I thought the POTUS couldn’t break the law? Or does that go out the window once they’re not sitting? Does Trump really want to set THAT precedent?
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When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.
Obviously not retroactive to before Trump!
Or after... or in-between trump 1 and 2.
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Oh? Does he really want to set a legal precedent that a sitting president can undo the pardons of prior presidents?
Perhaps he's on to something! 🤣
Take a moment to consider why he's not concerned about a next president.
His attention span isn't that long.
The guy's been screaming his intent for years now and y'all are still convinced he doesn't mean it.
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He doesn't intend for there to be any other sitting presidents after him. At least not before he's dead.
Let's get to that "after"
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Trump, the Supreme Court said otherwise regarding the presidency to save your ass, you fucking dipshit.
Trump is a pedophile.
white house breaks the law daily... can we get some arrests there?
...says the guy who doesn't even know what half the people he's pardoned were even in prison for.
Trump is a mentally ill pedophile.
Trump used an autopen all the time in his first failure of a presidency.
And a few this time and the only reason he knew is because it was called to his attention.
Don't presidents have immunity?
Only if it was an official act. To determine whether an act was official is easy, just refer to this chart:
- Trump: Yes, it was an official act.
- Someone else: No, it wasn't.
Yeah it’s pretty apparent that whoever is in charge gets to decide what’s official and what isn’t. Miller himself even confirmed might makes right.
We need to arrest that 80 year old cancer patient because he did things every president before him has done for 50 years, and more importantly , the current moron in chief CURRENTLY STILL DOES. Every accusation is a confession.
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A precedent was set in 2005 that stated the president "need not personally perform the physical act of affixing his signature to a bill" and may direct a subordinate to use an autopen, as long as the president has approved and decided to sign it
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One month past the Epstein files release date. Still finding media disctractions.
Autopen his ass. Sue every still living president and their staff then. This guy is an imbecile.
This moron also uses the auto pen
No way. He signs every pair of shoes and cellphone he sells which is why he works 500 hours a week.
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He is only concerned over illegal actions by Democrats, the poors, and brown people. Everyone else gets congratulations.
Made up illegal actions.
Heck for a good contribution you get a pardon too. Can even not be white for the right amount. Only people he says one nice thing about are people who've fluffed him up. If you've said no once to him you're on his shit list.
Awesome leader there United States, hah he's a LINO anyways, leader in name only. It's really president Miller, the guy who got into politics cause he's too weak to strangle prostitutes.
It's not an illegal action.
If anyone proves that being physically present does not guarantee being mentally present it is Donald Trump.
Look at this other crazy shit he said, not the plundering of the nation and trampling of civic rights...
I really wish there was an easy way his daily rants could just be tagged into boxes of actual threats vs his standard blustering bullshit.
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Somebody doesn't know how to work the auto pen
He's actually auto-penned a bunch of stuff during both presidencies.
Auto sharpie.
Everything is a distraction from the Epstein files. Tomorrow it will be some other absurd BS. He wants us to be outraged about this, and forget about that. And it’s working. It’s been working and will continue to because we cannot focus on one thing for more than 2 weeks.
I'm sure the DOJ lawyers will get right on that after they finish burning the remaining epstein files.
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