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Trump asks Smithsonian to install ‘Colossus statue’ of George Washington with exhibit
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And he can just do it without the parliamenarian, without a supermajority, without asking every member of the DEA first.
In theory, we have all these checks in place to stop this sort of thing. In practice, they only function to stop things that might help Americans.
In theory I don't think we really do though. When you get to a position as high as the president I think the assumption is that we wouldn't elect such an irresponsible insane moron.
I mean yes, there are checks and balances, but consider for a minute enforcement. The judicial branch barely has anything to compel somebody to behave.
Unfortunately we're in a position where the president will literally just say "make me." We're dealing with an unprecedented world where the leader of the country literally needs repercussions for his actions or he'll do whatever he pleases.
The checks didn't stop the arms sales for genocide under biden either.
If you think we are anywhere near the antics of any other president you are insane.
Did I say that?
It had a pretty serious whatabout feeling to it.
I'm lamenting that our government, regardless of who is in charge, can only seem to accomplish evil actions and is stringing us all along with false promises of improvement that there's always some stupid flimsy excuse for not doing.
If you want to defend biden in that context because trump is worse, that's up to you. I think all that happens when you pretend half of the abusive system isn't rotten is complacency when the "good" half is in office.
We cannot defeat fascism if our leaders aren't interested in doing so.
You just managed to stumble on the opposite of what I was saying. Congratulations, I suppose?
I forgot democrats are always perfect, especially when they do the same shit I hate republicans for. Sorry. Please block me so you never have to see my blasphemy again.
Still missing the point. But now I get this cool sort of pity party out of you, so that's fun, I guess.
So what is your point? Because it sure looks to me like it's "republicans bad, democrats good even when they act like republicans."
I made my point pretty clear originally. We have a president in office with an absolute reckless abandon for the law to the point where he's bombing indiscriminately kidnapping world leaders, raping women and children, and threatening to take over our allies.
Whataboutisms in this sort of circumstance are absolutely absurd. JD Vance just got on television and boasted that every day they have multiple Watergate scandals going on.
Even if he went straight to the big guns and brought out fucking Nixon or Reagan, I'd still tell you that it has nothing to do with the conversation to hand.
And by the way, just so I'm completely clear, fuck Joe Biden and fuck the Democratic Party. They're part of the reason why we're here.
I'm not whatabouting for trump just because I also hate biden.
Both broke all the laws they wanted to break with impunity. It's just that biden only wanted to break the Leahy law. This didn't start with trump and another genocide wing democrat won't stop it, because they would have to stop supporting genocide.
Now call me a trump supporter some more.
Holy shit, I'm impressed with sir. Without any real prompting, you just came and immediately, whatabouted me. XD
What you're doing is essentially watching an arsonist light up a building full of people and then walking down the street with a stern expression because somebody's jaywalking. We are talking orders of magnitude difference like end of a civilization sort of difference.
I'm not going to say I did or didn't because I don't care enough about this conversation to scroll back. It seems to me a lot more to you than it does to me. But I don't think I use those two words in the same sentence.
But I don't know, man. Go ahead and keep feeling bad for yourself or whatever.
Yes, I suppose genocide is only as bad as jaywalking to you.
I've spent from 2024 to present being called a trump supporter by biden's genocide worshiping simps for not loving the genocide you all live for. Keep feeling happy about the genocide. At least trump didn't stop what biden started, I guess.