JumpCrisscross 8mo ago> Which president was executed? ...why is the measure of the rule of law?
- seanhunter 8mo agoNixon was pardoned by Gerald Ford in 1974 before the grand jury and prosecutors could decide whether to charge him. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-88/pdf/STATUTE-88-Pg2502.pdf https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/STATUTE-88/pdf/STATUTE-8...